Foundations of Gov.

What is the purpose of Government?

• To protect ones rights.

• To provide domestic tranquility.

• To promote general welfare.

• All of the above.

• To establish justice.

Who is the Main author of the Declaration of Independence?

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• Roger Sherman

• Tupac Shakur

This excerpt comes from what document?

• Bill of Rights

• U.S. Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Miranda Rights

What is the purpose of this document?

• To explain to foreign nations why the colonist had chosen to separate from Great Britain.

• To explain to foreign nations why colonist had chosen to separate from France.

• To get the King to relax the taxes on colonist.

• To end slavery.

Match the following

• Natural Rights Theory

• The supposedly God given right to a King or Queen to govern a nation.

• Divine Right Theory

• An agreement between the citizens and the government that gives consent to be governed.

• Social Contract Theory

• Rights that human beings are born with and are inalienable. Life, liberty, pursuit of happiness.

• Sovereignty

• To secure the general well being of citizens by providing services. ex. medicare, food stamps

• General Welfare

• Authority or power of a state to govern itself.

Who influenced Thomas Jefferson's writing the Declaration of Independence that gave the people the right to overturn their government?

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

John Locke is a famous Philosopher of what time(s)?

• Civil War

• Medieval

• Enlightenment

• Civil Rights

What were the major issues with the Articles of Confederation?

• Weak central government.

• Congress did not have the power to levy tax.

• Every state had one vote in congress regardless of size.

• All of the above.

• No judicial system.

Which system of Government keeps leaders in executive branch accountable to voters?

• Unitary

• Federal

• Confederate

Match the following.

• Federal

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• Unitary

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• Confederate

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