Gov. Unit 1

Based on the reading, how did Montesquieu effect the US constitution?

• Government is organized into three branches.

• President can veto bills

• A bill of rights was added to specify individual rights.

• Two separated representative bodies must approve all laws.

Which political idea is based on the belief that citizens must be willing to give up some freedoms in exchange for the protection of rights?

• Rule by the majority

• Social contract

• Natural rights

• Divine right

Natural law, in the eyes of the founding fathers, should be

• agreed upon by the community with no difficulty

• followed based on tradition

• like divine rights

• founded on laws made by the community

Fill in the blank........ the unalienable rights in the Declaration of independence include life, liberty, and _____________

• Pursuit of Happiness

• Property

• Justice

• Ferderalism

The founding of the United States has traditional roots in Judeo-Christian teachings as well as philosophies developed primarily during the —

• Enlightenment

• Reformation

• Commercial Revolution

• Renaissance

In his service at the Constitutional Convention, Alexander Hamilton argued that the Founders should establish a government characterized by

• a strong central authority

• a powerful aristocracy

• a growing merchant class

• a loose confederation of states

Which of the following Founding Fathers is remembered as both a strong supporter of central government as well as the principal author of the U.S. Constitution?

• James Madison

• George Mason

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

Which Founding Father and prominent American legal scholar signed the Declaration of Independence and proposed the Three-Fifths Compromise at the Constitutional Convention?

• James Wilson

• Alexander Hamilton

• Gouverneur Morris

• George Mason

Which of the following enlightenment philosophers created the idea for unalienable rights?

• Locke

• Montesquieu

• Moses

• Blackstone

The way the 13 colonies implements individual rights is through....

• Bill of Rights

• Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation