American Govt SSCG 2 Formative

 In English history, the Magna Carta (1215) and the English Bill of Rights (1689) both reinforced the concept of

• universal suffrage

• a limited monarchy

• religious toleration

• a laissez-faire economy

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The Magna Carta is MOST important for which reason?

• it created Parliament

• it was the "great charter"

• it created the first democracy in England

• it put limits on the monarch's powers

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 The “Rule of Law” states that

• there should be no barriers to the right to vote.

• a just government derives its power from the governed.

• all people, including those who govern, must obey the law

• a country’s citizens are the source of the government's power

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What was the purpose of the English Bill of Rights?

• To reinstate King James II

• To weaken the role of Parliament

• To establish the British cabinet system

• To limit the power of the British monarch

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Which statement best describes a political theory of John Locke?

• Men and women are born free and entitled to equality.

• There should be a separation between church and state

• A government's power comes from the consent of the people.

• The government should be divided into three separate branches

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French political thinker Baron de Montesquieu (1689–1755) was one of the Enlightenment's most important thinkers. He is famous for saying that "when the [law making] and [law enforcement] powers are united in the same person... there can be no liberty."

To which principle of government is Montesquieu's statement MOST directly related?

• Separation of Powers

• Popular Sovereignty

• Individual Rights

• Bill of Rights

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How do governments reflect Thomas Hobbes’s ideas?

• Direct democracy truly serves the common good

• 1. The power of the state is derived from the citizens

• Citizens are capable of maintaining their own peace and security

• The people must give up some of their rights to secure law and order

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What did John Locke believe?

• people are born evil

• people had natural rights

• governments are meant to wage war

• 1. individuals should serve the government

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How does a system of checks and balances protect against abuse of power?

• It gives each branch powers over other branches

• It divides government responsibilities into three branches

• It creates separate governments for countries and states

• It allows constitutions to be changed to meet the needs of the people

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"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."

This quote from the Declaration of Independence is referring to the principle of

• Federalism

• Limited government

• Checks and balances

• One person, one vote

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