Unit 1 Quiz 2 review

The “Rule of Law” means

• 1. there should be no barriers to voting.

• a country’s citizens give the government its power.

• Everyone, and I mean everyone, must obey the law.

• government derives its power from the governed

What did the English Bill of Rights do?

• Created the British cabinet system

• Weakened Parliament's power

• Limited the power of the British Monarchy.

• Gave King Charles the right to take the throne.

What government principle is shown in the Declaration of Independence's quote "that governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed" ?

• Social contract

• Federalism

• Equality

• Judicial Review

"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created ​ (a)   , that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable​ (b)   ; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of ​ (c)   ​

• equal
• rights
• happiness."
• separate
• property

1. "For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:

For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:

For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:

For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:

For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury...."

- from The Declaration of Independence

Who did these actions to the colonists?

• Macho man Randy Savage, Oh yeah!

• George Washington

• The Spanish Inquisition

• King George III

One of the major philosophical ideas used in the Declaration of Independence was that of

• natural rights

• survival of the fittest

• separation of powers

• Bill of Rights

1. Baron de Montesquieu famousely said that "when the [law making] and [law enforcement] powers are united in the same person... there can be no liberty."

What principle closely aligns with that quote?

• Popular Sovereignty

• Separation of Powers

• Principle or Principal? If it's the latter, that's Mr. English. Obviously.

• Survival of the Fittest.

What was a theory of John Locke?

• Government power should be divided to prevent abuse.

• separation between church and state

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

• en and women are not born free and and most definitely not entitled to equality

What movement did the Separation of Powers, Popular Sovereignty, and the Social Contract Theory arise from?

• Classicism

• Neoliberalism

• Existentialism

• Enlightenment

Match the following

• Separation of Powers

• Limited Government

• Social Contract theory

• People give up rights to get protection

• Government only has power given by law.

• John Locke

• Consent of the governed

• Baron de Montesquieu