American Government Final 2024

How did Hobbes view human nature?

• life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness
• poor, nasty, brutish, and short
• fulfilling, long-lived, philosophical, and introspective
• scared, hungry, lonely, and cold

How did Locke view human nature?

• life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness
• poor, nasty, brutish, and short
• fulfilling, long-lived, philosophical, and introspective
• blank slate, we develop differently according to our life's experiences.

For both Hobbes and Locke, the social contract is an agreement between...

• Plaintiff and defendant
• Soverign state
• Companies and shareholders
• Citizens and government

This plan favored smaller states and that each state would be represented equally

• Virginia Plan
• Quebec Plan
• New Jersey Plan
• Pennsylvania Plan

This plan favored larger states and representation would be based on each state's population

• Virginia Plan
• Quebec Plan
• New Jersey Plan
• Pennsylvania Plan

The Articles of Confederation gave us a:

• Strong Central and Strong State Government
• Strong Central and Weak State Government
• Weak Central and Weak State Government
• Weak Central and Strong State Government

Founding document of the United States and ties the states together in a "loose union"

• Constitution
• Magna Carta
• Articles of Confederation
• Declaration of Independence

This group supported a weaker central government. Thought the Constitution would take too much power away from the states

• Federalists
• Patriots
• Anti-Federalists
• Sons of Liberty

This group supported a strong central government. Favored the Constitution and believed the Articles of Confederation were too weak

• Federalists
• Patriots
• Anti-Federalists
• Sons of Liberty

Introduction to the Constitution. It begins with the words "We The People" and states why the Constitution was written

• Bill of Rights
• Preamble
• Articles
• Amendments