PRACTICE 2 IDEAS USED IN AMERICAN GOVERNMENT

Which of the following provided the model for the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution?

• Mayflower Compact
• English Bill of Rights
• Magna Carta
• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

The quote below is from a historical document

"A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."

How does this quote reflect the influence of Enlightenment ideas on the Founding Fathers?

• They created a limited monarchy.

• They supported individual liberties.

• They had reservations about self-government.

• They were concerned with property rights.

Read the following excerpt from On the Spirit of Laws, by Baron de Montesquieu, and answer the question below.

"When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty; because apprehensions may arise, lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner."

Source: Public Domain\ ucs.louisiana.edu

Which aspect of the U.S. Constitution shows the influence of Montesquieu on the Founding Fathers?

• dividing power between two legislative bodies of government

• separating power among three branches of government

• balancing power between the people and the government

• dividing power between the state and national government

Ancient Rome introduced the concept of:

• Indirect democracy

• Republic - a democracy where representatives make decisions for citizens.

• The idea that a code of law should be applied to all citizens

• The 3 branches of government

Type of government where the power of the government is given to the people, first used in Greece.

• Olympics

• Phalanx

• Democracy

• Agora

"No freeman shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions...except by the lawful judgement of his peers..."
-Magna Carta, 1215
Which political idea was influenced by this provision of the Magna Carta?

• federalism
• due process
• a bicameral legislature
• the social contract

Which of the following MOST provided the model for the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution?

• Mayflower Compact
• English Bill of Rights
• Magna Carta
• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

The quote below is from a historical document

"A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."

How does this quote reflect the influence of Enlightenment ideas on the Founding Fathers?

• They created a limited monarchy.

• They supported individual liberties.

• They had reservations about self-government.

• They were concerned with property rights.

Read the following excerpt from On the Spirit of Laws, by Baron de Montesquieu, and answer the question below.

"When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty; because apprehensions may arise, lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner."

Source: Public Domain\ ucs.louisiana.edu

Which aspect of the U.S. Constitution shows the influence of Montesquieu on the Founding Fathers?

• dividing power between two legislative bodies of government

• separating power among three branches of government

• balancing power between the people and the government

• dividing power between the state and national government

Read the information and answer the question below.

Magna Carta---------

English Bill of Rights--------

What idea from these documents influenced the development of government in the American colonies?

• Governments should not have kings.

• Governments should not have legislative bodies.

• Governments should grant citizens specific rights.

• Governments should allow leaders to have unlimited power