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WorksheetsENLIGHTENMENT THINKERS
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
In general, the philosophes believed in which of the following?
expanding women's rights
all Church decrees
progress for society
authoritarian rule
The Bill of Rights was influenced by
Voltaire
John Locke
Jean Jacques Rousseau
all of the above
What was Montesquieu's influence on the U.S. Constitution?
public elections
branches of government
the Bill of Rights
representatives
Which of the following did the Enlightenment promote?
a belief in progress
a more secular outlook
faith in science
all of the above
Which of the following men contradicted (went against) the ideas in the U.S. Constitution?
Baron de Montesquieu
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Denis Diderot
How did the Declaration of Independence embody (reflect) Enlightenment ideals?
It stated that all titles of nobility should be abolished.
It protected the rights of the accused and prohibited cruel punishment.
It set up a system of checks and balances for the U.S. government.
It said that people have rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
How did the Enlightenment Period change how people viewed the world/life? Choose all that apply
Less religious/spiritual, more secular/worldly
Less gothic/more classical
Less baroque/more authoritarian
Less philosophical/more scientific
What revolutions did the Enlightenment Period influence?
Russian Revolution/American Revolution
French Revolution/Russian Revolution
American Revolution/French Revolution
Russian Revolution/Bolshevik Revolution
The Enlightenment Period encouraged people to question who and what?
Church/Bible
Bible/Society
Government/Neoclassicalism
Government/Church
The Enlightenment influenced people to find answers through what two ways?
Reason/Discovery
Reason/Scientific Method
Scientific Method/Observations
Observations/Logic
Locke and Rousseau believed the government's power came from the
absolute monarchy
consent of the governed
third estate
nobility
Montesquieu's main idea from the Enlightenment Period is known as
direct democracy
political freedom
a fair and speedy trial
separation of powers
Rousseau's influence is seen in the American government with
public elections
checks and balances
Declaration of Independence
freedom of speech
Voltaire's fight for individual rights were for
freedom of speech
tolerance
freedom of religion
all of the above
The rights of the accused and no cruel and unusual punishment were championed by
Rousseau
Voltaire
Beccaria
Hobbes
"We the People", a representative government and limits on government power are all ideas from
Locke
Rousseau
Beccaria
Voltaire
The Federal System, three branches of government and checks and balances are all ideas from which philosophe?
Rousseau
Voltaire
Montesquieu
Wollstonecraft
Amendments 4, 5, 6, and 8 in the Bill of Rights protect the rights of the accused. Ideas of which Enlightenment thinker?
Wollstonecraft
Locke
Hobbes
Beccaria
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
19th
15th
26th
5th
Freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of the press are included in which amendment?
13th
1st
7th
10th
