Module 2 Lesson 2 Flashcards
Which was designed with a concern for the tyranny of factional majority?
A. The Social Contract
B. The Declaration of Independence
C. The Bill of Rights
D. The Constitution
D. The Constitution
What is the Enlightenment? Select the two correct answers.
A. Where democratic government is invented.
B. A period of Western European history following the Middle Ages.
C. A revival of Roman Catholicism.
D. The source of our ideas about natural rights.
B. A period of Western European history following the Middle Ages.
D. The source of our ideas about natural rights.
Why does the Enlightenment influence American politics and government? Select the three correct answers.
A. Those immigrating to the American colonies are attracted to the Enlightenment’s ideas of liberty and property.
B. The colonists are attracted to the idea of the divine right of kings.
C. The colonists have a long history of self-government, consistent with the Enlightenment’s ideas about government by consent.
D. Ideas of the Enlightenment frame the colonists’ response to British violations of natural rights.
A. Those immigrating to the American colonies are attracted to the Enlightenment’s ideas of liberty and property.
C. The colonists have a long history of self-government, consistent with the Enlightenment’s ideas about government by consent.
D. Ideas of the Enlightenment frame the colonists’ response to British violations of natural rights.
How do conflicting ideas of the Enlightenment influence American government and politics? Select the two correct answers.
A. The conflict between popular government and the separation of powers creates an ideal balance of interests.
B. The Constitution sets up a system of government that isn’t favorable to the democratic expression of the popular will.
C. The protection of private property can interfere with the government’s dealing with important social needs.
D. The conflict among ideas leads to an increasingly undemocratic system of government.
B. The Constitution sets up a system of government that isn’t favorable to the democratic expression of the popular will.
C. The protection of private property can interfere with the government’s dealing with important social needs.
Which ideas are embodied in the Declaration of Independence? Select the two correct answers.
A. The natural rights of life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness
B. The idea that governments are created by people to protect their natural rights
C. The purpose of government is to secure justice for all people
D. The ideas of Thomas Hobbes
A. The natural rights of life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness
B. The idea that governments are created by people to protect their natural rights
In what key ways does the Constitution differ from the Declaration of Independence? Select the two correct answers.
A. The Constitution elevates the rights of property.
B. The Constitution makes justice more important than liberty.
C. The Constitution is more concerned with controlling rather than expressing the popular will.
D. The Constitution expands the list of natural rights.
B. The Constitution makes justice more important than liberty.
C. The Constitution is more concerned with controlling rather than expressing the popular will.
What type of rights are contained in Bill of Rights? Select the two correct answers.
A. The Bill of Rights contains objective rights.
B. The Bill of Rights contains natural rights.
C. The Bill of Rights contains procedural rights.
D. The Bill of Rights contains consensus rights.
B. The Bill of Rights contains natural rights.
C. The Bill of Rights contains procedural rights.
Select the one correct answer.
The Constitution’s first three articles create separate legislative, executive and judicial branches, is consistent with:
A. Jean Jacques Rousseau’s belief that those without property would attempt to take it from those who do have it
B. John Locke’s views about the nature of liberty and how it fits into the social contract
C. Montesquieu’s theory for the separation of political power.
D. The framers’ overall distrust in government
C. Montesquieu’s theory for the separation of political power.
Select the one correct answer.
The Constitution’s demotion of liberty, and lack of protections for natural rights, suggests the framers were what?
A. More interested in the practicalities of government.
B. Hostile towards the interests of individuals.
C. Worried that expressing certain rights would serve to legitimize the institution of slavery.
D. Fearful the new national government would be subject to insurrection by disgruntled Anti-federalists.
A. More interested in the practicalities of government.
Which natural right was explicitly protected in the Declaration of Independence? Select the one correct answer.
A. Wealth
B. Property
C. Liberty
D. Voting
C. Liberty
Which Constitutional principle, suggested by Montesquieu, lessens the potential harm of the national government over the people? Select the one correct answer.
A. Checks and balances
B. Natural Rights
C. Separation of powers
D. A bicameral legislature
C. Separation of powers
Which Constitutional mechanism, suggested by Montesquieu, balances the national government and prevents any one section of government from having sole/complete power? Select the one correct answer.
A. Checks and balances
B. A bicameral legislature
C. Natural rights
D. Separation of powers
A. Checks and balances
Which of the following protects Locke’s idea of natural rights and provides Montesquieu’s protections known as due process of law? Select the one correct answer.
A. The Constitution
B. The Declaration of Independence
C. The Articles of Confederation
D. The Bill of Rights
D. The Bill of Rights
