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Question 1

The Founders wanted to add the Bill of Rights to the Constitution because they wanted to

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ensure that people’s rights were protected.

Question 2

Enlightenment thinkers questioned

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government authority.

Question 3

A similarity between the separation of powers, the system of checks and balances, and federalism is that they

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are all ways that the Constitution limits government power.

Question 4

The concept of voting rights is based on

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popular sovereignty.

Question 5

The concept of natural rights, which was later used in the Declaration of Independence, was first proposed by

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John Locke.

Question 6

The concept of natural rights, which was later used in the Declaration of Independence, was first proposed by

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John Locke.

Question 7

Which statement best describes the republican form of government that the Founding Fathers envisioned?

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a government run by people elected to lead the country

Question 8

The Enlightenment thinker Baron de Montesquieu came up with the idea of

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the separation of the government’s powers.

Question 9

Which statement best describes the republican form of government that the Founding Fathers envisioned?

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a government run by people elected to lead the country

Question 10

The concept of voting rights is based on

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popular sovereignty.

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