The Enlightenment — Unit test Answers

Founders who supported natural rights also supported adding the Bill of Rights to the Constitution because

Which Founder included the idea of natural rights when he wrote the Declaration of Independence?

The Bill of Rights includes which of the following freedoms?

In the 1700s, the concept of individualism was so important for Americans that

You shall not render an unjust judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great: with justice you shall judge your neighbor.

All citizens in ancient Athens took part in government by voting in the

In what way did ancient Athens influence the framers of the United States Constitution?

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

Read the quote from England’s Magna Carta.No freeman is to be taken or imprisoned or disseised of his free tenement or of his liberties or free customs. . . . To no-one will we sell or deny of delay right or justice.

Common law refers to laws determined through

A social contract is an agreement between

Which of the following is the best example of populism?

Look at the chart. Which Enlightenment concept does this chart illustrate?

A direct democracy is one in which all citizens

Where did democracy begin?

How did the philosophers of the Enlightenment view the relationship between government and the governed?

The most important way in which the Greeks influenced American democracy was by allowing

De Tocqueville’s travels throughout the United States led him to conclude that it was

Which act could be considered an acceptance of the social contract?

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