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natrual rights CORRECT ANSWERS: Life, Liberty, and Property 
 
John Locke CORRECT ANSWERS: 17th century English philosopher who opposed the Divine Right of Kings and who asserted that people have a natural right to life, liberty, and property. 
 
State of Nature CORRECT ANSWERS: Hypothetical cond...
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Add to cartnatrual rights CORRECT ANSWERS: Life, Liberty, and Property 
 
John Locke CORRECT ANSWERS: 17th century English philosopher who opposed the Divine Right of Kings and who asserted that people have a natural right to life, liberty, and property. 
 
State of Nature CORRECT ANSWERS: Hypothetical cond...
New Jersey Plan correct answer: advocated for equal representation in the national legislature regardless of the size of a state's population in order to ensure that smaller states still had a voice in the government. 
 
The Virginia Plan provided for greater representation, but only for some stat...
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Add to cartNew Jersey Plan correct answer: advocated for equal representation in the national legislature regardless of the size of a state's population in order to ensure that smaller states still had a voice in the government. 
 
The Virginia Plan provided for greater representation, but only for some stat...
Which constitutional amendment allows states to reserve powers? correct answer: The Tenth Amendment 
 
What did the Supreme Court's ruling in Gibbons v. Ogden establish? correct answer: A loose constructionist interpretation of the commerce clause 
 
What describes the importance of the Supreme C...
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Add to cartWhich constitutional amendment allows states to reserve powers? correct answer: The Tenth Amendment 
 
What did the Supreme Court's ruling in Gibbons v. Ogden establish? correct answer: A loose constructionist interpretation of the commerce clause 
 
What describes the importance of the Supreme C...
Marbury v. Madison (1803) correct answer: Established judicial review. The courts have the power to strike down laws that they find to violate the Constitution. 
 
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857) correct answer: The Constitution was not meant to include American citizenship for black people. 
 
Pless...
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Add to cartMarbury v. Madison (1803) correct answer: Established judicial review. The courts have the power to strike down laws that they find to violate the Constitution. 
 
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857) correct answer: The Constitution was not meant to include American citizenship for black people. 
 
Pless...
Natural Rights correct answer: The right to life, liberty, and property; believed to be given by God; no government may take them away. 
 
State of Nature correct answer: A theory on how people might have lived before societies came into existence. 
 
Due Process correct answer: The requirement t...
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Add to cartNatural Rights correct answer: The right to life, liberty, and property; believed to be given by God; no government may take them away. 
 
State of Nature correct answer: A theory on how people might have lived before societies came into existence. 
 
Due Process correct answer: The requirement t...
What is the primary effect of the census on the functioning of congress correct answer: It is used to determine the number of House representatives for each state 
 
What describes the purpose of Congressional appropriations committees correct answer: They recommend how specific funds are allocate...
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Add to cartWhat is the primary effect of the census on the functioning of congress correct answer: It is used to determine the number of House representatives for each state 
 
What describes the purpose of Congressional appropriations committees correct answer: They recommend how specific funds are allocate...
Social Contract correct answer: An agreement between people and government in which citizens consent to being governed so long as the government protects their natural rights. 
 
Natural Rights correct answer: the idea that all humans are born with rights, which include the right to life, liberty,...
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Add to cartSocial Contract correct answer: An agreement between people and government in which citizens consent to being governed so long as the government protects their natural rights. 
 
Natural Rights correct answer: the idea that all humans are born with rights, which include the right to life, liberty,...
Marbury v. Madison (1803, 5 US 137) correct answer: This case involved the Judiciary Act of 1789. Supreme Court declared that the law conflicted with the US Constitution, and the case established the principle of judicial review wherein the Supreme Court has the power to declare laws passed by Cong...
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Add to cartMarbury v. Madison (1803, 5 US 137) correct answer: This case involved the Judiciary Act of 1789. Supreme Court declared that the law conflicted with the US Constitution, and the case established the principle of judicial review wherein the Supreme Court has the power to declare laws passed by Cong...
What is it called when people make an agreement between themselves and the government? correct answer: Social contract 
 
According to the social contract theory, what is the origin of society? correct answer: Society is the product of human desire and effort 
 
Which of the following did John Loc...
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Add to cartWhat is it called when people make an agreement between themselves and the government? correct answer: Social contract 
 
According to the social contract theory, what is the origin of society? correct answer: Society is the product of human desire and effort 
 
Which of the following did John Loc...
What is it called when people make an agreement between themselves and the government? correct answer: A social contract 
 
According to the social contract theory, what is the origin of society? correct answer: Society is the product of human desire and effort 
 
Which of the following did John L...
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Add to cartWhat is it called when people make an agreement between themselves and the government? correct answer: A social contract 
 
According to the social contract theory, what is the origin of society? correct answer: Society is the product of human desire and effort 
 
Which of the following did John L...
1st correct answer: Freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition 
 
2nd correct answer: own a gun 
 
3rd correct answer: right to not house a solider 
 
4th correct answer: right to not be searched or have something taken away within in reason 
 
5th correct answer: Life, Liberty,...
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Add to cart1st correct answer: Freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition 
 
2nd correct answer: own a gun 
 
3rd correct answer: right to not house a solider 
 
4th correct answer: right to not be searched or have something taken away within in reason 
 
5th correct answer: Life, Liberty,...
What describes characteristics of a social contract? correct answer: -Specification of natural rights 
-a definition of human nature 
-a collective expression of a collectively shared interest 
 
In what ways is the state of nature important for constructing a social contract? correct answer: -Th...
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Add to cartWhat describes characteristics of a social contract? correct answer: -Specification of natural rights 
-a definition of human nature 
-a collective expression of a collectively shared interest 
 
In what ways is the state of nature important for constructing a social contract? correct answer: -Th...
Powers under the Articles of Confederation correct answer: 1. Could exchange Ambassadors 
2. Make treaties with foreign governments and Indian Tribes 
3. Declare War 
4. Borrow Money 
5. Settle disputes among States 
 
Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation correct answer: no power to tax, 
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Add to cartPowers under the Articles of Confederation correct answer: 1. Could exchange Ambassadors 
2. Make treaties with foreign governments and Indian Tribes 
3. Declare War 
4. Borrow Money 
5. Settle disputes among States 
 
Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation correct answer: no power to tax, 
...
Marbury v. Madison correct answer: This case involved the Judiciary Act of 1789. The Supreme Court declared that the law conflicted with the U.S. Constitution, and the case established the principle of judicial review wherein the Supreme Court has the power to declare laws passed by Congress and si...
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Add to cartMarbury v. Madison correct answer: This case involved the Judiciary Act of 1789. The Supreme Court declared that the law conflicted with the U.S. Constitution, and the case established the principle of judicial review wherein the Supreme Court has the power to declare laws passed by Congress and si...
Who was responsible for drafting the Bill of Rights and submitting it to Congress? correct answer: James Madison 
 
Why did the colonists oppose being taxed by Great Britain? correct answer: They did not have elected representatives in the House of Commons 
 
What was a major difference between th...
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Add to cartWho was responsible for drafting the Bill of Rights and submitting it to Congress? correct answer: James Madison 
 
Why did the colonists oppose being taxed by Great Britain? correct answer: They did not have elected representatives in the House of Commons 
 
What was a major difference between th...
John Locke correct answer: English philosopher who advocated the idea of a "social contract" in which government powers are derived from the consent of the governed and in which the government serves the people; also said people have natural rights to life, liberty and property. 
 
Montesquieu co...
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Add to cartJohn Locke correct answer: English philosopher who advocated the idea of a "social contract" in which government powers are derived from the consent of the governed and in which the government serves the people; also said people have natural rights to life, liberty and property. 
 
Montesquieu co...
Which concept is an Enlightenment idea that influenced the leaders of the American Revolution? correct answer: Social Contract 
 
How does the Bill of Rights reflect the influence of the Enlightenment ideas on the Constitution? correct answer: The Bill of Rights explicitly listed individual freedo...
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Add to cartWhich concept is an Enlightenment idea that influenced the leaders of the American Revolution? correct answer: Social Contract 
 
How does the Bill of Rights reflect the influence of the Enlightenment ideas on the Constitution? correct answer: The Bill of Rights explicitly listed individual freedo...
Major contributors to social contract theory correct answer: Hobbes, Locke, Reasseau 
 
Social Contract Theory correct answer: We need food, clothing and shelter to survive and nothing should interfere with our ability to obtain them. We may also choose to believe in a god. The belief gives defini...
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Add to cartMajor contributors to social contract theory correct answer: Hobbes, Locke, Reasseau 
 
Social Contract Theory correct answer: We need food, clothing and shelter to survive and nothing should interfere with our ability to obtain them. We may also choose to believe in a god. The belief gives defini...
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