Roots of American Democracy

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Joanna Sackel
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Multiple Choice
What is the term for the hypothetical agreement between a citizenry and its government whereby the individual exchanges freedoms for protection?
social contract
liberty agreement
Bill of Rights
freedom compact
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Multiple Choice
According to Rousseau, who should have sovereignty?
The people
The king
The aristocracy
None of the above
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Multiple Choice
Which Enlightenment thinker is credited with having first posited the “natural” rights of life, liberty, and property?
Thomas Jefferson
John Locke
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Thomas Hobbes
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Multiple Choice
What form of government transmits authority according to the rules of family lines?
Monarchy
Communism
Democracy
Anarchy
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Multiple Choice
For Rousseau, the first model of political society was based on the most ancient of all societies, which is...
The village
The family
The tribe
None of the above
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