Natural law and natural rights are:(1 point)

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Responses

Laws and rights created by governments

Laws and rights granted by monarchs

Laws and rights that can be taken away by governments

Laws and rights that exist independent of human law

Answer 1

Laws and rights that exist independent of human law

Answer 2

According to social contract theory, the source of government power is:(1 point)
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The military

The monarchy

Divine right

Popular sovereignty

Answer 3

Popular sovereignty

Answer 4

Republics limit government power through:(1 point)
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Absolutism

Monarchy

Constitutions

Totalitarianism

Answer 5

Constitutions

Answer 6

A problem with the Articles of Confederation's geographic distribution of power was that:(1 point)
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States had unequal representation in Congress

Each state had the same power in Congress regardless of size

Smaller states dominated over larger states

Only the Southern states had power

Answer 7

States had unequal representation in Congress

Answer 8

The Declaration of Independence ensures liberty and equality by asserting that:(1 point)
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All men are created equal and endowed with life, liberty, and property

All men are created equal and endowed with liberty and prosperity


All men are created equal and endowed with life and happiness

All men are created equal and endowed with liberty

Answer 9

All men are created equal and endowed with liberty

Answer 10

The policy of a strong national bank aligned with the beliefs of:(1 point)
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Thomas Jefferson and the Anti-Federalists
Thomas Jefferson and the Anti-Federalists

Alexander Hamilton and the Federalists
Alexander Hamilton and the Federalists

James Madison and the Republicans
James Madison and the Republicans

John Adams and the Democrats
John Adams and the Democrats

Answer 11

Alexander Hamilton and the Federalists

Answer 12

Under separation of powers, no one branch has all the power, which:(1 point)
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Protects the interests of the president
Protects the interests of the president

Ensures the judiciary has supremacy
Ensures the judiciary has supremacy

Keeps the people's rights intact
Keeps the people's rights intact

Promotes tyranny

Answer 13

Keeps the people's rights intact

Answer 14

How does Article III of the Constitution achieve the Preamble's goal of establishing justice?(1 point)
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By establishing a police force
By establishing a police force

By creating a fair tax system
By creating a fair tax system

By establishing the judicial branch of government
By establishing the judicial branch of government

By providing welfare programs

Answer 15

By establishing the judicial branch of government

Answer 16

An example of the legislative branch checking the power of the executive branch is:(1 point)
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When Congress overrides a presidential veto
When Congress overrides a presidential veto

When Congress impeaches the president
When Congress impeaches the president

When the president appoints Supreme Court justices
When the president appoints Supreme Court justices

When Congress declares war

Answer 17

When Congress overrides a presidential veto