Merrill Midterm for US Government Class

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What is the title of the flashcard set?

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Merrill Midterm for US Government Class

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Which major political tradition argues that a legitimate government is based on the consent of the governed

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Republicanism

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During the Constitutional Convention what debate combined the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan

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The Great Compromise

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The compromise that created popular representation in the House of Representatives created a debate about

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counting enslaved people

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In the Declaration of Independence the American Founders argued that

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the colonies had the right to independence because of natural law

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Individual whose writing systemized English common law, and were studied by the founding fathers

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Blackstone

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One way the US uses economic resources to shape US foreign policy by

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sanctioning countries

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Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are considered

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unalienable rights

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The Founding Fathers that natural law should

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transcend man made law

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The founding fathers philosophies developed primarily during which era

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enlightenment