Civics Midterm Review

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What theory did Thomas Hobbes, Rousseau and Locke have in common in their influence to the founding fathers?

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Social Contract

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What term did Baron de Montesquieu use that best describes the division of the government into 3 specific branches with individual powers such as; the Legislative Branch having the authority to collect taxes, the Judicial Branch having the authority to declare laws unconstitutional, and the Executive Branch to negotiate treaties?

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Separation of Powers

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What is the purpose of interest groups?

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raise awareness and lobby to pass laws that support their agenda or beliefs

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Which Enlightenment idea describes an agreement between the people and the government?

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Social Contract

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John Locke's thinking influenced what American founder?

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Thomas Jefferson

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Where can this quote be found? “Bills of attainder . . . are such special acts of the legislature, as inflict capital punishments upon persons supposed to be guilty of high offences, such as treason and felony, without any conviction in the ordinary course of judicial proceedings."

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Article I of the U.S. Constitution

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How does the Bill of Rights protect citizens?

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provides protection of individual rights

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protected the rights of English citizens, limited power of the king, and became the basis for the American Bill of Rights

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English Bill of Rights

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agreement signed in 1620 by the Pilgrims in Plymouth, to consult each other about laws for the colony and a promise to work together to make it succeed; "Civil body politic" - Self Government / Social Contract

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Mayflower Compact

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What was signed in 1215 and was the first English document that limited the power of the ruler?

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