Purpose of Government

Which group of thinkers influenced ideas about government for the Framers?

• Enlightenment

• Democrats

• Republicans

• Independence

Answer explanation

social contract theory helps to explain why people need government

Who would say something like this?

"people will obey government mostly if they have not been used to self-rule"

• Machiavelli

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Thomas Paine

• Thomas Jefferson

What Enlightenment idea gives us the purpose of government?

• social contract

• Declaration of Independence

• separation of powers

• representative government

Who would most likely tell you that purpose of government is to protect all freedoms and opportunities for man?

• Machiavelli

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Thomas Jefferson

• Thomas Paine

According to Machiavelli the true purpose of government would be ....

• a leader should be feared

• a leader should be loved

Answer explanation

"Love is preserved by the link of obligation...fear preserves you by a dread of punishment which never fails" -Machiavelli

According to Franklin Roosevelt the true purpose of government is to...

• support peoples freedoms and nations that support freedoms

• support dictatorships such as Nazi Germany

Answer explanation

"there is nothing mysterious about the foundation of a healthy and strong democracy" -F.D.R