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The diagram shows the impact of Montesquieu's writings on the Founding Fathers. Which phrase completes the diagram?

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Separation of powers in government

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What has been a long-term effect of the First Amendment's guarantee of religious liberty?

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Americans have avoided divisive religious wars.

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What influences did Thomas Paine's Common Sense (1776) have on the colonists?

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It persuaded them to declare their independence from Great Britain.

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Which is an important difference between the democratic principles of ancient Greece and those of the United States today?

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In the United States, citizens are elected to be a member of a state legislature.

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Which statement identifies an important influence that ancient Greece had on the American constitutional republic? Options: Americans believed a separation of powers would protect individual rights. Americans believed ordinary citizens should participate in government. Americans believed religious liberty was a protected right. Americans believed in the equality of humankind.

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Americans believed ordinary citizens should participate in government.

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Which principle of the U.S. Constitution reflects the influence of John Locke's ideas? Natural rights, Checks and balances, Separation of church and state, Federalism

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Natural rights

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What was a significant impact of the Magna Carta on the American legal system?

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It introduced the idea of trial by jury.

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Which Enlightenment thinker is most associated with the Social Contract Theory that influenced American colonial government?

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John Locke

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