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14 Cards in this Set
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The Preamble to the Constitution begins
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We the people
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A doctrine that society should be governed by certain ethical principles that are part of nature and can be understood by reason is called
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natural law
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A social contract theory of government was proposed by
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Locke Hobbes
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A System in which All members of the policy meet to discuss policy and make decisions.
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A direct democracy
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Indirect democracy is based on...
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representation
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What was the most common initial reason for settlement in North America by the first colonists?
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Commerce
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The ancient Greeks considered representative government to be ...
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undemocratic
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What are republics?
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representative democracies
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In an oligarchy , rule is by which of the following ..
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the few
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Which of the following expanded Americans conceptions of personal liberty to include some forms of freedom from discrimination?
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Fourteenth Amendment
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The idea that governments draw legitimacy and power from the governed is referred to as which of the following?
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popular consent
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The framers agreed that the new nation had to be founded on notions of which of the following ?
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religious freedom
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What is true about the U.S population?
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it is getting older
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The percentage of households in the United States consisting of a single person is nearly what percent ?
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30%
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