American And Texas Government

Question 1

Who wrote Leviathan in 1650?

Answer 1

Thomas Hobbes

Question 2

What famous political treatise (book) did John Locke write in 1689?

Answer 2

Second Treatise on Government or “Two Treatises of Government” in 1689

Question 3

The Communist Manifesto was written in 1848 by this political theorist?

Answer 3

Karl Marx

Question 4

All governments face three competing principles.

Answer 4

Order, Equality and Liberty

Question 5

oldest political principle

Answer 5

order, without it there is chaos

Question 6

What does Leviathan mean or representing Hobbes eyes?

Answer 6

Hobbes likened the “leviathan” to government, a powerful state created to impose order

Question 7

What was after order and the challenging part of the three principals

Answer 7

Equality

Question 8

What did Marx say about Equality

Answer 8

people with power and money will exploit those without it.

Question 9

What is the last principal

Answer 9

Liberty

Question 10

Who was famous for the leading of liberty

Answer 10

John Locke

Question 11

This principle of liberty posits that our rights come from God.

Answer 11

Natural Law

Question 12

What was the name of our first national constitution?

Answer 12

The articles of Confederation(1776-1787)

Question 13

What is the first principle of liberty

Answer 13

Natural Law

Question 14

How many principles are there for Liberty

Answer 14

6 principals

Question 15

What is the 2nd principle of Liberty

Answer 15

Popular Sovereignty

Question 16

This principle of Liberty says Power comes from the people

Answer 16

Popular Sovereignty

Question 17

What is the 3rd principle of Liberty

Answer 17

Limited Government

Question 18

This principle claims our government has finite power

Answer 18

Limited Government

Question 19

What principle only allows the government to have power given to it by the people

Answer 19

Limited Government

Question 20

What is the 4th principle of Liberty

Answer 20

Rule of Law

Question 21

this principle means that the government must also follow the law

Answer 21

Rule of Law

Question 22

What is the 5th Principle of Liberty

Answer 22

Political Equality

Question 23

This principle forces the government to not show favoritism and bias laws

Answer 23

Political Equality

Question 24

The civil war, American Revolution, and civil rights movement were struggles to advance for which principle of liberty

Answer 24

Political Equality

Question 25

What is the 6th principle of liberty

Answer 25

Civic Virtue

Question 26

This principle states that none of these principles matter if the people themselves do not hold these principles

Answer 26

Civic Virtue

Question 27

The combination of these six principles together is unique in the annals of world history

Answer 27

The principles of Liberty

Question 28

When people refer to "our founding documents" they usually mean

Answer 28

The Declaration of Independence (1776) The United States Constitution (1787)

Question 29

the 27 grievances

Answer 29

it constitutes the violations of the Rule Of Law and was the most important part of the declaration during the revolution

Question 30

What was the last section of the declaration of independence

Answer 30

Civic Virtue

Question 31

What is Liberty

Answer 31

Ordered Freedom

Question 32

Popular sovereignty is a fancy term that means what

Answer 32

popular sovereignty is the idea that government is authorized by citizens and influenced by what they want