American Ideals

Question 1

Thomas Jefferson

Answer 1

In 1776, I was appointed to draft a document explaining why Great Britain’s 13 colonies were declaring themselves as “free and independent states”

Question 2

ideals

Answer 2

a principle or standard of perfection that a person or group consistently tries to achieve.

Question 3

self-evident

Answer 3

obvious without explanation or proof

Question 4

social classes

Answer 4

unequal groups or castes

Question 5

equality

Answer 5

the state of having the same privileges, rights, status, and opportunities as others.

Question 6

rights

Answer 6

a power or privilege granted by an agreement among people or by law

Question 7

natural rights

Answer 7

a power or privilege held to be common to all people and granted at birth by nature, not society.

Question 8

liberty

Answer 8

freedom

Question 9

opportunity

Answer 9

the chance for advancement or progress

Question 10

democracy

Answer 10

a system of government in which the power to rule comes from the consent of the governed.

Question 11

monarchy

Answer 11

a system of government in which the ruler inherits the right to rule and has power for life.

Question 12

dictatorship

Answer 12

a system of government in which is seized and exercised by force.