English Influences on Government

Question 1

Which describes the purpose of this passage?

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to explain life without government

Question 2

According to Hobbes, why do humans participate in a social contract? Check all that apply.

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to help one another; to limit opportunities to harm one other

Question 3

How is the preamble to the Constitution related to the idea of the social contract?

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It creates a government whose power comes from the people.

Question 4

Read the passages from Locke’s Two Treatises of Government and the Declaration of Independence. Then answer the question that follows.What is the relationship between these two passages?

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Locke’s ideas concerning a government’s “breach of trust” helped shape the Declaration of Independence.

Question 5

According to Wollstonecraft, women should

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have a say in how they are governed.

Question 6

Why does Wollstonecraft consider a government that ignores the happiness of women defective?

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It fails to uphold the social contract.

English Influences on Government Answers

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