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Which ideas were shared by most Enlightenment thinkers? Choose three correct answers.People should question how governments work.People should engage in scientific study and observation.Everyone, including women and people of color, should have the right to vote.Monarchs should rule with absolute authority.People are born with basic natural rights, such as liberty and equality.

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People should question how governments work.
B
People should engage in scientific study and observation.
C
Everyone, including women and people of color, should have the right to vote.
D
Monarchs should rule with absolute authority.
E
People are born with basic natural rights, such as liberty and equality.
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How did Enlightenment ideas influence early US government?

A
Equal rights were extended to women and African Americans.
B
A new authoritarian government was created to control people.
C
A government based on the social contract was established.
D
Individual states were banned from creating their own governments.
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What is the relationship between these two passages?

A
Locke’s ideas concerning a government’s “breach of trust” helped shape the Declaration of Independence.
B
Locke’s ideas about the role of church in government were copied into the Declaration of Independence.
C
The Declaration of Independence convinced Locke to write his treatise.
D
The Declaration of Independence shaped Locke’s ideas on collective safety.
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Who received equality and the "unalienable Rights” described in this passage?

A
everyone, including women, Indigenous people, and enslaved African Americans
B
White men and Indigenous men
C
White men and White women
D
White male landowners
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What is the main argument of this passage?

A
Educating women will stop the progress of knowledge.
B
Women must be educated to properly educate their children.
C
Children should be educated to be seen and not heard.
D
Patriotism should not be taught in schools.
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What negative effects did Enlightenment ideals have on the US? Choose three correct answers.Enslaved African Americans were denied their natural rights to life and liberty.Leaders extended equal rights to all men, but not to women.Indigenous Peoples were not considered US citizens.Women remained under the control of their husbands and fathers.Enslaved African Americans were elevated in status over Indigenous Peoples.

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Enslaved African Americans were denied their natural rights to life and liberty.
B
Leaders extended equal rights to all men, but not to women.
C
Indigenous Peoples were not considered US citizens.
D
Women remained under the control of their husbands and fathers.
E
Enslaved African Americans were elevated in status over Indigenous Peoples.

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