Unit 1 - Foundations of American Democracy study guide with complete solutions

Enlightenment correct answerspeople forming ideas based off of logic, reason, and experiments natural rights correct answersthe idea that all humans are born with rights, which include the right to life, liberty, and property Social Contract correct answersAn agreement between the people and their government signifying their consent to be governed John Locke correct answerswrote = 2 Treatises on Government which talked about natural rights (L.L.Property), the social contract (gov based off peoples wants), and the right to rebel Jean-Jacques and The Social Contract correct answersagainst "divine right" -> pro popular sovereignty Montesquieu correct answerswanted to create a separation of powers in government (legislative, executive, and judicial) Popular Sovereignty correct answersA government in which the people rule by their own consent. Democracy correct answersA political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens (man ruling each other) Republic correct answersA form of government in which the people elect representatives to govern them and make laws. Pluralist Democracy correct answersa system of democracy where citizen membership in groups is the key to political power (few people represent masses)