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Why does government need to manage and resolve conflict?

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Identify three services provided by the U.S. government. What is the purpose of providing these services?

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Define democracy. How does democracy derive its authority?

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Define direct and indirect/representative democracy. Which of these is the main form of democracy in the United States?

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What is a constitution? What is the source of authority in a constitutional democracy? What are two necessary aspects of this form of democracy?

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What are four of the characteristics that are shared by constitutional democracies?

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Name and define or describe the three principles of constitutional democracies.

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Question 8

State and define the three theoretical foundations of the U.S. political system.

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Define "social contract" and briefly explain the logic behind creating social contracts.

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Identify the five characteristics of classical liberal theories. Provide any necessary explanations for the meaning of these characteristics.

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Identify the differences between classical liberalism and liberalism as it is understood today.

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What is the theory of civic virtue? How does this concept influence classical republicanism?

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Identify the five characteristics of classical republican theories. Provide any necessary explanations for the meaning of these characteristics.

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Explain why Lemuel Haynes could claim that republicanism and slavery are at odds with one another.

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Identify the differences between classical republicanism and conservatism as it is understood today.

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What is the tradition of exclusion (inegalitarianism)? Why did the Founders not see this as inconsistent with the concept that "all men are created equal"?

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Identify three groups that were excluded in the context of the theoretical foundation of inegalitarianism at the time of the founding. Briefly describe the forms of unequal treatment they experienced.

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Question 18

How did the issue of property ownership figure into classical liberalism, classical republicanism, and inegalitarianism at the founding?

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Question 19

How did the Iroquois Confederacy influence colonial America and the U.S. political system?

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What was the basis for excluding White women from political, social, and economic opportunity and participation at the founding? Identify specific examples of how they experienced exclusion. What was the justification for this denial of the full rights of citizenship?

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Quiz 1: American Government and Politics in a Racially Divided World