According to Alexis de Tocqueville, which principle do Americans value over all other principles?
Classical liberalism emphasizes equality, while social liberalism emphasizes liberty.
Ratification of formal constitutional amendments requires a
A system of government that divides power between a national and state governments is referred to as
What would be considered an acceptable form of citizenship in most authoritarian states that is not considered acceptable in a totalitarian regime?
The term democracy is not used in the American Constitution, in order to sidestep objections to direct democracy. Why does Plato argue that democracies are inferior systems of government?
The American system of government was influenced by Aristotle’s theory of mixed constitutions. Which branch of the American government is representative of Aristotle’s rule of few?
The writings of Machiavelli and Hobbes offered a justification for authoritarianism based on what two rationales?
A system of government where power is divided between a legislative, and executive, and a judicial branch of government is referred to as
This “elastic clause” played an important role in the McCulloch v. Maryland case and expands federal powers by granting the federal government all powers required to carry out the enumerated powers of Congress.
What name has NOT been used to refer to autocratic rulers?
Totalitarian states
Which of the following is NOT a similarity between liberalism and democracy?
In a confederate form of government,
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is referred to as a(an)
One of the compromises at the Constitutional Convention addressed whether slaves should be counted as part of the population when determining the number of representatives per state. This is referred to as
According to Thomas Hobbes, the desire for authoritarianism is a natural consequence of
The term _________ refers to _____________.
Charles Beard’s famous works portrays the Founding Fathers as interested in something other than an enlightened political system when drafting the Constitution. According to Beard, what were the Founding Fathers primarily motivated by at the Constitutional Convention?