Winthrop begins his sermon, “The Model of Christian Charity,” by asserting

That God has made men unequal, so as to bind them together

What year was the Mayflower Compact written?

1620

In the Mayflower Compact the Plymouth colonist promise to make

Just and equal laws for the general good

Winthrop distinguished two types of liberty in “Little Speech on Liberty,” what are they?

Natural – common to all (both man and beast), it makes us do bad things and makes us more like a beast than an actual beast Civil – the proper end of object of authority, and society cannot subsist without it. It is the only liberty that is good and honest. It tames are natural liberty. Like a husband/wife relationship, meaning the wife is “free” but she needs to be tamed by her husband and made better.

According to James Madison, religion can only be direct by

reason and conviction

Jefferson bases his argument for religious liberty on

The natural right of freedom of the mind

In George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation, we should be government of

wise, just, and constitutional laws

What Amendment does both court cases address?

First Amendment

True or False: The Supreme ruled that it was unconstitutional to force members of the Amish religion to send their children to school in Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972).

True

True or False: Lee v. Weisman (1992) does not mention Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation

False

What is the cause tending to the maintenance of a democratic republic?

The particular and accidental situation in which Providence placed the Americans The laws Habits and mores

True or False: Tocqueville says that material well-being exerts a power over political actions and on opinions in America.

True

What does Tocqueville say is the greatest advantage of religion?

That it inspires us to go against natural instincts

When is it acceptable in the state of nature to let picked fruit spoil and go to waste?

Spoilage is not a problem if there is enough (and as good) left for others.

What does Locke think about attempts by the people to rebel against the government?

Rebellion is justified if the legislative power is changed or the government seriously violates the rights of the people.

True or False: Locke claims that the people are likely to rouse themselves and put the rule into someone’s else’s hands after a long train of abuses.

True

Which of the following is a grievance stated in Jefferson’s “Summary View”?

Freedom to trade has been abridged The right of the colonies to legislate has been suspended or denied Feudal tenures have wrongly been imposed in the colonies, against the ancient Saxon common law

Jefferson describes the king as

Holder of the executive power for each of the colonies

In Summary View, what protest does Jefferson defend, even if it was not strictly legal?

The Boston Tea Party

Paine urges independence because

monarchy is a bad form of government, as British abuses have been proven American commerce will continue to thrive apart from England In the long run, an island can’t govern a continent

In “Thoughts on Government,” Adams says about a representative assembly that

It ought to be a portrait in miniature of the people at large It should not exercise the executive power Its members should be elected annually

According to the Declaration of Independence,

Men are created equal and justly governed only by their consent

In the Declaration, acts of Parliament to which the colonist are said to be

Foreign to the constitution and unacknowledged by the laws

True or False: According to Hamilton, there is a problem of a lack of congress, and the solution is to call for a federal convention

True

True or False: Hamilton does not think that Congress needs to establish a national bank in 1780

False

True or False: Hamilton thinks a defect of the Article of Confederation is a lack of method and energy in the administration.

True

True or False: Ohio has 19 electoral votes

False

True or False: Hamilton thinks men are capable of establishing a government by reflection and choice (Federalist #1)?

True

In your own words, provide the definition of a Faction given by James Madison in Federalist #10.

A number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion or of interest adverse to the rights of other citizens or the permanent & aggregate interests of the community.

What are the methods of curing the mischiefs of faction?

Removing its causes Controlling its effects

True or False: Madison claims in Federalist #14 that the majority confounds (confuses) a republic with a democracy.

True

Name one principal purpose to be answered by the union listed in Federalist #23

Common defense of members, preservation of the public peace, regulation of commerce with other nations and between states, superintendence of our intercourse with foreign countries.

We are told that the state governments

have often violated the separation of powers.

In Federalist #54, in the voice of “one of our southern brethren.” Publius argues

slaves have a mixed character as persons and property, hence the 3/5 clause

True or False: The 3/5 compromise was repealed.

True

Finish the sentence from Publius: “Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates…”

The Athenian assembly would have been a mob.

Publius argues that American will be able to trust their representatives because

They will be elected by the people, without birth, wealth, or religious tests, They will want to please the people in order to be reelected or advanced, They will make no law that does not operate on themselves as well as others

Jefferson thinks the Constitution should be revised

every nineteen years

Name the three forms of free government discussed by The Federal Farmer, and circle which one the Federal Farmer preferred.

Federal Consolidation Partial Consolidation

Brutus” believes that interpretation (“construction”) of the Constitution should be

in the legislature, elected by the people

True or False: Jefferson did address the issue of slavery in the draft of the Declaration of Independence, but it was omitted.

True

William Lloyde Garrison insists on

immediate universal emancipation of slaves

Angelina Grimké urges American women slaveholders to combat slavery how?

Read and speak about slavery, Pray over the subject and for slaves, masters, and abolitionists, Free their own slaves, pay them wages, and teach them.

Frederick Douglas says that it is enough that white men and women are nobly devoting themselves to the black cause.

False

Fredrick Douglas says what about the Fourth of July?

it reminds them that Americans are false to their past and their principles by upholding slavery

According to Calhoun’s speeches, slavery in the American South is

a positive good

Calhoun distinguishes the numerical majority from

the concurrent majority

Whose condition, according to Fitzhugh, is worse than that of northern laborers?

no one’s: norther labor is exploited like slaves but not provided for

When Lincoln says a “house divided against itself cannot stand,” he means

that the nation will eventually allow slavery everywhere or nowhere

What date and year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?

January 1, 1863

How many states were in rebellion against the United States after it was signed?

Ten

Of the Supreme Court cases we have read/discussed, which deal with Article IV of the US Constitution

Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972) Marbury v. Madison (1803)

True or False: Fredrick Douglas, “Oration in Memory of Abraham Lincoln” (1876) was delivered at the Unveiling of the Freedmen’s Monument.

True

True or False: Fredrick Douglas states that Abraham Lincoln was “preeminently (i.e., above all) the white man’s President

True

Washington emphasized _______ for education

Learning practical skills and trades

When Dubois refers to the “Talented Tenth,” he has in mind

The proportion of highly educated leaders in every race

Langston Hughes wrote all EXCEPT which line in his poem?

Make America great again

King writes that the lawbreaking involved in civil disobedience

shows respect for law by a willingness to accept the penalty

Who is King most discontent with?

The white moderate

Malcolm X calls his program for blacks to control their own politicians

black nationalism

Which cause does Stokely Carmichael most identify with in your reading?

black power

What are the two classes of mankind, according to Hume?

Shallow thinkers and abstruse thinkers

True or False: Hume claims that the public good is the chief business of politicians.

true

True or False: Smith claims that the division of labor is not the greatest improvement in the produce powers of labor.

False

What type of coat does Smith use as an example?

Wool

True or False: Smith says that our actions are led by an invisible hand?

True

In his opinion urging the constitutionality of a national bank, Hamilton argues

The power to incorporate belongs to every sovereign government The constitution allows for implied powers of government as well as express ones The Bank will relate to several express powers given to Congress

Which of the following arguments does Hamilton raise against his own recommendations for government encouragement of manufacturing?

That government patronage obstructs the natural current of industry

In his “Report on Manufactures,” what does Alexander Hamilton give as a reason for encouraging manufactures?

It will promote the division of labor, It will promote greater use of machinery, It will encourage immigration to the United States from abroad.

Jefferson argues against the National Bank that

as it is not “necessary,” only “convenient,” it would be unconstitutional

Why does Conwell insist that it is not covetous to want to make lots of money?

Because no one can get rich except by serving others’ needs

True or False: Conwell thinks generational wealth is good for society

False

Charlotte P. Gilman thinks what should not be considered a family function?

House service (cooking & cleaning

True or False: Gilman thinks it is important to eat a family dinner.

False

True or False: Hayek claims that civilization is built on the utilization of experience.

True

Hoover considers which to be the “fifth freedom”?

Economic Freedom

FDR argues that the day of the financial titian is over, to be replaced by the day of

Enlightened administration

What Founder’s method does FDR praise most?

Alexander Hamilton’s

True or False: Coolidge claims that July 4, 1776, is regarded as one of the greatest days in history because it established a nation on new principles.

True

True or False: Coolidge claims that it is the governments’ fault if we fail to respect the principles established in 1776.

False