Which of the following is not true about the signers of the Declaration of Independence?
Two were elected president.
Only one was female.
Thirteen were elected to Congress.
Seventeen fought in the American Revolution.
A decentralized form of government aimed at reinvigorating state and local power while reducing federal spending is called what?
Modernism
Progressivism
New Federalism
Economization
Which type of federalism is characterized by a system of separate but equally powerful state and national governments?
Dual
Combined
Cooperative
Progressive
What is true of John Locke's ideas on property rights?
They were frowned upon by the majority of the American colonists.
They maintained that one should only take their share and not deprive others of their share.
They included the idea that free white women had as much right to property as free white males.
They emerged from teachings in the Roman Catholic Church.
The ideas of Enlightenment philosophers did NOT:
Influence American colonial movement toward revolution.
Lead to concepts, including the social contract.
Hold that political rulers were divinely appointed.
Focus on natural rights to life, liberty, and property.