Socrates & Aristotle
Hobbes & State of Nature
Locke & Natural Rights
The Founding
Civil Rights and Equality
100

What was Socrates charged with in The Apology

Impiety and corrupting the youth

100

Hobbes describes the state of nature as violent because individuals refuse to follow the law.

False

100
What is political power, according to Locke?

The right to make laws

100

What article of the U.S. Constitution involves the legislative branch?

Article I

100

What was the primary function of the 13th Amendment

To abolish slavery

200

Where was Socrates when Crito spoke to him?

Prison

200

Which passion inclines us to seek peace, according to Hobbes?

Fear of Violent Death

200

What are Locke's three natural rights?

Life, liberty, and property

200

What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

To be independent of Great Britain

200

What did the plaintiffs argue in Brown v. Board of Education?

The "separate but equal" doctrine is unconstitutional

300

What did Crito initially want Socrates to do?

Escape from jail

300

Why are humans fundamentally equal in the State of Nature?

Because they have equal ability to kill each other
300

Why do humans enter into a society, according to Locke?

To preserve or protect property

300

How many articles are in the U.S. Constitution?

7

300

How many titles are in the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

11

400

According to Aristotle, a human being is a political ______

Animal

400

How does Hobbes define freedom?

The absence of impediments

400

After a government is dissolved, who holds the power?

The people

400
What was the primary effect of the English Bill of Rights?

Increased power in Parliament

400

Who wrote the Declaration of Sentiments?

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

500

What is polity according to Aristotle?

A form of government that is usually a mix of an oligarchy and democracy

500

If two men want something they both cannot have, they become:

Enemies

500

What is the central question of Locke's Second Treatise?

What is legitimate political power?

500

What does Washington's Farewell Address encourage Americans to prioritize?

National interests over individual states' differences

500

Where was the Doll Study used in the opinion of Brown v. Board?

Footnote 11

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