Lobbes and Hocke
This person believed that people are generally good, therefor we should have a very limited set of rules.
Who is John Locke?
This famous phrase from the Declaration of Independence most clearly establishes the American value of “equality”.
What is "All men are created Equal."?
The Declaration of Sentiments, drafted at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848, was modeled after this famous U.S. document.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This document was written to formally break away from England and establish the United States of America.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
All of the documents we read request inclusion into the American system, except for the document written by this author or group.
Who are the Cherokee Nation?
According to Thomas Hobbes, this is only form of government that will ever create a peaceful society.
What is a tyranny?
In Declaration of Sentiments, Elizabeth Cady Stanton requests THIS right, most closely connected with the value of Representation.
What is the right to vote?
Abigail Adams’s letter, "Remember the Ladies" what written during this important American historical event.
What is the American Revolution?
This Preamble to our Constitution starts with these famous words, mostly closely connected to the value of Representation.
What is "We the People?"
This word, quoted in the Preamble, means "peace." As in, promote domestic...
What is tranquility?
He said: no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions…
Who is John Locke?
The Constitution to the United States states that there can be no laws created which take away a persons right to own a firearm. (This is known as the Second Amendment.). This idea is MOST CLOSELY connected with which American value?
What is freedom?
This speech was delivered to the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society in 1852 and stated "your shouts of liberty and equality, hollow"
What is "What to the Slave is the 4th of July"?
This phrase from the Declaration of Independence means rights that can't be taken away.
What are unalienable Rights?
Thomas Hobbes believed that in a state of nature, life would be nasty, brutish and this...
What is short?
Between the Preamble to the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Hobbes would agree more with the values as stated in this founding document.
What is the Preamble to the Constitution?
Frederick Douglass’s speech “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July” primarily challenges this American ideal.
What is freedom?
In 1829, the Cherokee Nation wrote to Congress about these "Recent events" which have "have troubled us deeply."
What is the Indian Removal Act? or What is pressure from Georgia to leave their land?
According to the Declaration of Independence, this should happen if a government fails to protect the natural rights of its citizens.
What is overthrow the government and replace it.
In "Remember the Ladies," Abigail Adams expressed concern that if women's rights were not recognized, this might happen.
What is a revolution of women?
From 1619 until 1865 colonists and Americans enslaved other Americans and profited off their labor. This is proof that this philosopher was right about human nature.
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
"Promote the general welfare”, as stated in the Preamble to the Constitution, is most closely connected to this founding value.
What is Opportunity?
Being denied access to the World Anti-Slavery Convention is most closely related to this famous U.S. document.
What is the Declaration of Sentiments?
The Declaration of Independence states that governments get their powers from the “consent of the governed,” an idea best represented by this American Value
What is representation?
When discussing the idea of safety and peace, the Preamble is connecting with this founding value.
What is opportunity?