1) The United States is revered as one of the greatest democracies in World History. However, in truth, it is a republic. Please explain how the Republic of the United States is actually different than the basic concept of a democracy. 

2) The United States Constitution is established to give power in the form a republic. The three branches of government are created in a way that no one has total authority over the other. This system is called checks and balances. Explain how the basic citizen has authority over each of the three branches of government. 

3) Political Parties have become the most influential aspect of an election, even more so than the candidate at times. Political party affiliation is typically a bigger influence on how people vote than the actual candidate. However, many people feel that the two party system does not encourage real change by the politicians and maintains a status quo. In the Presidential election of 2000, third party candidate Ralph Nader had a major impact on the election. Explain Nader's impact on the election. 

Which of the following is true about the 1912 presidential election?

• A Republican candidate won the election.
• The Bull Moose Party candidate won the election.
• The election had three possible candidates who could win.
• The election saw the splitting of the Democratic Party.

1. Locke's 'Two Treatises of Government' were taken nearly verbatim and used to justify

A. Portuguese independence from Spain

B. the Peace of Westphalia

C. the American Revolution

D. the Partition of Poland

E. the War of the Spanish Succession

2. While Thomas Hobbes' political views were in part influenced by the English Civil War and Interregnum, John Locke's were influenced by the

A. English Restoration

B. American Revolution

C. 1707 Act of Unity

D. 1688 Glorious Revolution

E. Convention Parliament

3. Due to Hobbes' belief that man was inherently selfish and in need of a strong governmental hand, he concluded that the only correct form of government is

A. military junta

B. absolute monarchy

C. republic

D. democracy

E. communism

4. What institution of higher learning did both Hobbes and Locke attend?

A. Harvard

B. Cambridge

C. Leeds

D. Oxford

F. Trinity College

5. Locke believed that the social contract between monarch and subjects could be broken by the people if

A. the king died without an heir

B. the people disliked the king

C. the king ruled arbitrarily and unfairly

D. the king did not call Parliament

E. The king taxed the public

Declaration of Independence, 1776, Part A

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government

Declaration of Independence, 1776, Part B The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

1. How are the principles of classical liberalism (individual rights) present in

this text?

2. How are the principles of classical republicanism (common good) present in this text?

3. How are the principles of classical liberalism (individual rights) present in this text?

4. How are the principles of classical republicanism (common good) present in this text?