Social contract theorist Thomas Hobbes is the author of which preeminent text:
a. Leviathan
b. Two Treatises on Government
c. Second Treatise
d. On Liberty
e. Mayflower Compact
a
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a. limit the power of the government b. design a government capable of swift action c. create a system reflecting the will of the majority d. give citizens numerous opportunities to elect public officials
In 1837, John C. Calhoun became the first to defend slavery as
a. a necessary evil. b. a positive good. c. critical to the economy of the South. d. inevitable. e. the mark of a powerful empire.
Proponents of devolution argue that the authority of __________
a. the military should be expanded b. state governments should be expanded c. the federal government should be expanded d. Congress should be expanded