Which phrase from the Declaration of Independence most clearly reflects the idea that the people are the source of government?
a. that all men are created equal,..."
b. all men are . . . endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights
c. deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. . ."
d. governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes
Answer: c. deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. . ."
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Which statement about colonial newspaper printer John Peter Zenger is FALSE?
a. He was charged with seditious libel against the royal governor of New York. b. He was found innocent of the charges brought against him. c. He helped lay the foundations for a critical press in a diverse society. d. His lawyer, Andrew Hamilton, was so eloquent in his defense that the jury was persuaded to defy the judge in finding him innocent. e. He was responsible for temporary restrictions on the free press.
Peisistratus initiated democracy in Athens
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Freedmen responded to the abolition of slavery by
A) more than doubling the cotton output because they worked for themselves. B) homesteading on vast sections of land confiscated from Confederate leaders. C) choosing not to work like slaves so as to have more leisure time. D) forming large collective farms so they did not need to work for whites.
Many Americans believed that the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision would bring about the end of segregation on its own
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.