JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA BY ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE
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He believed the government needed to protect the natural rights of life, liberty, and property.
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He believed the Executive Branch must be strong to bring order out of the political chaos.
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He believed the United States should have two political parties to place checks and balances on each other.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -His political theory of government by the consent of the governed as a means to protect the three natural rights of “life, liberty and estate” deeply influenced the United States’ founding documents. His essays on religious tolerance provided an early model for the separation of church and state.
Detailed explanation-2: -In turn, the Enlightenment ideals of liberty, equality, and justice helped to create the conditions for the American Revolution and the subsequent Constitution.
Detailed explanation-3: -John Locke’s political theory directly influenced the U.S. Declaration of Independence in its assertion of natural individual rights and its grounding of political authority in the consent of the governed.
Detailed explanation-4: -He believed the purpose of government was to protect people’s natural rights. He said government should protect, ” his life, liberty, and property-against the injuries and attempts of other men.” His idea: The true basis of government was a social contract between people and their government.