Quiz for Viewpoints 22.2: Declarations of Independence

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Correct: The answer is a. The Declaration famously claimed that all men are “endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights.”
Incorrect: The answer is a. The Declaration famously claimed that all men are “endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights.”
1. According to the U.S. Declaration of Independence, what is the source of man’s “unalienable rights”?

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Correct: The answer is c. Keenly aware that revolution was a serious thing, the authors argued that governments should not be overthrown for “light and transient Causes,” but only after a “long Train of Abuses and Usurpations” had occurred.
Incorrect: The answer is c. Keenly aware that revolution was a serious thing, the authors argued that governments should not be overthrown for “light and transient Causes,” but only after a “long Train of Abuses and Usurpations” had occurred.
2. Under what circumstances did the authors of the U.S. Declaration of Independence claim that revolution was justified?

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Correct: The answer is a. The authors of both documents took pains to point out that their actions were both just and legal, if the laws were understood correctly.
Incorrect: The answer is a. The authors of both documents took pains to point out that their actions were both just and legal, if the laws were understood correctly.
3. On which of these did the authors of the U.S. and Venezuelan declarations agree?

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Correct: The answer is b. The authors of the Venezuelan declaration proclaimed their commitment to the “holy Catholic and Apostolic Religion of Jesus Christ,” while the authors of the U.S. declaration made mention only of the “Creator.”
Incorrect: The answer is b. The authors of the Venezuelan declaration proclaimed their commitment to the “holy Catholic and Apostolic Religion of Jesus Christ,” while the authors of the U.S. declaration made mention only of the “Creator.”
4. Which of these was an important difference between the U.S. and Venezuelan declarations?