What Was One of the Lasting Impacts of the Arguments

question 66

Multiple Choice

What was one of the lasting impacts of the arguments made in the Declaration of Independence?

• A) The American colonists were distracted by guaranteeing human rights for the rest of the world rather than at home.
• B) The explicit references to equality of the sexes were a boon to women's rights and helped ensure women's role in the new government.
• C) The claims regarding natural rights-life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness-have inspired many other colonies to assert their own independence,
• D) The class-based arguments and rejection of individual self-fulfillment have often been used to justify social inequality in the United States.
• E) The extensiveness of the arguments ensured that a separate constitution did not need to be written in the future.

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Definitions:

Crisis

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Linguistic Determinism

A theory suggesting that the language a person speaks determines or greatly influences their mode of thought and behavior.

Linguistic Relativism

The idea that the structure of a language affects its speakers' worldview or cognition.

Cultural Relativism

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