Principles of Democracy

"I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death." -- Patrick Henry, 1775

What Principle of Democracy does this best represent?

• Rights and Freedoms

• Limited Government

• Equal Protection

• Consent of the Governed

"We must confine ourselves to the powers described in the Constitution." -- James Jackson, First Congress.

What Principle of Democracy does this best represent?

• Rule of Law

• Consent of the Governed

• Rights and Freedoms

• Equal Protection

"The greatest [calamity] which could befall [us would be] submission to a government of unlimited powers." -- Thomas Jefferson, 1825.

• Equal Justice

• Federalism

• Popular Sovereignty

• Limited Power

No man may be put on trial without the right to have witnesses testifying in his defense.

What principle of democracy does this best represent?

• Equal Justice

• Rights and Freedoms

• Limited Government

• Checks and Balances

To secure these rights, Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just power from the consent of the governed

• Popular Sovereignty

• Separation of Powers

• Equal Justice

• Federalism

Which of these government actions is meant to ensure the Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection of the laws?

• Regulating trade with other nations

• Prohibiting segregation in public facilities

• Restricting illegal immigration into the country

• Publishing election ballots in foreign newspapers

Which of these excerpts from the Constitution describes federalism?

• The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases . . . arising under this Constitution. . . .

• The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution . . . are reserved to the States. . . .

• The right of citizens . . . who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied on account of age.

• The right of the people to be secure in their persons against unreasonable searches shall not be violated. . . .

Congress may respond to United States Supreme Court rulings by...

• Rewriting a law overturned by the court

• Determining which justices will review a particular case

• Deciding which lawyers may argue the case

• Declaring rulings of the court invalid

Which of these excerpts from the United States Constitution best reflects the principle of checks and balances?

• “Every Bill which shall have passed [Congress] shall, before it becomes a Law, be presented to the President of the United States.”

• “This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States . . . shall be the supreme Law of the Land. . . .”

• "The [listing] in the Constitution, of certain"

• “All persons born or naturalized in the United States . . . are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”

One of the main purposes of the Bill of Rights is to...

• Restrict individual freedoms

• Improve the court system

• Strengthen federal laws

• Limit the power of government