Six Principles of Government

The belief that people can and should govern themselves. The government gets its power from the people. ​

• Republicanism

• Popular Sovereignty

• Limited Government

• Federalism

Everybody has to follow the same laws. Even members of the government. ​

• Limited Government

• Checks and Balances

• Popular Sovereignty

• Separation of Power

The power of the federal (national) government​ is placed into 3 separate, but equal, branches ​

• Limited Government

• Checks and Balances

• Popular Sovereignty

• Separation of Power

Each branch of the federal (national) government has the ability to limit, or control, the powers of the other two branches​.

• Limited Government

• Checks and Balances

• Popular Sovereignty

• Federalism

The sharing of power between the state and federal (national) government​s.

• Federalism

• Checks and Balances

• Popular Sovereignty

• Individual Rights​

What principle of government gives power to the courts to decide what the Constitution means

• judicial review

• limited government

• checks and balances

• separation of powers

The Constitution outlines our plan of government and restricts its powers

• limited government

• popular sovereignty

• federalism

• separation of powers

The court has the power of judicial review to declare new laws unconstitutional

• limited government

• separation of powers

• checks and balances

• judicial review

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people

• federalism

• judicial review

• popular sovereignty

• separation of powers

The executive branch has the power to carry out the laws established

• popular sovereignty

• federalism

• limited government

• separation of powers