Basic Principles

What basic principle says government should be restrained by the Constitution and that government officials cannot just pass any laws they want.

• Judicial Review
• Checks and Balances
• Limited Government

• Separation of Powers

The basic principle means that people have the power.

• Popular sovereignty.

• Democracy

• Republicanism

• Totalitarianism

This basic principle means that nobody, not even the president is above the law.

• Rule of law
• Popular sovereignty

• Separation of powers
• Republicanism

This basic principle was inspired by Montesquieu and divided the national government into three branches.

• Checks and Balances
• Separation of Powers
• Federalism
• Judicial Review

This basic principle allows each branch of government to keep the other two branches from becoming too powerful.

• Executive privilege
• Judicial review
• Separation of powers
• Checks and balances

This basic principle established indirect democracy.

• Republicanism

• Popular sovereignty

• Rule of law

• Democracy

This basic principle divided power between the national and state governments.

• Federalism
• Monarchy
• Unitary System
• Confederation

This basic principle means that people have freedoms and liberties such as freedom of speech and not to be harassed by police.

• Separation of powers

• Federalism

• Individual rights

• Popular sovereignty