Basic Tenets of American Democracy

Democracy means

• Government by king or queen

• Government by the people

• Government by elected representatives

• Government by dictator

What is a monarchy?

• Government by a king or queen

• Lack of government

• Government by the people

• Government by elected representatives

What are your natural rights?

• Life, Liberty, and Property

• Equality, Due Process, and Suffrage

• Life, Liberty, and Love

• Equity, Representation, and Due Process

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

• George Washington

• James Madison

What is the Preamble?

• Introduction to the Constitution

• Statement of beliefs

• Conclusion of the Constitution

• Reasons for leaving Britain

Declare War

• Federal
• State
• Shared

Create an army and a navy

• Federal
• State
• Shared

Collect Taxes

• Federal
• State
• Shared

Powers that are not given to the Federal government are 

• implied powers
• expressed powers
• reserved powers
• super powers

Powers that the federal government shares with state governments are called 

• reserved
• implied
• concurrent
• expressed