Democracy vs Republic

The word Democracy comes from the Greek demos, which means:

• Power

• People

• rule

• interest

The word democracy also comes from the Greek word Kratos, which means _______________.

• people

• interest

• rule

• everybody

The word Republic is from the Latin res, which means _______________.

• people

• everybody

• rule

• interest

The word Republic also comes from the Latin publica, which means __________________.

• people

• rule

• everybody

• interest

Define Democracy: (pick 2)

• A government by the people; especially: rule of the mjority

• A government having a chief of state who is not a monarch and who in modern times is usually a president

• A government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections

• A government in which supreme power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by elected officers and representatives responsible to them and governing according to law.

Define Republic: (pick 2)

• A government by the people; especially: rule of the mjority

• A government having a chief of state who is not a monarch and who in modern times is usually a president

• A government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections

• A government in which supreme power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by elected officers and representatives responsible to them and governing according to law.

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Does this excerpt describe Democracy or Republic and how?

• Republic: it states that our blessings are secure. No one can take them away.

• Democracy: it states our rights come from the government

• Rebublic: it states that in order to form a more perfect union we must give up some of our rights

• Democracy: it states we are one nation under God

From the U.S. Pledge of Allegience:

"I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

Does this excerpt describe Democracy or Republic and how?

• Democracy: It states the Government provides our liberty and justice

• Republic: It states that the flag stands as a symbol the United States Republic

• Democracy: It states that our Liberty and Justice is not from God

• Rebublic: it states that in order to form a more perfect union we must give up some of our rights

From the Gettysburg Address:

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal... that the nation, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

Does this excerpt describe Democracy or Republic and how?

• Democracy: It states that our Liberties can be taken away by the people

• Democracy: It states that the government will be run by the people, for the people

• Republic: It states that under God, we have freedom, and our Government that can not take it away

• Rebublic: It states that the government will be run by the people, for the people

In 1787, after being asked what kind of government the new country would have, who responded with, "A republic, madam, if you can keep it."

• James Madison

• George Washington

• Samual Adams

• Benjamin Franklin