AP Gov: 1.2 vocabulary Waples book

democracy

• system of government where people hold the power

• the right to life, liberty and property

• people allow the government to rule over them to ensure an orderly, fucntioning society.

• the government's right to rule comes from the people

natural rights

• a system of government where power is held by the people

• the right to life, liberty and property

• the government's authority comes from the people through their representatives

• rights the government cannot take away

social contract

• a system of government where power is held by the people

• a system in which the government's authority comes from the people through their representatives

• the idea that the government's right to rule comes from the people

• people allow the government to rule over them to ensure an orderly and functioning society.

American political culture

• social, political and economic freedoms

• set of beliefs, customs, traditions and values that Americans share

• the idea that the government's right to rule comes from the people

• individuals should be able to achieve their goals through hard work, sacrifice, and their own talents.

popular sovereignty

• a system in which the government's authority comes from the people through their representatives

• the right to life, liberty and property

• the idea that the government's right to rule comes from the people

• social, political and economic freedoms

republicanism

• the idea that the government's right to rule comes from the people

• the set of beliefs, customs, traditions and values that Americans share.

• a system of government where power is held by the people

• a system in which the government's authority comes from the people through their representatives.

inalienable rights

• rights the government cannot take away

• social, political and economic freedoms

• the idea that power should be separated within a government

• people have the right to replace an unjust government with a just government

liberty

• social, political and economic freedoms

• a focus on the common good

• the right to property

• set of beliefs, customs, traditions and values that Americans share