Your Assignment:
1) Click on the link below and watch the video. Then answer the question below.
http://www.hippocampus.org/History & Government?loadLeftClass=CourseCombination&loadLeftId=18&loadTopicId=1295
2) Contained within the United States Constitution are 6 key principles that guide our democracy. Out of the 6 principles contained within the Constitution which of the 3 do you think is the most important and why. Explain in detail.
Due: By Sunday no later than 11:59 p.m.
1.)Popular Sovereignty because that's what gives the people the power.
ReplyDelete2.)Limited Power because it says that the government can only do things the people have given it power to do and not take over the people.
3.) Checks and Balances because it wouldn't be very good if one power became stronger than the others.
1. checks and balances. they check each other so that they don't gain to much power and overtake the others.
ReplyDelete2. limited gov't. people give the gov't only as much power as they want.
3. popular sovereignty. people have control of their gov't decisions.
1.) Popular Sovereignty, it gives the people the power.
ReplyDelete2.)Limited Power because the government can only do things people have give to get the power to do and not take over the population.
3.) Checks and Balances, it would be good if one power became stronger than the rest of the others.
1) Check and balances becuase they make sure others dont have to much power.
ReplyDelete2) Limited Power because it allows the people have a voice instead of just the government.
3)Popular Sovereignty because it gives people power to help the government make the popular decisions.
1.Popular Sovereignty, all power rests with the people, and that the people have given the government its power through the Constitution.
ReplyDelete2.Limited Government, states that government can do only those things that the people have given it authority to do. In other words, it must obey the law.
3.Checks and Balances, which allows one branch to restrain the power of another.
1. Limited government because the government needs to be limited in order to allow our freedoms.
ReplyDelete2. Separation of powers to keep the power distributed so not a single group can become too powerful.
3. Federalism because in such a large area, there needs to be power at both the federal and state level.
1) Popular Sovereignty - it gives the power to the people.
ReplyDelete2) limited government. People give them as much power as they desire.
3) Checks and Balances - it would be good if one power became stronger than the rest of the others.
1.) Checks and balances because they keep the government equal and just. If one branch gets stronger, the government would be weaker.
ReplyDelete2.) Popular Sovereignty because the basis of the Constitution was on giving the people the power instead of the government.
3.)Limited Power because if the government had too much power we would not suceed
1. popular sovereignty- because without people’s authority everyone would want to run things
ReplyDelete2. limited government- because if eveyone wanted to change things nothing would ever want to stay the same and change all of the time
3. federalism- because there must be division for the people so a group can focus on one topic not everything
Popular sovereignty because all power goes to people.
ReplyDeleteLimited power because it gives people a voice and not just a government.
Checks and balances because they allow one branch to restrain the power of another.
1.)Popular Sovereignty, it gives the people the power they earned.
ReplyDelete2.)Limited Government, so the govn't can't get into things that might not be any of their business.
3.)Checks and Balances, it is a nice thought if one power would become stronger than all the rest.
ReplyDelete1. Limited government because the government needs to be limited in order to allow our freedoms.
2. Separation of powers to keep the power distributed so not a single group can become too powerful.
3. Federalism because in such a large area, there needs to be power at both the federal and state level.
1) Checks and balances because I don't think that some people should have more power than others.
ReplyDelete2) Limited government because if the government took over too much control it would sometime become a dictatorship and that would be bad.
3) Popular sovereignty because I think the people should make the government decisions by voting.
1. The check and ve as much ances because it makes sure that others do not have more power then someone else.
ReplyDelete2. The limited power because it lets the people have voice instead of just the government.
3) The popular soverignty because it gives people power to help the government make some decisions.