1 / 10

US GOV: Objective 2

US GOV: Objective 2. The student will demonstrate understanding by describing the six basic principals which the constitution of the United States is built. Popular Sovereignty. The power to rule lies with the people The people of the USA get the power to rule from the Constitution.

jana-townsend
Télécharger la présentation

US GOV: Objective 2

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. US GOV: Objective 2 The student will demonstrate understanding by describing the six basic principals which the constitution of the United States is built.

  2. Popular Sovereignty • The power to rule lies with the people • The people of the USA get the power to rule from the Constitution

  3. Limited Government • a type of government in which its functions and powers are prescribed, limited, and restricted by law (The Constitution) • USA can only do what we tell it to do

  4. Separation of Powers The individual branches of government (executive, legislative, judicial) have separate and unique powers the others cannot impinge upon (3 Branches)

  5. Checks and Balances • limits imposed on all branches of a government by vesting in each branch the right to amend or void those acts of another that fall within its purview.

  6. Judicial Review • the power of a court to determine the constitutionality of the laws of a government or the acts of a government official • Marburyv. Madison

  7. Federalism • A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and constituent political units. • AKA: State and National Government

  8. IN YOUR GROUPS on note cards: On one note card define your term On 4-6 separate cards provide examples from the constitution or real life. Competition time…

  9. Day 2

  10. Applying what we know to REAL LIFE. • Today we are going to be reading several different news bites. Using the information you learned yesterday, try to sort the articles into the different principals of government. • The idea of mastery kicks in here…

More Related