Module 1 USGOV
An example of an important service the government provides to all U.S. citizens is -military training -transportation -education -housing
education
Governments create laws and rules to -prevent chaos -limit freedom -arrest people -end equality
prevent chaos
One purpose of government is to -control citizen behavior -inhibit citizen protest -protect citizen rights -deny citizen justice
protect citizen rights
Throughout the city, police officers patrol the streets and neighborhoods of St. Louis. This image best illustrates how government -collects money by building and selling its own vehicles -enforces laws and provides protection for citizens -provides every official with transportation -spends tax dollars without consent
enforces laws and provides protection for citizens
Rule of Law means that -people elect representatives to create the laws -certain individuals must be trained to make laws -everyone in a society must follow the laws equally -officials must follow certain procedures to make law
everyone in a society must follow the laws equally
A "limited government" is a government that -may operate without consent of the governed -rules temporarily during times of emergency -has restrictions on the powers of its officials -sets an absolute time limit for all officials
has restrictions on the powers of its officials
What do Americans value as the basic individual or natural rights? -Personal safety and security -Owning property and voting -Freedom, education, separation -Life, liberty, pursuit of happiness
life, liberty, pursuit of happiness
The Constitution divides the U.S. government into three branches that can each stop, or check, actions of the other branches. This division of power is a result of the principle of -rule of law -individual rights -limited government -representative government
limited government
Protection for individual rights in U.S. society reflects the idea that all people have -divine rights -natural rights -right to consent -unlimited rights
natural rights
In 2011, a movement known as Occupy Wall Street began in New York City. The protestors asserted that large corporations had too much influence on government. They blamed this influence for greater financial problems for the majority of Americans, such as the lack of jobs. Which principle do the protestors most likely believe government violated? -rule of law -individual rights -limited government -representative government
representative government
"In the government of this commonwealth, the legislative department shall never exercise the executive and judicial powers, or either of them. The executive shall never exercise the legislative and judicial powers, or either of them. The judicial shall never exercise the legislative and executive powers, or either of them. To the end it may be a government of laws and not of men."—Massachusetts Constitution, Part the First, Article XXX, 1780 Which two government principles does this quote reflect? -Rule of law, consent of the governed -Rule of law, limited government -Individual rights, consent of the governed -Individual rights, limited government
rule of law, limited government
This doctor has the right to assist this patient because -people can choose to see unlicensed health care providers -she is licensed by the government to practice medicine -any American has the right to practice medicine freely -the government gave the patient permission for care
she is licensed by the government to practice medicine