QUIZ: Baby, I was born with it :) 1.01 NATURAL RIGHTS
Every election in U.S. society reaffirms the principle of
Consent of the governed
An example of an important service the government provides to all U.S. citizens is
Education
What do Americans value as the basic individual or natural rights?
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
Limited government
Protection for individual rights in U.S. society reflects the idea that all people have
Natural Rights
An example of a location that directly shows government in action is a
School
This doctor has the right to assist this patient because
She is licensed by the government to practice medicine
The highway you see here used to be a two-lane road and did not connect to other highways. Over the years, the highway was expanded and new ramps built to connect to other roads and highways. The changes in this image illustrate how government
builds and maintains highways
A "limited government" is a government that
has restrictions on the powers of its officials
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration designed this label for the public to be released in 2012. The image best illustrates how government
is committed to protecting citizen safety
Governments create laws and rules to
prevent chaos
One purpose of government is to
protect citizen rights