01.01 Natural Rights US GOVERNMENT

An example of an important service the government provides to all U.S. citizens is

education

Governments create laws and rules to

prevent chaos

One purpose of government is to

protect citizen rights

What do Americans value as the basic individual or natural rights?

Life, liberty, pursuit of happiness

"Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives. The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government. This will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures."—Article 21, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 The above quote gives the weakest support to which of the following principles?

Rule of law

"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, limited government

Throughout the city, police officers patrol the streets and neighborhoods of St. Louis. This image best illustrates how government

enforces laws and provides protection for citizens

Rule of Law means that

everyone in a society must follow the laws equally

Protection for individual rights in U.S. society reflects the idea that all people have

natural rights

Elections to choose officials to stand for the people's interests in the work of government reflect the principle of

representative government

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?

representative government

An example of a location that directly shows government in action is a

school