01.01 Natural Rights

One purpose of government is to

protect citizen rights

Rule of Law means that

everyone in a society must follow the laws equally

Governments create laws and rules to

prevent chaos

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

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

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?

representative government

"When the president does it, that means it is not illegal."—President Richard M. Nixon Which of the following concepts best contradicts this quote?

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

A government facing protests and demonstrations that are supported by most of its citizens and spread across its territory has lost

consent of the governed

Every election in U.S. society reaffirms the principle of

consent of the governed

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration designed this label for the public to be released in 2012. The image best illustrates how government (cigarette package with warning)

is committed to protecting citizen safety