natural rights
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 limited government individual rights rule of law
consent of the governed
Every election in U.S. society reaffirms the principle of rule of law divine right to rule limited government consent of the governed
consent of the governed
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
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 controls how people run their businesses limits advertising for dangerous products influences the daily behavior of its people
is committed to protecting citizen safety
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
Governments create laws and rules to (4 points) prevent chaos limit freedom arrest people end equality
prevent chaos
An example of a location that directly shows government in action is a hotel house school store
school
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
"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
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 lets private companies build highways controls all national road construction builds and maintains highways passes laws on transportation
builds and maintains highways
An example of an important service the government provides to all U.S. citizens is military training transportation education housing
education
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