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The Ideas That Made America
The Ideas that Make America
The Ideas
Intro
The importance of understanding the Ideas
It is important to understand all aspects of America
Founding Principles
Liberty
Equality
Democracy
Separation of Powers
Act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate bodies
Separation of Powers
Historical Context
Influences
Separation of Powers
How it works in the United States
Separation of Powers
How it works in the United States
Separation of Powers
The Executive Branch conducts diplomacy with other nations and the President has the power to negotiate and sign treaties, which the Senate ratifies.
Separation of Powers
The legislative branch is made up of the House and Senate, known collectively as the Congress. Among other powers, the legislative branch makes all laws, declares war, regulates interstate and foreign commerce and controls taxing and spending policies.
Separation of Powers
The judicial branch decides the constitutionality of federal laws and resolves other disputes about federal laws. However, judges depend on our government's executive branch to enforce court decisions. Courts decide what really happened and what should be done about it.
Checks and Balances
The importance
Counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated, typically those ensuring that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups.
Role of Voting
By voting, citizens are participating in the democratic process. Citizens vote for leaders to represent them and their ideas, and the leaders support the citizens' interests. There are two special rights only for U.S. citizens: voting in federal elections and running for federal office.
The Right to Vote
The murder of voting-rights activists in Mississippi and the attack by white state troopers on peaceful marchers in Selma, Alabama, gained national attention and persuaded President Johnson and Congress to initiate meaningful and effective national voting rights legislation.
The Voting Process
Registration
Voting Methods
Voter Turnout
Trends
Issues