Transcript Defining America's Founding Ideas.ppt

Defining America’s Founding
Ideals
Equality vs Justice
Equality
• The condition of everyone
having the same rights and
opportunities.
Justice
• The concept of “Fair”
distribution of benefits (+)
and burdens (-) in society.
Individual Rights
• Basic conditions that are allowed or owed to
each person in a society
• Protected by the government
• “Freedom of…”
Liberty
• The FREEDOM to think or act without being
limited by unnecessary force.
Opportunity
• The concept that people should have the
CHANCE to attain their hopes and dreams.
Democracy
• A form of Government that places the power
to rule in the hands of the people
• Voting
Options for Creating a New
Government
Democracy
• people have equal say in the government.
• power to rule is in the hands of the people.
• Direct / Representative
Republic
• Representatives are elected by the people to
make laws and run the government.
State Government
• Power to rule & make laws is held locally,
within an individual state.
National/Central Government
• Govt. has the power to make laws for the
whole country.
• Example: Federal Govt. Washington D.C.
Federalism
• Power to govern is divided between a central
and state governments.
• Central govt.’s laws are supreme
Confederation
• Union between independent states, where
they cooperate with each other
• Power to rule remains in each individual state.