Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
U.S. Government - Coggle Diagram
U.S. Government
The Constitution: The 6 big ideas in the Constitution are limited government; republicanism; checks and balances; federalism; separation of powers; and popular sovereignty. There are separation of powers where the government is divided into three branches; legislative, executive, and judicial.
Checks and Balances: The point of checks and balances was to make sure no one branch would be able to control too much power, and it created a separation of powers.
Separation of Powers: The Constitution divides the Government into the three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial.
Federalism: The system of government in the US in which the national government reigns supreme. The division of power between the national government and the states.
Limited Government: is a principle in political theory that emphasizes restricting the powers and functions of government to protect individual liberties
Republicanism: is a political ideology that emphasizes the importance of a republic as the best form of government. In a republic, the people hold sovereignty, and government officials are elected as representatives of the people.
Popular Sovereignty: To secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, meaning the government serves the people, which is its primary purpose and derives its power directly from them.
Declaration of Independence: July 4th, 1776. The main ideas of the Declaration of Independence are that all men are created equal and give them the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The government has to protect these rights.
Natural Rights: People have certain inalienable rights, including Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
-
Articles Of Confederation: The Articles of Confederation was to establish a very weak central government, with most power residing in the individual states. It have the power to declare war, appoint military officers, sign treaties, and make alliances.
American Revolution: The war fought between 1775 and 1783 through which 13 of Great Britain's North American colonies broke free of British rule and established the United States of America.
The Bill of Rights: The Bill of Rights guarantees fundamental liberties such as freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and the right to petition the government, while also establishing limitations on government power. It sets rules for due process of law and reserves all powers not delegated to the Federal Government to the people or the States.
Legislative Branch: This branch is made up of the Senate and House of Representatives and special agencies and offices that provide support services to Congress. The roles of this branch include; drafting proposed laws and they have the authority to declare war.
Executive Branch: This branch includes the President, Vice President, and the Cabinet. This also include executive departments, independent agencies, and other boards, commissions, and committees.
Judicial Branch: This includes the Supreme Court and other federal courts. It evaluates laws by interpreting the meaning of laws, applying law to individual cases, and deciding if laws violate the Constitution.
Democracy: a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
-
Dictatorship: form of government in which one person or a small group possesses absolute power without effective constitutional limitations.
Monarchy: a political system in which supreme authority is vested in the monarch, an individual ruler who functions as head of state.
Oligarchy: is a form of government in which a small group of people hold most or all political power.
Parliamentary Systems: a democratic form of government where the legislative branch, or parliament, is responsible for making laws and the executive branch is made up of members of the parliament