DEMOCRACY Majority rule Govt. by and for the people Rights of the individual protected Elected representatives carry out the people ’ s will Freedom Everyone equal under the law

a system of government in which the people rule either directly or through elected representatives

 I: Popular Consent (popular sovereignty)  II: Respect for the Individual  III: Equality of Opportunity  IV: Personal Liberty  V: Rule of Law

I: Popular Consent (popular sovereignty)  government derives its power from the consent of the people

 Voting

II: Respect for the Individual  each person has the right to reach their own potential  all entitled to “certain unalienable rights”

 Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness  Bill of Rights

III: Equality of Opportunity  “all men are created equal”  What kinds of equality should the government guarantee? Political? Economic? Social?

 Today, we are all born with the same rights

IV: Personal Liberty  “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”  self-determination

 Citizens have the ability to determine their own destiny.

V: Rule of Law  “a government of laws and not of men”  safeguard of liberty

 No person is above the law

A form of democracy in which the people as a whole make direct decisions, rather than having those decisions made for them by elected representatives

referendum - the practice of submitting a law to a popular vote at election time. The law may be proposed by a voter's initiative or by the legislature

recall - A procedure whereby the voters can vote to remove an elected official from office