1. Warm-up: What does democracy mean? What are the ideas behind it?
What are the duties it requires of its citizens?

2. Reconstruction & Evolving Democracy

3. Democracy “Ideas” Worth of an individual Equality of all persons
Majority rule, minority rights
Necessity of compromise
Individual freedom

4. Democracy “Institutions”
Constitution - The Preamble explains the purposes of the Constitution, and defines the powers of the new government as originating from the people of the United States. All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.
Government - representative democracy
Federalism - system of government in which a written constitution divides power between a central, or national, government and several regional governments
Bill of Rights - things guaranteed that the government can’t deny a citizen
Freedom

5. Democracy-- “Political Processes”
Citizen participation
Free and fair elections
Voting

6. American Democracy to 1860 Bill of Rights
Declared independence from Britain 1776
Established new government with Constitution:
Separation of Powers
Checks & Balances
Federalism
Bill of Rights
First 10 Amendments to Constitution
Voted for representatives from each state to sit in federal government Congress
Only white males could vote
Senators chosen by state delegates

7. Activity:
Federalism Activity