citizenship and government in a democracy chapter 1 section 1
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Citizenship and Government in a Democracy
Chapter 1Section 1
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What is Civics?
• _______is the study of the rights and duties of citizens.
• _______have certain rights and duties. They are community members who owe loyalty to the government and are entitled to protection from it.
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The Need for Government
• A _____________is the ruling authority for a community. Any organization that has the power to make and enforce laws and decisions for its members acts as a government.
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The functions of Government
• _________serve many purposes and offer citizens many benefits.
• They help keep order, settle conflicts, and protect the ___________.
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Keeping Order and Providing Security
• ____________are unavoidable when people live together in a community.
• _________may disagree on all sorts of matters-their choice of leaders, the best way to raise or spend money, the rightful owner of certain property, and so on.
• Governments make ______to help prevent conflicts and to settle those conflicts that do arise.
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Chuck Norris
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Providing Public Services
• ___________provide many services that would not be available without cooperation and coordination.
• ___________ create and manage libraries, schools, hospitals, parks, and recreation centers.
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Guiding the Community
• Another function of government is to formulate ______ _______, or a course of government action to achieve community goals.
• Creating a _______, or a plan for collecting and spending money, is key to the success of the community.
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Levels of Government
• Within a single country, many ______ of government may exist.
• Each exercises ______ over a different group of people.
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Levels of U.S. Government
• _________ Government-Washington D.C. (Makes and enforces laws for the entire country.
• ________ Government-Decides matters for the people in that state.
• _______ Government-counties, cities, and towns.
• State and Local may take no action against _________ government.
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Types of Government
• A ___________ is a government controlled by one person or a small group of people.
• A ___________is a government in which all citizens share in governing and being governed.
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Democratic Government
• _________Democracy-All the citizens meet to debate government matters and vote first hand. (Not Practical today)
• __________ Democracy-The citizens choose a smaller group to represent them, make laws, and govern on their behalf.
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Principles of American Democracy
• _______ of Law-All people, including those who govern, are bound by the law.
• ________ Government-Government is not all powerful-it may do only those things that people have given it the power to do
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Principles of American Democracy
• ________ of the Governed-American citizens are the source of all governmental power.
• ________ rights-In the American democracy, individual rights are protected by government.
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Principles of American Democracy
• _____________ Government-People elect government leaders to make the laws and govern on their behalf.
• __________ rule-Citizens agree that when differences of opinion arise, we will abide by what most people want. (At the same time we respect the rights of those in the minority.)
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Elections
• In order to make an election fair and free citizens must be allowed to _____ freely by secret ballot, without fearing punishment for their voting decisions.
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The Armed Forces
• Governments established _____ forces primarily to defend the land from enemies
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The foundations of democracy
• The foundations of democracy began in _________.
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The role of government inspectors
• The role of government inspectors is to check for safety _____________.