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The Six Big Ideas of the Constitution
Limited Government Separation of Power Checks and Balances
Republicanism Federalism
Popular Sovereignty
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Limited Government
• A political system in which legalized force is restricted through delegated and enumerated powers
– Powers specifically given to government
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Reasoning:
• People are the source of governments power, the government only has as much power as the people give it
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Separation of Power
• Power is divided between the three Branches of government
– Executive (President)
– Judicial (Supreme Court)
– Legislative (House of Representatives and Senate)
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Reasoning:
• The Founding Fathers did not want one branch to be able to become too powerful and controlling.
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Checks and Balances
• Each branch has the ability to restrain by amending or vetoing the acts of the other two branches.
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Reasoning:
• This makes the government much less efficient, but also prevents one branch from gaining power over the other two.
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Republicanism • A form of government in which leaders are
elected for a specific group of people for a specific amount of time, and laws are passed to benefit all not just a select few.
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Reasoning:
• The entire country will not have the same beliefs and each other
• By limiting term limits it makes the government more responsive to the will of the people
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Federalism
• Power is divided between a central government, and smaller, local governments
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Reasoning: • Allows central government to be powerful
enough to be effective
• Allows states governments to handle local issues
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Popular Sovereignty
• The Government is created at the will of the people
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Reasoning
• What the people give, can also be taken away