1. Constitution handbook
Essential Question: examine how the rights and responsibilities of the U.S. citizenship reflect on the
American national identity.

2. 7 principles of the Constitution
1. Popular Sovereignty: a government where the people rule

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2. Republicanism: people exercise their power by voting for their political representatives

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3. Federalism: system of gov’t in which the power is divided between the central gov’t and state gov’t
Constitution is based on this
Powers assigned to national gov’t = delegated powers
Powers assigned to states = reserved powers
Powers shared by national and state gov’t = concurrent powers

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4. Separation of Powers: gov’t is divided into branches to keep the power from one
individual person or branch.

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5. Checks and Balances: each branch of gov’t has to work with the other branches
Framers put this in to make sure the branches work fairly with each other

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6. Limited Government: rule of law = everybody must obey the law

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7. individual Rights: personal liberties and privileges = Bill of Rights