Identify. Match the examples with the five features of American democracy:
A. Consent of the Governed
B. Checks and Balances
1. When the President of the United States wants to create a
law he must go to Congress with the idea.
2. People elect representatives on both the state and national
level to speak for them in government.
3. By electing officials in or voting them out, people give their
approval to the government.
4. The people are the source of all government authority.
5. Our Bill of Rights protects the rights of all U. S. citizens.
6. The national government and states' governments have
divided up certain responsibilities of government.
7. The President of the United States must follow the
Constitution and the laws of the country.
8. The law protects all people, even those in the minority.
C. Individual Rights
D. Rule of Law
E. Representative Government