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Demvs Total Gov't

The document discusses the key aspects of government in three paragraphs: 1. It defines government as entities that make and enforce public policies through lawmakers, administrators, and judges. 2. It lists the six main purposes of government as forming a more perfect union, establishing justice, ensuring domestic tranquility, providing for the common defense, promoting general welfare, and securing blessings of liberty. 3. It describes the two main forms of government as dictatorship, where participation is limited, and democracy, where the people hold power and consent to government.

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Demvs Total Gov't

The document discusses the key aspects of government in three paragraphs: 1. It defines government as entities that make and enforce public policies through lawmakers, administrators, and judges. 2. It lists the six main purposes of government as forming a more perfect union, establishing justice, ensuring domestic tranquility, providing for the common defense, promoting general welfare, and securing blessings of liberty. 3. It describes the two main forms of government as dictatorship, where participation is limited, and democracy, where the people hold power and consent to government.

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A. What is Government?
a. Government makes and enforces public policies
b. Government consists of lawmakers,
administrators, and judges
Ô. The 6 purposes of Government
a. To Form a More Perfect Union Ȃ In union
there is strength
b. To Establish Justice Ȃ The law should be
administered reasonably, fairly, and
impartially.
c. To Insure Ôomestic Tranquility Ȃ Without
order, people would live in anarchy
d. Provide for the Common Ôefense Ȃ The
stateǯs security rests on wise defense and
foreign policies
e. To Promote General Welfare Ȃ The state has a
responsibility to provide a variety of public
services.
f. To Secure the Blessings of Liberty Ȃ Freedom
is necessary for democracy.
   
 
Ú. The Number Who Can Participate
° Ôictatorship Ȃ Participation in government is limited to
the individual or group who rules
° Ôemocracy Ȃ The people hold the power and give
consent to the government

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Ôirect Ôemocracy Representative Ôemocracy
° Also called a pure ° Also called indirect
democracy democracy
° People directly make ° People elect a small group
policy in mass meetings of people, representatives,
to make policy

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