Basis of Govt. ESSAY - Unit 1

Question 0

what are the 6 American ideals that hold our country together?

Answer 0

1. E pluribus unum
2. Democracy
3. Land of oppportunity
4. Freedom = liberty
5. Equality
6. Christian basis

Question 1

what was America never based on?

Answer 1

a nationality/race nor did it ever restrict immigration based on that

Question 2

what does “E pluribus unum” literally mean?

Answer 2

“out of many, one”

Question 3

what are the 2 meanings of E pluribus unum?

Answer 3

• we have one culture

- politically, we are one

Question 4

what does it mean in E pluribus unum that we have one culture?

Answer 4

diverse people (immigration) & out of these diverse people we create one unifying culture

Question 5

what does E pluribus unum mean politically?

Answer 5

we are one nation made of many states

this is tangible in the Constitution

Question 6

what are the 3 points that democracy hold Americans together?

Answer 6

• people give govt. its power to rule
• democratic republic
• novus ordo seclorum

Question 7

how do people give the govt. its power to rule?

Answer 7

• authority

- right to vote

Question 8

what kind of democratic republic is the U.S.?

Answer 8

representative democracy

Question 9

what does novus ordo seclorum literally mean?

Answer 9

“a new order for the ages”

Question 10

what does “a new order” mean?

Answer 10

this kind of democratic republic had never been attempted before on such a large scale

Question 11

what does “for the ages” mean?

Answer 11

our govt. was gonna last forever

Question 12

what is the land of opportunity?

Answer 12

promise of material well-being based on hard-work & education

• capitalism
  
  • freedom of choice
  • risk-taking

Question 13

where is our freedom/liberty found?

Answer 13

in documents like the Bill of Rights

Question 14

list some rights in the Bill of Rights

Answer 14

freedom of religion, press, speech, petition

right to bear arms

Question 15

what other freedom do we have?

Answer 15

freedom from an abusive govt.

Question 16

what is the supporting evidence for equality?

Answer 16

Declaration of Independence
-“all men are created equal”
it’s a living document
-meaning it has challenged us to do better & we strive to improve equality

Question 17

what is a Christian basis?

Answer 17

moral & ethical standard that guides our nation

Question 18

what do historians say America is?

Answer 18

“New Israel” & “a city upon a hill”

Question 19

what does America being a “New Israel” mean?

Answer 19

• blessed chosen people of God
• why?
  
  • huge abundance of habitable land & resources

Question 20

what does it mean that America is “a city upon a hill”?

Answer 20

we are a moral & political example for others

Question 21

what does Annuit Coeptis mean?

Answer 21

“He (God) has favored our undertakings”