Democracy positives – represents people by the majority rules and gives every citizen an equal say through Direct and Indirect democracy
Democracy negatives – people are not always informed on issues, yet they still get to vote and gives too much power to too many people (unorganized) – Founders feared majority rule oppressing the minority.
Republic Positives – -individuals elect government representatives, checks and balances system so that no one official becomes too powerful over one another.
Republic negatives – government officials do not have to rule with the majority in mind, represents the people without giving everyone a direct say, government could be filled with people of the upper classes.
BELLWORK – This can be group work – put everyone’s name on it. Choose three (3) US (Federal) House of Representative Members (outside of Tennessee) from 3 different states. We
Bellwork – Vocabulary can be Group Work – On a piece of paper write down the following terms and as we discuss them write down their meaning Now each person
GC.16 Analyze Article II of the Constitution as it relates to the executive branch, including: • Appointments • Oath of office • Commander-in-chief of the military • Powers of the