Native American cultures have influenced many parts of American life, including our government. For example, in the Iroquois culture, each tribe would send a representative to meet with the other tribes’ representative to discuss problems and make decisions for the entire Iroquois League. Some might say the Iroquois inspired the bases for the constitutional principal of voting for congressmen today.

Which democratic principle is being compared and contrasted above?

“The President, Vice President and all Civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.”

— U.S. Constitution, Article II, section 4

The Constitution gives the House of Representatives the sole power to impeach an official, and it makes the Senate the sole court for impeachment trials. The power of impeachment is limited to removal from office but also provides for a removed officer to be disqualified from holding future office. Fines and potential jail time for crimes committed while in office are left to civil courts.

Impeachment is a prime example of which democratic principal?

While there are several democratic principles present in the Declaration of Independence, which one is highlighted below?

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”

Which democratic ideal is most evident below?

Excerpt from the North Carolina Constitution

“All bills shall be read three times in each house and shall be signed by the presiding officer of each house before being presented to the Governor. If the Governor approves, the Governor shall sign it and it shall become a law; but if not, the Governor shall return it with objections, together with a veto message stating the reasons for such objections, to that house in which it shall have originated, which shall enter the objections and veto message at large on its journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such reconsideration three-fifths of the members of that house present and voting shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with the objections and veto message, to the other house, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered; and if approved by three-fifths of the members of that house present and voting, it shall become a law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor.”

Many democratic ideals are very similar and have overlapping definitions. Which democratic ideal is most similar to the constitional principal of "Limited Governemnt"?

Many democratic ideals are very similar and have overlapping definitions. Which democratic ideal is directly related to the idea of a "representative republic"?