Part I
Describe the Four Purposes of
Government
1-To Maintain Social Order
• Governments provide ways of resolving conflicts among people in
order to maintain social order.
• Governments make and enforce laws.
• Require people to pay taxes; serve in the military.
• The Judicial system enables the government to help resolve
disagreements among people.
Part I
Describe the Four Purposes of
Government
2-Providing Public Services
• To provide services that people cannot provide for
themselves:
• Building sewers, laying utility lines, paving roads,
repairing bridges; food inspection, public schools
Part I
Describe the Four Purposes of
Government
3-Providing National Security
• To protect citizens from attacks: terrorists, foreign
military.
Part I
Describe the Four Purposes of
Government
4-Making Economic Decisions
• To reduce economic conflict:
• To pass laws that shape the economic environment: creating a
national currency.
• Make payments to farmers who raise certain crops; give tax
breaks to certain industries
• Stimulates economic growth by controlling inflation,
encouraging trade and controlling the development of natural
resources.
Part II
Federal system of government:
Divides the powers of government between the national and state
governments.
Constitution
A plan that provides the rules for government and how the
government should operate.
• Sets out ideals that people believe in and share.
• Establishes the basic structure of government and defines the
governments powers and duties.
• It provides the supreme law for the country.
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Preamble: a statement that sets fourth the goals and
purposes of a government.
The 6 goals of the preamble of the U.S. Constitution
1. FORM A MORE PERFECT UNION
2. ESTABLISH JUSTICE
3. INSURE DOMESTIC TRANQUILITY
4. PROVIDE FOR THE COMMON DEFENSE
5. PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE
6. SECURE THE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY
Put each of these in your own words
Politics:
The effort to control or influence the conduct and policies of
government.