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The idea that citizens are the ultimate source of political power is called what?
Democracy.
What is the idea of spreading political power to the people and ensuring majority rule was characteristic of what?
Jacksonian democracy
How does the need to respect the laws of each state support the principle of popular sovereignty?
Popular sovereignty is the idea that the government is of the people. It means citizens are in power. Limited government stems from this idea that government is there to protect the people and popular sovereignty.
What is the Idea that the power of the states shouldnot be trampled on by national government?
The idea is referred to as "states' rights".
Which phrase from the declaration of Independence most clearly reflects the idea that the people are the source of government?
The consent of the governed is an idea born of the enlightenment and the writings of John Locke. This is the idea that a government gains its power via the willingness of the people to support it. The US system expresses this notion by holding elections in which the people (the governed) select their representatives to govern (there by giving consent).
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