American Democracy Basics are popular sovereignty,federalism,seperation of powers,checks and balances,and majority rule.Popular sovereignty in U.S. history doctrine under which the status of slavery in the territories was to be determined by the settlers themselves.Federalism is a system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and constituent political units.The system of checks and balances is an important part of the Constitution. With checks and balances, each of the three branches of government can limit the powers of the others. This way, no one branch becomes too powerful. Each branch “checks” the power of the other branches to make sure that the power is balanced between them.Maority rule is a doctrine by which a numerical majority of an organized group holds the power to make decisions binding on all in the group.Incase you didn't know what doctrine is.It means a principle or body of principles presented for acceptance or belief, as by a religious, political, scientific, or philosophic group.
