Lesson 38 - What Can American Citizens Learn about Constitutionalism from Other Countries?

South Dakota Application

  1. Would every country thrive under a democracy?
  2. What developmental steps must a country go through before being ready to become a democracy?
  • Freedom of speech and be willing to exercise it
  • Individual/civil rights
  • Be willing to make one’s own decisions (securing a job, paying one’s own bills, etc.
  • Recognition of the fundamental worth of the individual (majority rule/minority rights)
 


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