1. Find a copy of the Declaration of Independence online and review it for its main ideas. How are the core values of American democracy incorporated into the Declaration?
That all men are created equal and have certain rights, not given by government, but by God.
2. Throughout these core values, the relationship between citizen and government is described.What responsibilities does the government have to honoring these core values?What responsibilities do individual citizens have to preserve these core values?
The governments job is to make sure that the people are safe and that they are following the rules. The people's job is to vote for a specific person, that that person might govern over them.
3. How might some or all of these core values be important to the preservation of a free and independent press?
There is no freedom of speech, but according to the 1st amendment everyone has the right of free speech.
4. Identify the core values of American constitutional democracy that allow private citizens to collect, edit and further distribute information to others and how the values help drive these actions.
It allows people to do or say certain things, and then tell other people and the values help drive those actions.
5. What responsibilities do producers of information have to these core values and their fellow citizens when distributing information?
Their responsibility is to have the facts and tell the truth, they may or may not follow that law, but thats their choice.
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