"A More Perfect Union"

Enduring Understandings:

● One of the great successes of the American experience is demonstrating to the world that citizens could establish a government based on a social contract with the “consent of the governed”. A founding generation drafted a Constitution that joined political ideas and practical experience, making real what had previously only been a theory. 

● The Constitution addressed many of the deficiencies of the Articles of Confederation. 

● The right to vote, initially granted to a limited segment of the population, has gradually been extended to different groups enhancing the concept of “the consent of the governed”. 

● Ensuring the right to vote is an essential component of a successful democracy.