Government Vocabulary

Money the government collects from citizens to pay for public goods like schools and roads are

• rights

• taxes

• amendments

• due process

Freedoms that are protected by law are

• responsibilities

• taxes

• rights

• due process

Our country's plan of government is called the

• Constitution

• Selective Service

• Responsibilities

• Jury

The government must follow the law when arresting someone and charging them with a crime. This is called

• the Bill of Rights

• the Constitution

• ratify

• Due Process

To accept or approve is to

• ratify

• tax

• jury

• amend

A responsibility citizens have to sit on a jury, hear evidence, and make decisions about people's guilt or innocence is

• Due Process

• jury duty

• Selective Service

• an amendment

Men must register with the _________________ when they are 18 in case the government has a draft to increase the military.

• Constitution

• Bill of Rights

• Selective Service

• jury

Citizens must accept ___________________ in order to make our system of government work.

• civic responsibilities

• rights

• taxes

• due process

The first 10 amendments to the Constitution are called the

• civic responsibilities

• rights

• Bill of Rights

• Selective Service

A group of private citizens who decide whether or not an accused person is guilty is called

• a jury

• an amendment

• due process

• rights