AOC and USC Vocabulary (Def.)

They make the laws for the state

• federal government

• state government

• local government

• government

They make the laws for the country (national)

• federal government

• state government

• government

• legislature

To make people follow the laws

• legislature

• state government

• enforce

• judge

To come together

• unite

• United States Constitution

• debt

• enforce

The part of the government that makes laws

• enforce

• Articles of Cofederation

• borrow

• legislature

To take or use something, and then return it

• debt

• crisis

• borrow

• ratified

To borrow money from someone, and not pay them back

• debt

• borrow

• crisis

• representation

violent attack against your government

• rebellion

• ratified

• Articles of Cofederation

• disagreement

rules made by the government

• delegates

• representation

• laws

• federal government

speaking or doing something for someone who cannot be there themselves

• representation

• delegate

• vote

• ratified