Chapter 12 S.S. Vocab words

The POWER to GIVE ORDERS or make decisions.

• authority

• enforce

• establish

• fine

To MAKE SURE that rules or laws are OBEYED.

• authority

• enforce

• establish

• fine

To found or BRING INTO EXISTENCE.

• authority

• enforce

• establish

• fine

MONEY that must be PAID as a punishment for breaking a law.

• authority

• enforce

• establish

• fine

A building in whihc a government keeps people who are WAITING FOR A TRIAL or who HAVE BEEN FOUND GUILTY of breaking the law.

• U.S. Constitution

• represent

• jail

• promote

To SUPPORT the GROWTH of or further the progress of.

• jail

• promote

• represent

• representative democracy

To act or SPEAK FOR SOMEONE ELSE.

• promote

• jail

• U.S. Constitution

• represent

A government where THE PEOPLE VOTE for (elect) a smaller group of citizens to make the laws for everyone.

• U.S. Constitution

• represent

• representative democracy

• jail

The WRITTEN PLAN for the U.S. GOVERNMENT that says what the government can and cannot do.

• represent

• representative

• U.S. Constitution

• promote