Government Review - Unit 3 - Responsibilities of Citizens

Rights

• the responsibility of every citizen to serve on a jury when called
• duties owed by citizens to their government and other citizens
• a legally recognized person or national of a state or commonwealth, either native or naturalized.
• Powers or privileges granted to people either by an agreement among themselves or by law

Responsibilities

• A strategy by which organized interests seek to influence the passage of legislation by exerting direct pressure on members of the legislature.
• duties owed by citizens to their government and other citizens
• a person whom a member of Congress has been elected to represent
• to divide an area into voting districts in a way that favors a political party

citizen

• a region or area that is bound together by specific rules, laws, resources, and/or money
• a system by which men ages 18 through 25 register with the U.S. government for military service
• a legally recognized person or national of a state or commonwealth, either native or naturalized.
• The right to sell a good or service within an exclusive market

Franchise

• assemblage of different populations that live together in a defined area
• a legally recognized person or national of a state or commonwealth, either native or naturalized.
• The right to sell a good or service within an exclusive market
• duties owed by citizens to their government and other citizens

Lobbying

• A strategy by which organized interests seek to influence the passage of legislation by exerting direct pressure on members of the legislature.
• a legally recognized person or national of a state or commonwealth, either native or naturalized.
• duties owed by citizens to their government and other citizens
• a person whom a member of Congress has been elected to represent

Community

• a system by which men ages 18 through 25 register with the U.S. government for military service
• making a choice among alternatives in an election
• a person whom a member of Congress has been elected to represent
• assemblage of different populations that live together in a defined area

gerrymander

• a person whom a member of Congress has been elected to represent
• to divide an area into voting districts in a way that favors a political party
• to impose or collect, usually taxes
• a system by which men ages 18 through 25 register with the U.S. government for military service

district

• a system by which men ages 18 through 25 register with the U.S. government for military service
• to impose or collect, usually taxes
• duties owed by citizens to their government and other citizens
• a region or area that is bound together by specific rules, laws, resources, and/or money

constituent

• a legally recognized person or national of a state or commonwealth, either native or naturalized.
• The right to sell a good or service within an exclusive market
• a person whom a member of Congress has been elected to represent
• to divide an area into voting districts in a way that favors a political party

levy

• a person whom a member of Congress has been elected to represent
• to impose or collect, usually taxes
• Powers or privileges granted to people either by an agreement among themselves or by law
• The right to sell a good or service within an exclusive market