Vocabulary
Levels of Government
Principals
Documents
Branches of Government
100
A government in which the power is given to its citizens who choose people to represent them.
What is a republic?
100
The branch of government that runs our community public schools, parks, police, and fire departments.
What is our local government?
100
The Declaration of Independence promised the new Americans these three principals.
What is life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
100
The American colonists wrote this list of reasons why they should separate from England.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
100
The reason that our government was broken up into three branches.
What is preventing one person or group of people from having too much power?
200
Place where people live, work, and play.
What is a community?
200
The level of government that keeps us safe from harm with the armed forces.
What is federal or national government?
200
All citizens must have the same chances to learn, get jobs, and have a safe place to live. We must all be treated fairly.
What is equality under the law?
200
A plan of government and set of laws written by delegates of 12 of the 13 early states that would stand the test of time.
What is the Constitution?
200
The branch of government that makes the laws.
What is the legislative branch?
300
What people do or must not do.
What are rules?
300
The level of government that keeps our interstate highways in good shape.
What is federal or national government?
300
An American principal that means having the freedom to make choices as long as it does not hurt others.
What is liberty?
300
The first plan of government written for the United States, that did not work because it gave to much power to the states.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
300
The branch of government that enforces (carries out) the laws.
What is the executive branch?
400
Important rules written and carried out by the government.
What are laws?
400
The level of government that runs public schools, issues driver's licenses, and register cars.
What is state government?
400
An American principal that means we must all live in safety.
What is life?
400
A document added to the Constitution in 1791 that guaranteed American's many freedoms, including freedom of speech, religion, and press.
What is the Bill of Rights?
400
The branch of government that makes sure the laws are fair and constitutional.
What is the judicial branch?
500
A group of people who makes rules and laws, carries out rules and laws, and decides if rules and laws have been broken.
What is government?
500
They are used to pay for all the things all three levels of government do.
What are taxes?
500
An American principal that comes when we can get decent jobs and put food on the table, because we have opportunities.
What is happiness?
500
Where the Constitution of the United States was written.
Where is Philadelphia?
500
The president, governor, and mayor are the heads of this branch at their level of government.
What is the executive Branch?
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