Paying Taxes
If we didn't pay _____, we wouldn't have many of the goods and services we enjoy today.
What are taxes?
This is the number of people usually on a jury.
What is 12?
These serve an important purpose in protecting the rights of the people, keeping people safe, and describing how people should behave.
What are Laws?
This amendment gave African-American Men the right to vote.
What is the 15th amendment?
Amendment may be proposed by _______ vote of each house in Congress.
What is Two-Thirds?
Every time you buy something at the store, you pay this.
What is a sales tax?
A person is only called to serve during this type of activity.
What is a national crisis or war.
It is the job of these people to make sure that people obey the law.
Who are the police officers and the courts?
This amendment gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
This is the first 10 amendments of the U.S. Constitution.
What are the Bill of Rights?
These type of governments required citizens to pay taxes.
What are Local, State, and Federal Governments?
This is what people are called that serve on a jury.
What are jurors?
All _______ of the United States have responsibilities.
What are Citizens?
This amendment lowered the voting age to 18.
What is the 26th Amendment?
This is the American legal system that requires that every person be treated fairly.
What is Due Process?
List 4 examples of salaries that are paid for by taxes.
What are police, firefighters, Congressmen, park rangers, and teachers?
This document guarantees every person in the U.S. the right to a trial by jury.
What is the United States Constitution?
These are two types of punishments that you can receive if you disobey the law.
What are fines and jail time?
This amendment gave residents of Washington, D.C., the right to vote.
These are the taxes that your parents pay on the money they earn at work.
What are income taxes?
List 5 places that are paid for by taxes.
What are public schools, parks, fire stations, public roads, military, public libraries, police stations, and courthouses?
These are the 3 possible exemptions in the state of Georgia in which you may be excused from jury duty.
What are People over 70, caregiver of a child under 4 years of age, and full-time college student?
These are some basic obligations of citizenship (there are 4).
What are obeying laws, paying taxes, serving on a jury when called, registering for selective service?
This amendment forbade the collection of poll taxes before a person could vote.
What is the 24th Amendment?
This is a change or addition to the Constitution.
What are amendments?