Voting and Elections
This level of government is responsible for elections that determine local taxes, district school policies, and leaders like mayors.
What is the local level?
This term describes actions that citizens are required by law to perform, such as paying taxes or obeying the law, which carry legal penalties if ignored.
What is an obligation (or duty)?
This ancient Greek city-state, or "polis," introduced the concept of direct democracy and the importance of civic participation.
What is Athens?
This term describes a legislature with two houses, such as the U.S. Congress or the Florida Legislature, which both consist of a Senate and a House of Representatives.
What is bicameral?
To hold this highest national office, a person must be a natural-born citizen, at least 35 years old, and a U.S. resident for at least 14 years.
What is the President of the United States?
Formed in 1828 to represent the "common man," this modern political party traces its roots back to the Democratic-Republicans led by Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson.
What is the Democratic Party?
While highly encouraged for the health of a democracy, this specific civic action is considered a responsibility rather than an obligation in the United States.
What is voting?
From this ancient civilization, the U.S. adopted the idea of representative government, where citizens elect leaders to serve in a legislature like the Senate.
What is ancient Rome?
While a "statute" is a law passed by the state or national government, this is the specific name for a law passed at the local level by city or county commissioners.
What is an ordinance?
According to the U.S. Constitution, a candidate for this national legislative body must be at least 30 years old and a U.S. citizen for at least nine year
What is the U.S. Senate?
This modern political party was established in 1854 to oppose the expansion of slavery and generally advocates for a less active role for the federal government in people's lives.
What is the Republican Party?
Citizens fulfill their obligations and responsibilities to support this concept, which refers to the beliefs or actions that benefit the community as a whole rather than just individual interests.
What is the common good?
While ancient Greece practiced direct democracy, the United States is this type of government where power is limited by a written constitution.
What is a constitutional republic?
In both the state and federal process, once a bill is introduced, it is first sent to one of these small groups of legislators who research, discuss, and may make changes to it.
What is a committee?
To serve in the Florida Legislature (House or Senate), a candidate must be how old and have lived in Florida for how many years.
What is 21 years old and 2 years?
These types of elections promote trust in democratic institutions because they are free of coercion, characterized by genuine choice, and allow for the "consent of the governed"
What are free and fair elections?
According to U.S. law, all male citizens must register for this system between the ages of 18 and 25 to ensure the nation can be defended in a crisis.
What is the Selective Service?
This ancient Roman principle ensures that the law applies to everyone equally, including those who govern.
What is the Rule of Law?
Under the U.S. Constitution, the House of Representatives has the "sole power" to bring these formal charges, while the Senate has the "sole power" to try the case as a court.
What are Articles of Impeachment?
To be eligible for this federal office, a candidate must be at least 25 years old, a U.S. citizen for at least seven years, and live in the state they represent.
What is the U.S. House of Representatives?
This constitutional process is used in national elections to officially elect the President and Vice President, rather than relying solely on the popular vote.
What is the Electoral College?
If citizens refuse to fulfill the legal obligation of jury duty, this specific constitutional right—which ensures a fair trial for all—would be impossible to provide. (Amendment)
What is the right to a trial by a jury of one's peers? The 6th Amendment
These ethical traditions contributed the ideas of individual worth, personal responsibility, and justice to the American legal system.
What is the Judeo-Christian tradition?
This is the constitutional process in which chamber must approve the individuals the President (or Governor) chooses for certain high-level government positions and federal judges.
What is the Senate?
According to the Florida Constitution, a candidate for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or the Cabinet must have lived in the state must be how old and lived in FL for how long?
What is 30 years old and 7 years?