1. Chapter 12 United States Government by Mr. Reece

2. Three Branches of Government

3. How a Bill Becomes a Law

4. Government A system of rules and authority Terms to Know

5. Democracy Government by the people

6. Indirect Democracy Representative democracy

7. Legislative Only branch of government divided into two smaller parts

8. House of Representatives & Senate What are the two houses of the legislative branch

9. House of Representatives Made up of 435 members

10. Constitution Protects the rights of all citizens

11. Majority Rule Equality Freedom Three principles that describe a democratic government

12. Executive President of the United States

13. Legislative House of Representatives & Senate

14. Senate Made up of two people from each state

15. Amendment Changes

16. Taxes Money paid by citizens to keep the government working

17. Bill of Rights Names the rights of the people that the government cannot take away

18. False In order for a law to be passed or a leader to be elected in the United States, everyone must agree. True or False

19. False A wealthy or popular person has more voting power than a poor person True or False

20. True A great descriptive word for a democratic government is freedom True or False

21. False The Constitution was written just before the Revolutionary War against England True or False

22. True By divided up the authority of government into three branches, no one person or group can get power over the whole country True or False

23. False You must be at least 16 years old to vote in the United States True or False

24. False You must be at least 16 years old to vote in the United States Matching

25. Legislative ___ writes the laws ___ nine judges ___ House of Representatives & Senate ___ Supreme Court ___ enforces laws Matching Executive Judicial L J L J E

26. Legislative ___ makes sure laws do not take away any of the freedoms promised in the Constitution ___ president of the United States ___ Congress Matching Executive Judicial J E L