Chapter 15 & 16 Vocabulary

Civic Values

• Duties that citizens are expected to perform, like educating themselves, participating, and working together.

• A group of people who work together to have a political power.

• Values that a citizen should have that make a society better.

• A change to the Constitution.

Interest Group

• A group of people who work together to fix a shared problem.

• To give money or goods to someone who needs it.

• To approve; to make a written document official by signing it.

• To request that a case or a decision be reviewed by a higher court.

Democratic Responsibilities

• The act of asking questions to get information.

• Duties that citizens are expected to perform, like educating themselves, participating, and working together.

• Having a negative judgement or opinion of something or someone that is not based on facts.

• To give money or goods to someone who needs it.

Political Party

• A change to the Constitution.

• A group of people who work together to have a political power.

• Values that a citizen should have that make a society better.

• Proper legal procedures, such as a fair trial.

Inquiry

• A group of citizens who are chosen to decide the outcome of a trial.

• To give money or goods to someone who needs it.

• Values that a citizen should have that make a society better.

• The act of asking questions to get information.

Donate

• To give money or goods to someone who needs it.

• The act of asking questions to get information.

• Having a negative judgement or opinion of something or someone that is not based on facts.

• Values that a citizen should have that make a society better.

Bill of Rights

• A group of people who work together to fix a shared problem.

• The first 10 amendments to the Constitution that protect the rights and freedoms of American citizens.

• The act of asking questions to get information.

• Proper legal procedures, such as a fair trial.

Jury

• A group of citizens who are chosen to decide the outcome of a trial.

• Values that a citizen should have that make a society better.

• To approve; to make a written document official by signing it.

• Proper legal procedures, such as a fair trial.

Ratify

• Duties that citizens are expected to perform

• Noncriminal, or involving disputes about property, money, or other matters.

• To give money or goods to someone who needs it.

• To approve; to make a written document official by signing it.

Due Process

• Proper legal procedures, such as a fair trial.

• Having a negative judgement or opinion of something or someone that is not based on facts.

• To give money or goods to someone who needs it.

• A change to the Constitution.