How Government Works

A draft of a proposed law presented for approval to a legislative body.

• bill

• budget

• electoral college

• impeach

A plan for spending money during a given period of time.

• direct democracy

• justice

• budget

• bill

Things people do for the common good and for the good of a country.

• municipal

• rule of law

• suffrage

• civic virtue

Government by the people, exercised through direct voting.

• naturalization

• veto

• direct democracy

• representative democracy

To prevent or delay a legislative bill from becoming a law by rejecting it.

• veto

• suffrage

• popular sovereignty

• justice

The right or privilege of voting.

• veto

• suffrage

• bill

• budget

Dividing the government’s power among the executive, legislative, and judicial branches.

• representative democracy

• direct democracy

• separation of powers

• electoral college

Government by the people, exercised through elected representatives.

• representative democracy

• direct democracy

• bill

• civic virtue

When the government, courts, and people are subject to the same laws.

• popular sovereignty

• municipal

• naturalization

• rule of law

The process of granting full citizenship to a person born in a foreign country.

• suffrage

• naturalization

• veto

• municipal