| A | B |
|---|
| to choose something | vote |
| money paid by citizens to support a city, state, or country | tax |
| the group of people in charge of running a community, state, or country | government |
| the people who vote for our government leaders | citizens |
| a building or statue that honors a person or something that happened | monument |
| this person helped change a law that would allow women to vote | Susan B. Anthony |
| this person worked for the rights of African Americans | Martin Luther King, Jr |
| this person worked for the rights of African Americans; was arrested for not giving up her seat to a white citizen | Rosa Parks |
| the person in charge of running a town/city/county (local government) | mayor |
| the person who is the leader of a STATE in the U.S. | governor |
| a group of people with the power to make and change STATE laws | legislature |
| the most important leader of our country | president |
| the president of the United States | George W. Bush |
| this city is the capitol of the United States | Washington, D.C. |
| our 1st president and who our country's capitol is named after | George Washington |
| this is where the president works and lives | White House |
| the people who make laws for the United States (National Government) | Congress |
| the highest court who makes sure the laws follow the Constitution | Supreme Court |
| the laws that the government follows (a piece of paper that lists the rights of every citizen) | Constitution |
