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Civics: Government
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Subject
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civics
Instructions:
Answer 36 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The division of power between the states and the federal - or national - government
Anti-Federalists
Great Compromise
Federalism
Poll Tax
2. Approval
Ratification
Checks and Balances
Bicameral
Bill of Rights
3. System of government that gives each branch of government ways to limit the powers of the other two
Impeach
Bicameral
Reserved Powers
Checks and Balances
4. Accuse
Impeach
Legislature
Poll Tax
Due Process of Law
5. The right to vote
Republic
Suffrage
Natural Rights
Affirmative Action
6. Means that people must be treated fairly - but it does not mean that everyone must be treated in exactly the same way
Equal Protection
Three-Fifths Compromise
Federalists
Reserved Powers
7. A government in which representatives were elected to make laws
Checks and Balances
Amendments
Republic
Legislature
8. The plan agreed to during the writing of the Constitution that created the House of Representatives - in which each state was given votes based on its population - and the Senate - in which each state was given equal votes
Bicameral
Great Compromise
Three-Fifths Compromise
Federalists
9. Dividing government power among legislature - executive - and judicial branches
Natural Rights
Suffrage
Bicameral
Separation of Powers
10. The plan agreed to during the writing of the Constitution that counted each slave as three fifths of a person when a state's population was calculated
Case Studies
Three-Fifths Compromise
Charter
Federalism
11. The way in which changes are added to the Constitution
Amendment Process
Federalists
Compact
Poll Tax
12. Two-house
Charter
Direct Democracy
Bicameral
Federalists
13. Descriptions of situations or conflicts - the issues involved - and the decisions made
Case Studies
Tyranny
Separation of Church and State
Natural Rights
14. A list of citizens' rights
Federalism
Double Jeopardy
Bill of Rights
National Convention
15. Opponents of the Constitution who feared a strong central government
Tyranny
Anti-Federalists
Impeach
Concurrent Powers
16. A written agreement to make and obey laws for the welfare of the group
Separation of Church and State
Concurrent Powers
National Convention
Compact
17. Being placed on trial twice for the same crime
Double Jeopardy
Freedom of the Press
Case Studies
Three-Fifths Compromise
18. The situation in which the government may not favor any religion or establish an official religion
Amendments
Federalism
Direct Democracy
Separation of Church and State
19. A process by which the government must treat accused persons fairly according to rules established by law
Republic
Suffrage
Due Process of Law
Tyranny
20. The traditions passed down to us from generation to generation
Heritage
Compact
Ratification
Anti-Federalists
21. Steps to counteract the effects of past racial discrimination and discrimination against women
Affirmative Action
Double Jeopardy
Suffrage
Charter
22. A document giving permission to create a government
Charter
Segregation
Checks and Balances
Due Process of Law
23. Powers that the Constitution neither gives to Congress nor denies to the states
Reserved Powers
Affirmative Action
Bicameral
Eminent Domain
24. Assembly
Impeach
National Convention
Eminent Domain
Poll Tax
25. The power to take private property for public use
Checks and Balances
Concurrent Powers
Federalism
Eminent Domain
26. The right to express one's opinions publicly
Freedom of Speech
Separation of Church and State
Amendments
Legislature
27. Separation of blacks and whites in public places such as hotels - schools - restaurants - and trains
Freedom of Speech
Ratification
Segregation
Concurrent Powers
28. A form of government in which laws are made directly by the citizens
Direct Democracy
Due Process of Law
Amendment Process
Tyranny
29. The supporters of the Constitution who supported a strong federal - or national - government
Federalism
Federalists
Checks and Balances
Amendment Process
30. Powers shared by federal and state governments
Checks and Balances
Concurrent Powers
Affirmative Action
Eminent Domain
31. Fee for voting
Anti-Federalists
Suffrage
Due Process of Law
Poll Tax
32. The right to publish newspapers - magazines - and other materials without governmental restriction
Impeach
Freedom of the Press
Ratification
Equal Protection
33. A group of people chosen to make the laws
Bicameral
Legislature
Three-Fifths Compromise
Great Compromise
34. Changes
Ratification
Amendments
Bicameral
Natural Rights
35. Rights they are born with and that no government can take away
Heritage
Natural Rights
Compact
National Convention
36. Abuse of power
Tyranny
National Convention
Anti-Federalists
Case Studies
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