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