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