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