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