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