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