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