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