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