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