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