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