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