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