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