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