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