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Civics Final
Mr. Ezernack's Civics Final Study Guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Fifth Amendment is also known as | Due process |
| Powers not given to the national government or prohibited from the states belong to the states or the people. | 10th Amendment |
| The criminal act of verbally lying about another person to harm their reputation | slander |
| Guarantees no quartering of soldiers in private houses during times of peace or war | 3rd Amendment |
| What do the 15th, 19th, and 26th Amendments all have in common? | They each give voting rights to a group that did not previously have them. |
| The right to keep and bare arms | 2nd Amendment |
| Procedures established by law and guaranteed by the Constitution | due process |
| A form of democracy in which the people vote firsthand. | direct democracy |
| Granted women the right to vote or women's suffrage | 19th Amendment |
| The ruling authority for a community is called | government |
| The criminal act of printing lies about other people | libel |
| The legal process of obtaining citizenship | naturalization |
| Made 18 year olds eligible to vote | 26th Amendment |
| A _____________ is either a king or queen. | monarch |
| The British law making body is known as | Parliament |
| No excessive bails, fines, cruel or unusual punishments | 8th Amendment |
| When ruling on a case a judge will look for a ________________ ruling of an earlier, similar case. | precedent |
| To approve is to ______________________, as with the Constitution | ratify |
| limited government power, by the English nobles. | Magna Carta |
| Who was forced to sign the Magna Carta | King John of England |
| Wrote the Declaration of Independence | Thomas Jefferson |
| The _________________ required colonists to attach taxes on all newspapers and legal documents. | Stamp Act |
| The freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, Petition | 1st Amendment |
| The preamble to the U.S. Constitution states that one purpose of the national government is to “provide for the common defense.” The government achieves this purpose most directly by | maintaining a national military |
| One of the key principles of U.S. constitutional democracy is popular sovereignty, which means that | government derives its power from the people |
| A court order that requires police to bring a prisoner to court to explain why they are being held | writ of habeas corpus |
| Which phrase from the preamble to the Constitution suggests the most specific purpose for the creation of a court system? | “establish Justice” |
| To talk a bill to death is called | filibuster |
| What can happen to a legislative bill after the president vetoes it? | Congress may override a veto with a two-thirds vote in both Houses of Congress |
| These laws make an act a crime after the act has been committed | ex post facto law |
| The Declaration of Independence suggests that the primary purpose of government is to | serve and protect its citizens |
| The refusal to purchase certain goods | boycott |
| the study of the rights and duties of a citizen | civics |
| The British parliament most closely corresponds to which part of the U.S. government? | the House of Representatives |
| A government in which citizens hold the power to rule | democracy |
| A government controlled by one person or a small group of people | dictatorship |
| A detailed, written plan of government | constitution |
| Community members who owe loyalty to a government and are entitled protection from it are called | a citizen |
| To change something, as with the Constitution, is | amend |
| When a legislature has two houses it said to be | bicameral |
| During the Constitutional Convention of 1787, small states strongly supported | equal representation in the national legislature |
| The Bill of Rights was added to the U.S. Constitution to | protect individual liberty from a strong federal government |
| An official representative of a country's government | ambassador |
| The inclusion of the Three-Fifths Compromise in the Constitution dealt with how to count | enslaved persons |
| Which idea expressed in the U.S. Constitution was influenced by the Declaration of Independence? | The power of government comes from the people |
| Which responsibility is the primary function of the legislative branch of the federal government? | making laws |
| Community members who loyalty to the government and are entitled to protection from it | citizens |
| A detailed written plan for government | constitution |
| A government in which citizens hold the power to rule | democracy |
| A situation in which government spends more than it collects in revenue | deficit |
| A government controlled by one person or a small group of people | dictatorship |
| The banning of printed materials or films due to alarming or offensive ideas | censorship |
| Freedoms to think and act without government interference or fear of unfair legal treatment | civil liberties |
| A majority of the members of a community has the power to make laws binding upon all the people | majority rule |
| A person who moves permanently to a new country | immigrant |
| A group of people that make laws | legislature |
| The branch of government that carries out the laws | Executive Branch |
| The branch of government that interprets the laws | Judicial Branch |
| The theory that a government should sell more goods to other countries than it buys | mercantilism |
| To vote the approval of, as with an amendment | ratify |
| A sum of money required of voters before they are permitted to cast a ballot | poll tax |
| Singling out an individual as a suspect due to appearance of ethnicity or religion | racial profiling |
| Government projects and grants that primarily benefit the home district or state of politician | pork-barrel projects |
| A declaration of forgiveness and freedom from punishment | pardon |
| The ability to keep the country safe attack or harm | national security |
| Refusal to sign a bill or resolution | veto |
| A formal agreement between the governments of two or more countries | treaty |
| An effort to punish another nation by imposing trade barriers | trade sanction |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization- a mutual defense treaty between the U.S., Canada and the the nations of Europe |
| When the government spends less than it collects in revenue | (government) surplus |
| Amount of goods and services that producers are able and willing to sell at various prices | supply |
| The money a business receives for its products or services over and above its costs | profit |
| A court order allowing law enforcement officers to search a suspect's home or business and take specific items as evidence | search warrant |
| The act of implicating oneself in a crime or exposing oneself to criminal prosecution | self-incrimination |
| Putting someone on trial for a crime which they were previously acquitted | double jeopardy |
| A group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president | Electoral College |
| The right of government to take private property for public use | eminent domain |
| Unfair treatment based on prejudice against a certain group | discrimination |
| The rights of of full citizenship and equality under the law | civil rights |
| A person from a legislator's district | constituent |
| Clause in Article I, Sect. 8 of the Constitution that gives Congress the right to make all laws"necessary and proper" to carry out its expressed powers | elastic clause |
| When governmetnt spends more that it collects in revenue | deficit |
| A plan for making and spending money | budget |
| A population count taken every ten years | census |
| A group of advisers to the president that includes the heads of 14 top-level executive departments | cabinet |
| The desire, willingness, and ability to buy a good or service | demand |
| An agreement among a group of nations that prohibits them all from trading with a target nation | embargo |
| North American Free Trade Agreement- designed to reduce tariff barriers between Mexico, Canada, and the U.S. | NAFTA |
| Equal protection under the law and defines citizenship | 14th Amendment |
| A formal charge by a grand jury | indictment |
| The right to vote | suffrage |
| Powers that Congress that are specifically listed in the Constitution | expressed powers |
| To accuse government officials of misconduct in office | impeach |
| Representative an interest group who contacts lawmakers or other government officials to directly influence their policy making | lobbyist |
| Powers that Congress has that are not stated explicitly in the Constitution | implied powers |
| A nation's overall plan for dealing with other nations | foreign policy |
| A rule or command that has the force of law | executive order |
| What are the qualifications to be president according to the Constitution? | At least 35 years old, a natural born citizen, and resident in the U.S. for at least 14 years |
| Who has the power to declare war? | Congress |
| Abolished slavery in the United States | 13th Amendment |
| When quantity supplied is greater than quantity demanded | (supply and demand) surplus |
| When quantity demanded is greater than quantity supplied | shortage |
| Guaranteed the right to vote to all adult males | 15th Amendment |
| The first ten Amendments to the U.S. Constitution | the Bill of Rights |
| What does GNP stand for? | Gross National Product |
| When ratified in 1790 the Constitution allowed the President to serve how many terms? | It was not limited |
| How many Supreme Court Justices are there? | Nine |
| What was the first constitution of the United States? | the Articles of Confederation |
| Where did the first battles of the American Revolution occur? | Lexington and Concord |
| Protects against illegal searches and seizures | the 4th Amendment |
| What are the two major political parties in the United States today? | Democrat and Republican |
| Overruled Plessy v. Ferguson making the seperate-but-equal doctrine in public schools unconstitutional | Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas |
| Settled the dispute among large and small states on the issue of representation | The Great Compromise |
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