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Civics Final

Mr. Ezernack's Civics Final Study Guide

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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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