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Goal 1 Civics
Civics/Goal 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| *Prohibits: Excessive bails and fines Cruel and unusual punishment | *Amendment VIII (8th) |
| Written mostly by *Thomas Jefferson listed the colonists’ complaints. | Declaration of Independence |
| welcoming “those who want to work, produce and contribute.” | Immigration Act of 1990 |
| Hereditary ruler with unlimited authority | Absolute Monarchy |
| Out of many one. | “E Pluribus Unum” |
| Rulings in an earlier case. | precedents |
| Counterpart to Congress | Parliament |
| All citizens participate first hand in governing | Direct Democracy |
| Colonist agreed to break away from Britain. | Second Continental Congress |
| Hereditary ruler limited by a constitution | Constitutional Monarchy |
| Citizens elect leaders to represent them in government | Representative Democracy |
| One ruler or a small group has complete control. | Dictatorship |
| Limits the president two terms in office. Maximum 10years. | 22nd Amendment |
| Established succession to the presidency. | 25thAmendment |
| States representation was equal. | New Jersey Plan |
| Peaceful transfer of power. | Glorious Revolution |
| The theory that a country should sell more goods to other countries than it buys. | Mercantilism |
| A refusal to buy. | Boycott |
| It limited the power of the king. | Magna Carta |
| States representation was based on population | Virginia Plan |
| The voting age was changed from twenty- one to eighteen. | 26th Amendment |
| The first representative assembly marked the beginning of self-government. | Virginia House of Burgesses |
| Legal process for foreigners to become U.S. citizens. | naturalization |
| Opposed the constitution because it gave too much power to the national government and there was no Bill Of Rights. | Anti-Federalist |
| Right to speedy and public trial by jury in a criminal case. | 6th Amendment |
| Prohibits the making, selling, and drinking of alcoholic beverages. | 18th |
| The legal process for foreigners to become U.S. citizens. | Naturalization Process |
| Guarantee suffrage to African Americans | 15th Amendment |
| One or small group rules. Fidel Castro, Cuba | Dictatorship |
| Provides equal protection under the law. | 14th Amendment |
| Supporters of the constitution | Federalist |
| A group of people named by each state to select the president and vice president. | Electoral College |
| Powers not listed in the Constitution are reserved for the states. | 10th Amendment |
| Farmers conducted an armed uprising on a federal arsenal. | Daniel Shay’s Rebellion |
| Forbids double jeopardy Protects due process | 5th Amendment |
| Established a direct democracy in America. | Mayflower Compact |
| General search warrants used by British agents to find smuggled goods. | 4th Amendment |
| These laws restricted the colonists rights | Coercive/ Intolerable Act |
| Tax on all goods imported to the colonies. | Townshend Act |
| It limited the power of the king. | Magna Carta |
| A refusal to buy. | Boycott |
| Children born to foreign diplomats working in the U.S. | Not considered U.S. citizens |
| Can not vote, serve on the jury or work in most government jobs. | Aliens |
| First step in the naturalization process. | Sign a statement of intent. |
| Custom and precedents are based on. | Common Law |
| General search warrants used by British agents to find smuggled goods | Writs of Assistance |
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