UNIT 1 TEST REVIEW

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Civics Unit 1 Review

Important Terms

Declaration of

Independenc

Notable Philosopher

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U. S. Constitution

Bill of Rights

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200 200 200 200 200

300 300 300 300 300

400 400 400 400 400

500 500 500 500 500

100 Important Terms 100

 This is a proceeding by the legislature for the removal from office of a public official charged with misconduct in office.

IMPEACHMENT

200 Important Terms 200

The number of members required to be present for business to be legally conducted.

QUORUM

300 Important Terms 300

The right or privilege of voting.

SUFFRAGE

400 Important Terms 400

A Latin term meaning formulated, enacted, or operating retroactively.

D. EX POST FACTO

500 Important Terms 500

This term means that you cannot be held against your will without just cause, or jailed if there are no charges against you.

HABEAS CORPUS

100 Declaration of Independence 100

The Declaration of Independence was written by this man.

THOMAS JEFFERSON

200 Declaration of Independence 200

The Declaration of Independence says that we have three natural rights. What are those rights?

LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS

300 Declaration of Independence 300

The Declaration of Independence contains a list of these, something that our First Amendment rights allows us to do to our government today.

LIST OF GRIEVANCES

400 Declaration of Independence 400

This rebellion occurred a 100 years before the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

BACON’S REBELLION

500 Declaration of Independence 500

There were several events leading up to the Declaration of Independence that infuriated the colonists. Name 2 of these events.

PROCLAMATION ACT (1763), QUARTERING ACT (1765) STAMP ACT (1765), BOSTON MASSACRE (1770), TEA ACT (1773)

100 Notable Philosophers 100

This philosopher helped to edit the Declaration of Independence and contributed the idea of a representative republic to the Constitution.

JOHN ADAMS

200 Notable Philosophers 200

This French philosopher believed that government should be separated into 3 branches.

BARON DE MONTESQUIEU

300 Notable Philosophers 300

An expert in constitutional law, this man drafted the first English Bill of Rights.

JOHN SOMERS

400 Notable Philosophers 400

This philosopher greatly influenced Thomas Jefferson in this belief that we have natural rights.

JOHN LOCKE

500 Notable Philosophers 500

This philosopher was an early advocate of democratic principles.

PERICLES

100 U. S. Constitution 100

The U. S. Constitution has __ Articles.

7

200 U. S. Constitution 200

The first three articles of the Constitution concern how the three branches of government function in the United States. Name the 3 articles and 3 branches of government it concerns.

ARTICLE I: LEGISLATIVE, ARTICLE 2: EXECUTIVE, ARTICLE 3: JUDICIAL

300 U. S. Constitution 300

This is the only crime defined in the Constitution.

TREASON

400 U. S. Constitution 400

Without this Article of the Constitution, many states wouldn’t have ratified the Constitution. What Article is it?

ARTICLE 5

500 U. S. Constitution 500

The United States is not a democracy, but rather this as defined in Article IV, Section 4.

REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT

100 Bill of Rights 100

The First Amendment gives us several rights. Name 2.

FREEDOM OF RELIGION, FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM OF THE PRESS, RIGHT TO PETITION, RIGHT OF ASSEMBLY.

200 Bill of Rights 200

This amendment is most notable for its Double Jeopardy clause.

FIFTH AMENDMENT

300 Bill of Rights 300

This Amendment protects us from unreasonable search and seizure.

THE FOURTH AMENDMENT

400 Bill of Rights 400

This Amendment states that people will not be subject to “cruel and unusual punishment.”

EIGHTH AMENDMENT

500 Bill of Rights 500

This Amendment guarantees us a speedy trial.

SIXTH AMENDMENT

FINAL QUESTION

How did the Constitution build upon the Articles of Confederation?