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Vocabulary
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A feeling of love toward one's country
What is Patriotism
100
What does the Preamble to the US Constitution provide?
What is the goals of American government
100
What is the most important power of Congress (Legislative Branch)?
What is to make the nation's laws
100
What is the main role of the President (Executive) Branch of the US?
What is to carry out the nation's laws
100
Non-citizen living in the country
What is Resident Alien
200
To give evidence against oneself or others
What is to incriminate
200
What fraction of all state legislatures had to ratify the Bill of Rights before it became law?
What is three- fourths
200
Which of the following is the "court of last resort," whose decisions are final?
What is the Supreme Court
200
Who are the only elected officials chosen by all American voters?
What is the President and Vice President
200
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! A complex system of choosing a United States President
What is the Electoral College
300
To bring charges of serious wrongdoing by an elected official
What is to impeach
300
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! In the Judicial Branch, how are the courts organized top to bottom?
What is the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, and then District (Lower) Courts
300
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! What is the function of the Articles, or main body, of the Constitution?
What is to define the responsibilities of citizenship
300
How do most state constitutions differ from the US Constitution?
What is that most state constitutions are longer and more detailed
300
The willingness to sacrifice for the common good
What is Civic Virtue
400
To check or limit the power of a presidential veto
What is to override
400
Who can propose a constitutional amendment?
What is Congress or a National Convention
400
Who gives local government their powers?
What is the state
400
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! Which amendment abolished slavery?
What is the Thirteenth Amendment
400
The process by which citizens act directly to cause change
What is Constitutional Initiative
500
To complete the legal process for citizenship
What is to naturalize
500
The Twenty-Sixth Amendment changed the legal voting age from 21 to ____?
What is eighteen
500
What level of government is mainly responsible for public education in the United States?
What is state government
500
What level of government is responsible for providing police and fire protection?
What is local government
500
The right people have to alter their government
What is Popular Sovereignty