The study of Citizenship and Government
What is Civics?
Name the two main political parties in the U.S.
What are Democreat and Republican?
Which political party is the most liberal?
Who are the Democrats?
What are the 2 most popular forms of government?
What are Democracy and Authoritarian?
What ideas came from the Magna Carta?
What are Limited Government and Rule of Law.
What happens when you are aquitted?
What is you are proven innocent in court?
What are the first ten amendments in the Constitution called?
What are the Bill of Rights?
What is the symbol for the Democratic Party?
What is the Donkey?
What is the term for a non-citizen that is legally residing in the coubtry?
What is a Legal Alien?
What was America's first Constitution called?
What are the Articles of Confederation?
What is a compromise?
What is where each side gives up part of it's demands?
What are the Tree branches of Government?
What are the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches?
Which political party is the most conservative?
Who are the Republicans?
What is the form of government used in the United States?
What is a Representative Democracy?
Name TWO types of media and give examples of each.
What are Electronic and Print? Examples: Electronic: TV, Internet, Radio
Print: Newspapers, Magazines
What types of political system do we have in the U.S.?
What is a 2 party system?
Who were the Federalists?
What is Supported a strong central government with no Bill of Rights?
What is the symbol for the Republican party?
What is the Elephant?
Who wrote "Common Sense" and greatly influenced the Declaration of Independence?
Who is Thomas Paine?
Which house of Congress is based on population?
What is the House of Representatives?
Who is the final authority for interpreting the Constitution?
Who is the Supreme Court? (Judicial Branch)
Who were the Antifederalist?
Who are individuals that supported a weak central government, states rights and a Bill of Rights?
Which amendment was most important for women and why?
What is the 19th amendment? It allowed women to vote. (Suffrage)
Which form of government has an inherited ruler?
What is an ABSOLUTE MONARCHY?
Which house of Congress is has equal representation by States.
What is the Senate?