Name: _____________________________
Date: ______________________
Civics and Economics Midterm Review
1. What requirements are there to vote in the United States? (3 Separate Answers)
a.
b.
c.
2. At the Constitutional Convention the ___________________________ led to Congress being a two-house
legislature.
3. _____________________________ is the power of the Supreme Court to decide whether or not a law violates
the Constitution.
4. _____________________________ was the first form of government for the newly independent United States
of America.
5. _____________________________ is a principle in which citizens have a right to choose their leaders.
6. _____________________________ is the name of the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution.
7. What are the terms of office for the following:
a. President
b. Vice President
c. Member of the HoR
d. Senator
8. Providing a check and balance system is the chief advantage of a _____________________________ legislature
9. A two-house body is an example of a _____________________________ legislature
10. The Leandro case deals with _____________________________, which the General Assembly usually funds.
11. _____________________________ is the system of government in which a central government and regional
governments share power.
12. _____________________________ is needed for a bill to pass in Congress
13. _____________________________ is the idea that different powers and duties should be given to different
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Date: ______________________
branches of government.
14. _____________________________ is the Supreme Court case that forces the police to read a suspect his rights.
15. The Supreme Court case _____________________________ established Judicial Review.
16. What are the 3 requirements to be president of the United States?
a.
b.
c.
17. The president’s veto of a bill is an example of _____________________________.
18. The Constitution is reinterpreted throughout history by __________________________________________
19. To become a member of the Supreme Court you need to be appointed by the
_____________________________ and approved by the _____________________________.
20. The idea that fair action by the government is required in all circumstances is known as
_____________________________.
21. Driving privileges, education, marriage and divorce laws are examples of _____________________________
powers, meaning that they are powers given to the states.
22. Students living in all 50 states were given the freedom of speech in schools after
_____________________________ (court case).
23. The right of Congress to declare war is an example of a _____________________________ power.
24. Why did the Colonists object to paying British taxes – they had no _____________________________ in
Parliament.
25. _____________________________ dealt with the issue of counting the slave population for congressional
representation
26. _____________________________ (court case) is centered on the illegal searches and seizures
27. A _____________________________ is a form of government in which the supreme power is retained by the
people.
Name: _____________________________
Date: ______________________
28. Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka demonstrate a way in which the Supreme Court’s
decision can be changed. In this instance, Brown v. Board ________________________ the decision in Plessy v.
Ferguson.
29. A _____________________________ is the framework for a national or state government.
30. The _____________________________ was intended to protect individual’s rights from government abuse.
31. The addition of the Bill of Rights is the best reason that the _____________________________ agreed to the
ratification of the US Constitution.
32. The Great Compromise solved a disagreement between _____________________________ and
_____________________________.
33. What powers did the Government have during the Articles of Confederation
a.
b.
c.
34. According to the _____________________________ plan population would decide representation to Congress.
35. The _____________________________ objected to the Constitution because it gave the federal government
too much power and too little to citizens.
36. The leader of the House of Representatives is the _____________________________
37. The _____________________________ follows the Vice President in succession to the Presidency.
38. The Framers of the Constitution intended for _____________________________ to focus more closely on the
concerns of the people it represents, rather than the _________________________.
39. Under the _____________________________ amendment Ten years is the maximum number of years that an
individual can serve as President. They may also only be elected twice according to this amendment.
Name: _____________________________
Date: ______________________
40. What are 3 powers the Constitution grants to the President
a.
b.
c.
41. The first representative assembly in the English colonies was the _____________________________.
42. The uprising known as _____________________________ was the main event to rewrite the Articles of
Confederation.
43. After 1763 _____________________________ began placing steep taxes on the American colonies because of
heave war debts due to the French and Indian War.
44. In order to check the power of the Supreme Court the _____________________________ can remove judges
through the impeachment process
45. The framers of the US Constitution included a system of _____________________________ in order to divide
power among national, state, and local levels of government.