Vocabulary and Amendments Practice Test

Name:

Matching

Match each item with the correct statement below

a.	a court that has the power to review the judgment of another, lower court
b.	principle of government under which separate branches are empowered to prevent actions by other branches and are induced to share power; these are applied primarily in constitutional governments such as that of the United States, which separate powers among legislative, executive, and judicial branches
c.	authors of the Federalist Papers
d.	a legislature (lawmaking body) with two separate houses
e.	counting a population; in the U.S., this is constitutionally required every ten years
f.	a change, or addition to, the Constitution
g.	a legal case in which one party sues another for damages; in this kind of case, there is no determination of criminal guilt or innocence
h.	a power not granted to the presidents
i.	Congress does this on a regular basis
j.	re-distribution of representatives among the states according to U.S. law, every ten years after the U.S. census
k.	any of 13 intermediate appellate (appeals) courts within the federal judicial system, each of which is empowered to review all final decisions of the lower, district courts
l.	another term for the death penalty

Madison, Hamilton, and Jay

amendment

census

declaring war

creating new laws

appeals court

bicameral

checks and balances

re-apportionment

10.

civil case, civil trial

11.

capital punishment

12.

circuit courts

Match each item with the correct statement below

a.	guarantees that accused persons cannot be forced to give testimony against themselves
b.	prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages
c.	creates the legislative branch of the United States government
d.	guarantees civil rights for all Americans
e.	introductary paragraph of the Constitution, states purposes of government
f.	guarantees right to vote for persons at least eighteen years old
g.	creates the executive branch of the United States government
h.	sets limit of two terms - no more than ten years - for presidents
i.	creates the judicial branch of the United States government
j.	guarantees freedom of religion, speech, and press
k.	prohibits excessive bail, punishment, and torture
l.	guaranteed suffrage for women

13.

Article Three

14.

Twenty-Second Amendment

15.

Article Two

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Twenty-Sixth Amendment

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First Amendment

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Eighth Amendment

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Eighteenth Amendment

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Fourteenth Amendment

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Fifth Amendment

22.

Preamble

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Nineteenth Amendment

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Article One