CIVICS T1 FINAL EXAM: (in 1 sentence for all answer)
16. What do the Anti-Federalists believe about the Constitution?
17. What rights are listed in the First Amendment?
18. What rights are in the 2nd and 3rd Amendments?
19. What rights are in the 4th-8th Amendments?
20. What is listed in the 9th and 10th Amendments?
21. What is the purpose of the Constitution?
22. What are checks and balances?
23. What are separation of powers?
24. Why does the government have checks and balances and separation of powers?
25. What is propaganda?
26. What are the different types of propaganda used?
27. What is a representative democracy?
28. What is an authoritarian government?
30. What are examples of authoritarian government types?
31. What is a federal system of government?
32. What are the steps in the Amendment process?
33. What is Constitutional law?
34. What is criminal law?
35. What is civil law?
36. What occurs in Brown v Board of Education?
16. The Anti-Federalists believe that the Constitution gives too much power to the national government and does not protect individual rights enough.
17. The First Amendment lists the rights to freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.
18. The 2nd Amendment guarantees the right to bear arms, while the 3rd Amendment prohibits the Quartering of Soldiers.
19. The 4th-8th Amendments protect the rights to privacy, due process, protection from unreasonable searches and seizures, fair trial, and protection from cruel and unusual punishment.
20. The 9th and 10th Amendments state that the rights listed in the Constitution are not the only rights of the people and that powers not given to the national government are reserved for the states or the people.
21. The purpose of the Constitution is to establish a framework for the organization of the government, define the powers and limitations of the government, and protect the rights of the people.
22. Checks and balances are a system in which each branch of government has the ability to limit the power of the other branches, ensuring that no single branch becomes too powerful.
23. Separation of powers is the division of governmental power among three separate branches - the legislative, executive, and judicial - to prevent the concentration of power in one branch.
24. The government has checks and balances and separation of powers to prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful or abusing its authority, and to ensure the protection of individual rights and promote accountability.
25. Propaganda is information or ideas that are spread to shape public opinion and influence people's beliefs or actions.
26. The different types of propaganda used include emotional appeal, logical appeal, testimonial, bandwagon, name-calling, and transfer.
27. A representative democracy is a form of government in which the people elect representatives to make decisions on their behalf.
28. An authoritarian government is a form of government in which power is concentrated in the hands of a single leader or a small group of leaders, who have total control and authority.
30. Examples of authoritarian government types include dictatorship, absolute monarchy, and military junta.
31. A federal system of government is a system in which power is divided between a central government and regional governments, allowing both levels of government to have their own separate powers and responsibilities.
32. The steps in the Amendment process are proposal (by Congress or a national convention) and ratification (by the legislatures of three-fourths of the states or by state conventions).
33. Constitutional law refers to the body of law that interprets and applies the provisions of the Constitution, including the powers and limitations of the government and the rights of individuals.
34. Criminal law is the body of law that defines and regulates offenses against the public and establishes punishments for such offenses.
35. Civil law is the body of law that governs relationships between individuals and organizations and resolves disputes between them.
36. In Brown v Board of Education, the Supreme Court declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional, leading to the desegregation of schools across the United States.