Civics Midterm Review
Across
- 3. Jury in civil cases
- 5. The study of how politics and governance work
- 7. Reasonable bail and fines
- 8. Miranda rights; remain silent, due process
- 11. Right to bear arms
- 12. The Senate uses this to check the President
- 13. A check on the President by the House
- 15. States have all power not given to the federal government
- 16. No quartering of soldiers in homes
- 19. Manipulating district boundaries to confer an advantage
- 20. Speedy & fair trial, right to an attorney, public trial before a jury
Down
- 1. No unlawful searches or seizures
- 2. The ability of senators to "talk a bill to death"
- 4. This clause gives Congress authority to make necessary laws
- 6. This clause states that the federal government is above the states
- 9. Five freedoms: speech, press, religion, assembly, & petition
- 10. The President does this to choose political officers
- 14. Powers explicitly given to Congress (ex. Coining money, declaring war)
- 17. The broad category of US government (specifically direct ____)
- 18. Rights extend beyond what's written down