Civics Unit 1

2. The government’s responsibility to protect the public’s wellbeing.
6. The 24th Amendment banned this barrier to voting.
7. The right to vote.
8. This term means that the President must share power with Congress and the courts.
10. The division of power between national and state governments.
15. The system where each branch can limit the others.
17. The President enforces laws under this branch.
18. The event that revealed the Articles’ weakness.
19. This principle holds that laws apply to everyone equally.
20. The plan that favored representation by population.
21. Amendment guaranteeing right to bear arms

1. This early English document declared “No man is above the law.”
3. "We the People" reflects this democratic principle.
4. Amendment guaranteeing equal protection under the law
5. Power allowing Congress to make laws “necessary and proper.”
9. Lincoln’s quote “of the people, by the people, for the people” defines this system.
11. The amendment ensuring a jury trial in civil cases.
12. The plan that favored equal representation for small states.
13. This Enlightenment idea influenced the Social Contract Theory.
14. The branch responsible for interpreting laws.
16. The first ten amendments collectively known as the ____.