Unit 3 Civics Vocabulary

4. A statement that allows citizens the freedom of religion.
5. A type of government where people can vote for representatives to vote for them.
7. The first American constitution that established how an American national government was supposed to function.
9. A review by the Supreme Court that validates the constitutionality of a legislative act.
12. A charter of liberties that guaranteed rights and privileges.
13. The first Plymouth colony governing document. It was meant to be a temporary set of laws and regulations for the colony.
16. A government right to acquire private land for public use, as long as there is financial compensation.
19. A policy that stated that if the colonies remained loyal to Britain, trade regulations and supervision of internal colonial affairs would be relaxed.
21. To be in accordance with a political constitution.
23. To sign or give consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement, making it valid.
24. A statement that restricts the government from establishing a religion.
25. Father of modern economics, believed in free markets, assembly-line production, and gross domestic product (GDP).
26. A part of the 5th amendment that states that a person cannot be prosecuted for the same crime twice.
27. An act that outlined specific constitutional and civil rights and gave Parliament power over the monarchy.
28. A principle that states that the government is made for the people, by the people.

1. Influences that regulates organizations or structures so that they do not hold too much power.
2. An agreement that structured Congress and the amount of representatives each state could have in it.
3. Philosophers that helped influence government principles and ideals during the Age of Enlightenment.
6. The first democratically elected American legislative body.
8. A compromise that stated that slaves counted as ⅗ of a person when counted in a population.
10. A compromise that allowed voters to vote for electors who could cast their votes to candidates in the electoral college system.
11. An enlightenment thinker, believed in the natural rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
14. A document that stated America’s official separation from Britain. Written by Thomas Jefferson.
15. An implicit agreement among society to cooperate for social benefits.
17. Rights that a person is inherently born with.
18. A proposal that outlined a one-house legislature, equal votes for states, and an executive elected by a national legislature.
20. An enlightenment thinker that developed most of the theory of separation of powers.
22. A proposal that outlined a national government with an executive, legislative, and judicial branch. It also outlined a divided legislature (The Senate and House of Representatives).