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Which of the following statements is true?
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The Constitution protects people from action by the government
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Which of the following statements is true?
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The Bill of Rights was designated to protect against the power of the federal government
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Which of the following statements about our legal system is true?
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Our legal system protects basic human rights
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Which of the following is true?
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The Constitution created a national government of limited powers with authority to pass laws only in areas specified in Article I.
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Each of the three branches of government are independent, but has the power to restrain the other branches in a system know as.
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Checks and balances
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The federal government’s powers to make laws are listed in the Constitution and the remaining powers are reserved for the states in a division of power between the states and the federal government known as
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Federalism
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What is the final authority in all questions pertaining to the rights of individuals?
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The U.S. Constitution
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Most of the procedural, or due process rights, given to criminal suspects or
defendants in the United States are found in: |
The Bill of Rights
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The Supreme Court did not interpret the Fourteenth Amendment as incorporating the Bill of Rights until
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The 1960’s
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To protect against the abuse of power, the government is divided into legislative, executive, and judicial branches. This is called?
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Separation of powers
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__________ is another name for the federal system of government, in which power is divided between the national government and the states.
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Federalism
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To keep any one of these three branches of government from becoming too powerful, the Constitution also set up a system of _____________.
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Checks and balances
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The first ten amendements to the Constitution are known as the _______________.
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Bill of Rights
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Laws are also known as _______________
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Statutes
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________________ means that the Court can review any federal or state law to see if it is in agreement with the Constitution.
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Judicial review
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