Civics_Ch6_Study-Guide


 * Pennsylvania Civics – Chapter 6 Judicial Branch**
 * Study Questions**

__Past Chapter Questions__
 * 1) What is the top responsibility of a citizen in Democracy?
 * 2) What is the naturalization process?
 * 3) Which document says we have life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness as inalienable rights?
 * 4) Which document created our first government?
 * 5) What date did the U.S. declare independence?
 * 6) What are 2 symbols of freedom?
 * 7) What is the purpose of government? (You could have several correct answers).
 * 8) E_ means same opportunity, f_ means justice, and l means freedom.
 * 9) What are the 3 levels of government?
 * 10) What are the 3 branches of government?
 * 11) What is the principle that each branch can’t abuse its power?
 * 12) What is the principle that there are three branches to divide power?
 * 13) What is the power of the Supreme Court to declare a law unconstitutional?
 * 14) Name a document that influenced the Constitution (there were several from Britain and colonies).
 * 15) We have a strong central government but the states have power too making us a f_ system.
 * 16) List the 5 freedoms in the first amendment.
 * 17) How has the right to vote changed over the years?
 * 18) What is one duty of citizens?
 * 19) What is one responsibility of citizens?
 * 20) Give an example of a legal search.
 * 21) What is the right someone on a trial has?
 * 22) What was formed from the Great Compromise?
 * 23) What is the job of the Legislative Branch?
 * 24) Who are your 2 U.S. Senators?
 * 25) Who is your U.S. Representative?
 * 26) Who is in charge of the House of Representatives?
 * 27) What building does Congress work in?
 * 28) What is the job of the Executive Branch?
 * 29) Who is President and Vice President?
 * 30) What are the 3 qualifications to be President?
 * 31) What is a legislative power of the President?
 * 32) What is the President’s role as head of the armed forces?
 * 33) What is the name of the President’s group of advisors?
 * 34) Who advises on military and national security? S of D_
 * 35) Who advises on legal matters? A G_
 * 36) Who advises on taxes and economics? S_ of the T
 * 37) Who advises on foreign policy? S_ of S_
 * 38) How is the President elected? E___ C___
 * 39) What building does the President live in?
 * 40) What building does the Defense Department work out of?

__Chapter Questions__:
 * 1) What is the main job of the Judicial Branch?
 * 2) What court is the highest court in the land?
 * 3) What is the title of the head of this highest court?
 * 4) The court has the power to declare laws unconstitutional, which is j___ r___
 * 5) How many judges are there on the highest court?
 * 6) The right to appeal is the right to seek a r_ of your case.
 * 7) Any behavior that is illegal is a c.
 * 8) Ruling based on a past decision is a p.
 * 9) A lawsuit is under c_ law.
 * 10) The authority to hear a case is j___.__
 * 11) From lowest to highest, the levels of federal courts go d_ courts, c courts, then the S_ C_
 * 12) What are 2 rights an accused person has?
 * 13) Who is the Chief Justice?
 * 14) Who was the first black justice? …first female justice? …first Chief Justice
 * 15) How do Supreme Court justices get their jobs?
 * 16) How long do they serve for?
 * 17) How can they be removed?
 * 18) What city do they work in?
 * 19) Justice means the same as f_.
 * 20) What was the ruling in Roe v. Wade? …Engel v. Vitale? …Brown v. Board of Education? …Marbury v. Madison? …Miranda v. Arizona?
 * 21) Our court system ensures equality under the l--.
 * 22) The motto on the Supreme Court building is e j-- u the l--.
 * 23) After a 1936 Supreme Court ruling, the government's power increased over business and r and r-- i ever since 1936.
 * 24) Befire another 1936 Supreme Court ruling, all spending by the federal government could ONLY be in areas in which the states were not c on their own.
 * 25) After the court ruling in 1936, the federal government could spned in any area nad spending went u- every year since 1936.
 * 26) James W- said good civil and constitutional law was based on the B (he was on the original Supreme Court).
 * 27) The Founding Fathers intended the Judicial branch to be the w-- branch according to A H--- in the F- P- #78.
 * 28) List three reasons the U.S. court system is fair in your opinion.

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