Civics EOC Practice Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass

Civics EOC Practice Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Rule of Law - Correct Answer ️️ -No one is above the law. Prevents tyranny and foundation of liberty. Consitution= limited government Civil Law - Correct Answer ️️ -Groups of laws that refer to disputes among people or organizations Criminal Law - Correct Answer ️️ -Groups of Laws that define what acts/activities are crimes and describes how an accused person should be tried in court and their punishment Constitutional Law - Correct Answer ️️ -Based on the Constitution and on Supreme Court decisions interpreting the Constitution Statutory Law - Correct Answer ️️ -Laws that are passed by a law-making body (such as congress). Most criminal and many civil laws are also these types of laws Common Law - Correct Answer ️️ -Types of law that develops from judges previous decisions and is followed in situations not covered by statutory law. Also, called case law. Military Law - Correct Answer ️️ -Governs the behavior of men and women in all branches of the U.S armed forces Juvenile Law - Correct Answer ️️ -An area of the law that deals with the actions and well-being of persons who are not yet adults Citizenship - Correct Answer ️️ -All who are born or naturalized in the United States are citizens of the US and of the state they reside in Naturalization - Correct Answer ️️ -Legal process through which immigrants become U.S citizens 1. Must be at least 18 years old and have a background check showing g"ood moral character" 2. Be fingerprinted 3. Pass test on Civics, U.S history and English 4. Take Oath of Allegiance Law of Blood - Correct Answer ️️ -Idea that a person's nationality at birth is the same as that of his or her natural parents Law of Soil - Correct Answer ️️ -Idea that the country of citizenship of a child is determined by its country of birth Civic Responsibility - Correct Answer ️️ -Something you should do as a citizen Three characterisitics of a citizen are... 1. stay informed 2. vote 3. volunteer Civic Duty - Correct Answer ️️ -Something that each citizen owes their nation 1. obey laws 2. pay taxes 3. serve on a jury 4. defend the nation Selective Service - Correct Answer ️️ -A system for calling up people for compulsory (required) military service 1st Amendment - Correct Answer ️️ -Protect 5 freedoms: religon, speech, press, assembly and petition 2nd Amendment - Correct Answer ️️ -Protects the right to bear arms Third Amendment - Correct Answer ️️ -No soldiers will be housed without the consent of the owners during times of peace. Protects home-owners during times of war Fourth Amendment - Correct Answer ️️ -Protects against unreasonable search and seizures without a warrant or probable cause Fifth Amendment - Correct Answer ️️ -Protects against self-incrimination Cant be deprived of rights without due process of law Protects from being tried for the same case criminal case offense twice Before being for a serious crime grand jury must indict (formally accuse) the person of the crime Sixth Amendment - Correct Answer ️️ -Right to prompt and public trial decided by a jury A person must be informed of the charges against them Right to legal attorney Can hear and question all witnesses and have their own witnesses Seventh Amendment - Correct Answer ️️ -In cases involving money or property over $20 the right to a trial by jury is preserved Eighth Amendment - Correct Answer ️️ -Protects against excessive bail and fines Protects against cruel and unusual punishments Ninth Amendment - Correct Answer ️️ -There are rights reserved to the people that are not listed in the Constitution Refers to the natural rights of people Also called unenumerated rights - those not spelled out in the constitution Tenth Amendment - Correct Answer ️️ -Limits the power of the federal government Powers that are not reserved for the federal government nor prohibited to the states belong to the stated or the people Suffrage - Correct Answer ️️ -The right of voting Double Jeopardy - Correct Answer ️️ -The act of putting a person through a second trial for offense for which he or she has already been prosecuted or convicted. Against the 5th amendment Eminent Domain - Correct Answer ️️ -Government power to take private property for public use without the owners consent. The 5th amendment requires the payment of just compensation to the owner Due Process - Correct Answer ️️ -The government has to follow rules and established procedures in everything it does and this protection helps to ensure justice. Contained in the 5th amendment Pleading the Fift - Correct Answer ️️ -A persons refusal to answer a question on the ground that the answer might incriminate the person Appellate Process - Correct Answer ️️ -The process to have a higher court review the results of a trial court or lower court. The Supreme. court is mainly a Appeals court Ex Post Facto - Correct Answer ️️ -Laws adopted after an act is committed making it illegal although it was legal when done, or increases the penalty