R.O.K concepts

5 Written Questions

1. a group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies
2. legal document giving certain rights to a person or company
3. constitutional authorization for Congress to make any law required to carry out its powers
4. The states that were in the South, but did not join the Confederacy
5. made of two types (grand/accusing jury and petty/trial jury) --peers compose the jury and determine the fate of the accused

5 Matching Questions

1. strict construction
2. double jeopardy
3. telegraph
4. national debt
5. legislative branch

1. a the branch of the United States government that has the power of legislating
2. b the debt of the national government (as distinguished from the debts of individuals and businesses and political subdivisions)
3. c was invented by Samuel Morse to comunicate faster using the Morse code
4. d belief that the goavernment should not do anything that the constitution does not specifically say it can do
5. e Once a person has been tried for a crime, he or she cannot be tried again for the same crime

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. the act of starting a new operation or practice
   1. pardon
   2. ratification
   3. confederation
   4. inauguration
2. A tax on an imported product instituted to protect local industries
   1. petition
   2. precedent
   3. protective tariff
   4. tariff
3. the right to a civil trial, right to trial by jury
   1. Sixth Amendment
   2. Eighth Amendment
   3. Seventh Amendment
   4. Second Amendment
4. guarantee of a fair and proper trial
   1. charter
   2. due process
   3. Clermont
   4. secede
5. a machine that separates the seeds from cotton
   1. cotton belt
   2. cotton gin
   3. veto
   4. census

5 True/False Questions

1. precedent → an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time

   True        False

2. ratification → a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority

   True        False

3. secede → An official numbering of the people of a country or district.

   True        False

4. annex → persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers

   True        False

5. eminent domain → the right of the state to take private property for public use

   True        False