Civics Vocab

What is freedom from prosecution for witnesses whose testimony ties them to illegal acts?

• contempt

• immunity

• perjury

• impeachment

What is the total amount of money the government owes at any given time?

• appropriation

• revenue

• national debt

• patent

What is a proposed law to authorize spending money?

• appropriations bill

• copyright

• patent

• revenue bill

What is a proposed law for raising money?

• revenue bill

• impeachment

• contempt

• appropriations bill

This ruled that federal laws take precedence over state laws

• immunity

• Gibbons v. Ogden

• Sullivan v. Weber

• contempt

What is trade among states?

• national trade

• interstate commerce

• bartering

• patent

What is the exclusive right of an inventor to manufacture, use and sell his or her invention for a specific period of time (17 years)?

• copyright

• executive privilege

• patent

• appropriate

What is the exclusive right to publish and sell a literary, musical or artistic work for a specific period of time (the lifetime of the creator plus 50 years)?

• patent

• ownership

• contempt

• copyright

What is a formal accusation of misconduct in office?

• perjury

• impeachment

• contempt

• felony

What is lying under oath?

• fibbing

• contempt

• perjury

• immunity