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Florida Civic Literacy Exam
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What form of government does the US use?
→ ::- Representative Democracy
What was one of the main reasons the English colonists came to the New
World?
→ ::- Land Acquisition, religious persecution, political liberty, economic
opportunity
What rights are stated in the Declaration of Independence?
→ ::- life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
What were the reasons the colonists separated from England?
→ ::- Five reasons the American colonists separated from Britain are the
Proclamation of 1763, the Sugar Act, the Stamp Act, the Townshend
Acts, and the Quartering Act.
How did the French and Indian War (1763) affect the colonists?
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→ ::- changed the relationship between England and its American
colonies in that its outcome eliminated the colonies' need for the British
military and led to the Proclamation of 1763, the Quartering Act, and
various taxes, all of which angered the colonists and contributed to the
American Revolution
What was the Virginia House of Burgesses?
→ ::- The House of Burgesses was the first assembly of elected
representatives of English colonists in North America.
What are the three branches of the US government?
→ ::- Executive, Legislative, Judicial
What is the system of checks and balance of the US government?
→ ::- stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful. This
means that each branch can block, or threaten to block, the actions
of the other branches
What are the three levels of the US government?
→ ::- local, state, federal
What are the powers of Congress?
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→ ::- 1. taxing
2. printing money
3. declaring war
What are the powers of the president?
→ ::- Commander of military, nominate Federal judges, ambassadors,
and other high ranking officials, negotiate treaties, Pardon citizens
(forgive a crime), Represent the United States for other countries
What are the powers of the Supreme Court?
→ ::- Declare laws unconstitutional and declare presidential acts
unconstitutional, interpret the meaning of a law, to decide whether a
law is relevant to a particular set of facts, or to rule on how a law
should be applied
What was the "Great Compromise"?
→ ::- Small-state delegates demanded, with comparable intensity, that
all states be equally represented in both houses. Also called
Connecticut Compromise of 1787
How are the members of the House of Representatives and the Senate
chosen?
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→ ::- Directly elected by the public
How are the members of the House of Representatives and the Senate
allocated?
→ ::- After extensive debate, the framers of the Constitution agreed to
create the House with representation based on population and the
Senate with equal representation. 2 Senators from each state and
Representatives based off of population
What is the process of Presidential succession?
→ ::- If the President of the United States is incapacitated, dies, resigns, is
for any reason unable to hold his/her office, or is removed from office,
he/she will be replaced in the following order: Vice President. Speaker
of the House. President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
What is the Electoral College?
→ ::- A body of electors who represent the people's vote in choosing the
president.
What is gerrymandering?
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