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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 Indep...

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Florida Civic Literacy Exam
Questions and Correct Answers |
Latest Update
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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