Florida Civic Literacy Exam - Study Guide IRSC with Complete Solutions
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Florida Civic Literacy
Florida Civic Literacy Exam - Study
Guide IRSC with Complete Solutions
What historic document (17th century) created a "civil body politic"? - Correct Answer ️️
-Mayflower Compact
What was the Magna Carta? - Correct Answer ️️ -document that started to limit the
power of the king, estab...
Florida Civic Literacy Exam - Study Guide IRSC with Complete Solutions What historic document (17th century) created a "civil body politic"? - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-Mayflower Comp act What was the Magna Carta? - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-document that started to limit the power of the king, establish habeas corpus and limit taxation What document did American colonists, protesting the Stamp Act in 1766, claim gave them rights such as "no taxation without representation"? - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-British Constitution Americans, especially by the 19th and 20th centuries, claimed what about the Magna Carta? - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-the people's reassertion of rights against an oppressive ruler What was Thomas Paine's Common Sense? - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-a 47-page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775 -1776 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies What was the influence of Common Sense? - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-inspired American colonists to declare independence from England. What is the Declaration of Independence? - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-It is a document that declared independence from Britain and the formation of a new country, the USA. What are the three rights men tioned in the Declaration of Independence? - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness Which of the following was a weakness of the Articles of Confederation? - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-Congress did not have the power to regulate foreign and i nterstate commerce. What did Shay's Rebellion and an economic crisis lead to? - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-the Philadelphia Convention of 1787. The Convention elected Washington as its president and ultimately produced the Constitution of the United States. The idea of self -government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words? - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-We the people What is the Supreme Law of the Land? - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-The constitution What were the 88 essays published in newspape r to support ratification of the Constitution are known as? Who wrote those essays? - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-The Federalist Papers, written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison What type of government does the US have? - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-representative democracy What is federalism? - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-sharing of powers between federal and state governments. What type of economic system does the U.S. have? - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-capitalism and a mixed market system In a representative democrac y (republic), who is sovereign? - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-The people Under the U.S. Constitution, what has the power to declare war, conduct foreign policy, and coin currency? - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-Congress Under the U.S. Constitution, what usually has the pow er to regulate local safety, schools, and grant driving licenses? - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-States What is the highest court in the US? - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-Supreme Court What does the judicial branch do? - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-reviews laws explains laws resol ves disputes (disagreements) decides if a law goes against the Constitution What are the two houses of Congress? - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-Senate and House of Representatives How is representation in the Senate decided? How many years is the term for a senator ? - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-Two Senators per state, 100 senators total; Terms are 6 years How is representation in the House of Representatives decided? How many years is the term for a representative? - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-apportioned among the states by popu lation, every state gets at least one; Terms are two years. How many voting members does the House currently have? - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-435 The Constitutional Convention decided that the chief executive would be chosen by? - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-The Legisl ature Who is the Commander in Chief of the military? - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-president How many years is the term for a President? - Correct Answer ✔️✔️-4 years
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