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Florida Civic LiteracyExam Study Guide
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Denning [Date] [Course title]
, Why did the Founding Fathers separate the power to make, enforce, and interpret laws between
different branches of government? - Answer: to prevent one branch of government from becoming too
powerful
What pamphlet denounced British rule and fanned the flames of revolution? - Answer: Common Sense
Use the quotation below to answer the question.
"THE HORRID MASSACRE IN BOSTON, Perpetrated in the evening of the fifth day of March, 1770, by
soldiers of the Twenty-ninth Regiment, which with the Fourteenth Regiment were then quartered there;
with some observations on the state of things prior to that catastrophe." —anonymous account, A Short
Narrative of the Horrid Massacre in Boston, 1770
Who most likely wrote this passage and for what reason? - Answer: a Patriot, to raise fears about the
British army in the colonies
What is the most likely reason it was difficult to pass laws under the Articles of Confederation? -
Answer: Passage required the votes of 9 of the 13 states.
The Preamble of the Constitution lists six goals, including which of the following? - Answer: to form a
more perfect union
Use the information below to answer the question.
Speaker 1: "We can't ratify the Constitution. It has no bill of rights!"
Speaker 2: "I think the states should have more power."
Speaker 3: "We just fought for liberty. Why submit to a new tyrant?"
Who are the speakers and what are they afraid of? - Answer: Antifederalists; a strong national
government
What is meant by "the rule of law"? - Answer: the idea that all people, including rulers and leaders,
must obey the law
A court decides that the First Amendment permits a journalist to write an article on something the
government wants to keep secret. What type of law was most involved in the decision? - Answer:
constitutional law
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