FCLE STUDY GUIDE Exam Questions with Verified Solutions.
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FCLE STUDY GUIDE Exam Questions with Verified
Solutions.
What form of government originated in greek culture where representatives made
decisions on the behalf of the people? - Correct Answer representative government
Which idea states that the power comes from the people? - Correct Answer popular
sovereignty
What form of government passes power through inheritance and family rulings? -
Correct Answer hereditary monarchy
Who can citizens vote for to voice their opinion to the government? - Correct Answer
representatives
What is the process of directly voting on laws proposed by the constitution? - Correct
Answer direct democracy
What is the purpose of a written Constitution? (2 answers) - Correct Answer inform
citizens of the powers and limitations of the government
Which idea in the constitution outlines the powers of the 3 branches of government? -
Correct Answer separation of powers
Which branch of government does article 1 establish? - Correct Answer legislative
branch
Which branch of government does article 2 establish? - Correct Answer executive
branch
Which branch of government does article 3 establish? - Correct Answer judicial branch
What was put in place to ensure that one branch could not overpower another / allow
branches to put others in check? - Correct Answer checks and balances
Which part of the Constitution outlines the principles of what the country was founded
on? - Correct Answer the preamble
Which clause states that Federal law is supreme / superior to any state law? - Correct
Answer the supremacy clause
Which court case aided in the enforcement of the supremacy clause? - Correct Answer
McCulloch vs. Maryland
, What are some of the powers of the legislative branch? - Correct Answer creation of
laws, collecting money, taxing, regulating interstate / foreign commerce
Which branch of government is able to impeach officers? - Correct Answer the
legislative branch is able to impeach federal officers
Which enlightenment thinker developed the social contract theory? - Correct Answer
Jean Jacques Rousseau
What is the social contact theory? - Correct Answer persons' moral and/or political
obligations are dependent upon a contract or agreement among them to form the
society in which they live.
Which enlightenment thinker developed the idea of having 3 branches of government? -
Correct Answer Montesquieu
Which enlightenment thinker believed in checks and balances? - Correct Answer John
Locke
What was the official name for the list of grievances sent to King George III? - Correct
Answer Declaration of Independence
Which documents inspired the US constitution? (3 answers) - Correct Answer The
Magna Carta, Declaration of Independence, and Articles of Confederation
What was America's first official form of government that failed? - Correct Answer The
Articles of Confederation
What was the Great Compromise? - Correct Answer a plan that created a bicameral
legislature (combined VA and NJ plans to create Congress) one house based on
representation, one house has equal representation
What is the Commerce Clause? - Correct Answer gives Congress the power "to
regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the
Indian tribes."
Which court case created the commerce clause? - Correct Answer Gibbons vs. Ogden
What are the first 10 amendments called? - Correct Answer Bill of Rights
What freedoms are guaranteed by the 1st Amendment? - Correct Answer religion,
speech, press, assembly, petition
Which court cases involve freedom on speech? - Correct Answer Tinker v. Des Moines
& Schenk v. United States
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