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HOSMERITWISCONSIN CIVICS EXAM | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
(VERIFIED) | LATEST UPDATE | GRADED A+
What is the supreme law of the land?
Correct Answer: Constitution
What does the Constitution do?
Correct Answer: sets up the government
defines the government
protects basic rights of Americans
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 an amendment?
Correct Answer: a change (to the Constitution)
an addition (to the Constitution)
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
Correct Answer: Bill of Rights
,What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?
Correct Answer: speech
religion
assembly
press
petition the government
How many amendments does the Constitution have?
Correct Answer: 27
What did the Declaration of Independence do?
Correct Answer: announced our independence (from Great Britain) declared our
independence (from Great Britain)
said that the United States is free (from Great Britain)
What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
Correct Answer: life
liberty
pursuit of happiness
What is freedom of religion?
Correct Answer: You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion
, What is the economic system in the United States?
Correct Answer: capitalist economy
market economy
What is the "rule of law"?
Correct Answer: everyone must follow the law
leaders must obey the law
government must obey the law
no one is above the law
Name one branch or part of the government
Correct Answer: Congress
legislative
President
executive
the courts
judicial
What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
Correct Answer: checks and balances
separation of powers
Who is in charge of the executive branch?
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