Florida Civic Literacy exam 2024/2025 questions with 100% correct answers

Florida Civic Literacy exam 2024/2025 questions with 100% correct answers What is the supreme law of the land - ANSWERS The Constitution What does the Constitution do - ANSWERS Sets up the government, Define 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? - ANSWERS We the People What is an amendment? - ANSWERS A change (to the Constitution), An addition (to the Constitution) What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution? - ANSWERS The Bill of Rights What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment? - ANSWERS Speech, Religion, Assembly, Press, Petition the Government How many amendments does the Constitution have? - ANSWERS 27 amendments What did the Declaration of Independence do? - ANSWERS 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? - ANSWERS Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness What is freedom of religion? - ANSWERS You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion. What is the economic system in the United States? - ANSWERS market/capitalist economy What is the "rule of law"? - ANSWERS 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.* - ANSWERS ▪ Congress ▪ legislative ▪ President ▪ executive ▪ the courts ▪ judicial What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful? - ANSWERS Checks and balances, Separation of power Who is in charge of the executive branch? - ANSWERS President Who makes federal laws? - ANSWERS Congress, Senate and House (of Representatives), (U.S. or national) legislature What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?* - ANSWERS The Senate and House (of Representatives) How many U.S. Senators are there? - ANSWERS 100 We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years? - ANSWERS 6 years The House of Representatives has how many voting members? - ANSWERS 435 We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years? - ANSWERS 2 years Who does a U.S. Senator represent? - ANSWERS all people of the state Why do some states have more Representatives than other states? - ANSWERS the state's population We elect a President for how many years? - ANSWERS 4 years In what month do we vote for President? - ANSWERS November If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President? - ANSWERS Vice President If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President? - ANSWERS The Speaker of the House Who is the Commander in Chief of the military? - ANSWERS president Who signs bills to become laws? - ANSWERS the President (final signer) Who vetoes bills? - ANSWERS president What does the President's Cabinet do? - ANSWERS advises the President What are two Cabinet-level positions? - ANSWERS ▪ Secretary of Agriculture ▪ Secretary of Commerce ▪ Secretary of Defense ▪ Secretary of Education ▪ Secretary of Energy ▪ Secretary of Health and Human Services ▪ Secretary of Homeland Security ▪ Secretary of Housing and Urban Development ▪ Secretary of the Interior ▪ Secretary of Labor ▪ Secretary of State ▪ Secretary of Transportation ▪ Secretary of the Treasury ▪ Secretary of Veterans Affairs ▪ Attorney General ▪ Vice President What does the judicial branch do? - ANSWERS reviews laws, explains laws resolves disputes (disagreements), decides if a law goes against the Constitution What is the highest court in the United States? - ANSWERS Supreme Court How many justices are on the Supreme Court? - ANSWERS 9 Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now? - ANSWERS John Roberts Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the federal government? - ANSWER