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Equal Protection Clause ~~> Clause in the Fourteenth Amendment that forbids any state to deny to any person equal protection of the laws. This clause is the major constitutional restraint on the power of governments to discriminate against persons because of race, national origin, or sex...

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St Petersburg College Civic Literacy
Questions & 100% Correct Answers
Equal Protection Clause


✓ ~~> Clause in the Fourteenth Amendment that forbids any state to

deny to any person equal protection of the laws. This clause is the

major constitutional restraint on the power of governments to

discriminate against persons because of race, national origin, or sex.




Article I, Section 4, of the United States Constitution


✓ ~~> Grants the states the authority to determine the rules by which

they elect their United States Senators and Representatives, unless the

United States Congress acts to change those rules.




Article II, Section 1, of the United States Constitution


✓ ~~> Provides that the President of the United States is elected by the

Electoral College.




Electoral College




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✓ ~~> The president is elected by a majority of electoral votes. After an

election a group of electors chosen by each state officially cast the

electoral votes for their state to choose the President.




Voter Registration requirements in Florida


✓ ~~> Be a citizen of the United States of America, a legal resident of

Florida, a legal resident of the county in which you seek to be

registered, at least 16 years old to preregister or at least 18 years old to

register and vote. Not be a person who has been adjudicated

mentally incapacitated with respect to voting in Florida or any other

state without having the right to vote restored; and, not be a person

convicted of a felony without having your right to vote restored.




County Supervisor of Elections


✓ ~~> Florida has 67 counties. Each county has an elected Supervisor,

who conducts elections within his or her county.




Preamble to the Constitution




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✓ ~~> The opening section of the Constitution; brief introductory

statement of the fundamental purposes and guiding principles that the

Constitution is meant to serve.

"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union,

establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common

defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to

ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the

United States of America."




Article I of the United States Constitution


✓ ~~> Legislative Branch (Congress).

The United States Congress is bicameral, consisting of two chambers, the

House of Representatives and the Senate. Congress is the branch that is

responsible for making the laws. Other powers include commerce, taxing,

roads, defense, war, citizenship, etc. The founders gave the most powers to

this branch because it is made up of many representatives elected directly

by the people.




House of Representatives




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