UF civic literacy study guide Questions and Answers 2024
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Florida Civic Literacy
UF civic literacy study guide Questions and Answers 2024
What is the supreme law of the land?
The Constitution
What does the Constitution do?
- Sets up the government
- Defines the government
- Protects basic rights of Americans
The idea of self-government is in the first three w...
UF civic literacy study guide Questions
and Answers 2024
What is the supreme law of the land? - answerThe Constitution
What does the Constitution do? - 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 three words? - answer"We the People"
What is an amendment? - answer- A change (to the Constitution)
- An addition (to the Constitution)
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution? - answerThe Bill of Rights
What are the rights or freedoms from the First Amendment? - answer- speech
- religion
- assembly
- press
- petition the government
How many amendments does the Constitution have? - answer27
What did the Declaration of Independence do? - 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? - answer- life
- liberty
- pursuit of happiness
What is freedom of religion? - answerYou can practice any religion, or not practice a
religion.
What is the economic system in the United States? - answer- capitalist economy
- market economy
What is the "rule of law"? - answer- Everyone must follow the law.
, - Leaders must obey the law.
- Government must obey the law.
- No one is above the law.
Name the branches or parts of the government. - answer- Legislative (Congress)
- Executive (President)
- Judicial (the Courts)
What stops of branch of government from becoming too powerful? - answer- Checks
and Balances
- Separation of Powers
Who is in charge of the executive branch? - answerthe President
Who makes federal laws? - answer- Congress
- Senate and House of Representatives
- U.S. Legislature
What are the two parts of U.S. Congress? - answerthe Senate and House of
Representatives
How many U.S. Senators are there? - answer100
We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years? - answer6
Who is one of your state's U.S. Senators now? - answerRick Scott
The House of Representatives has how many voting members? - answer435
We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years? - answer2
Name your U.S. Representative. - answerCharlie Christ
Who does a U.S. Senator represent? - answerAll people of the state
Why do some states have more Representatives than other states? - answerDue to the
state's population
We elect a President for how many years? - answer4
In what month do we vote for President? - answerNovember
What is the name of the President of the United States now? - answerDonald Trump
What is the name of the Vice President of the United States? - answerMike Pence
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