FLORIDA CIVIC LITERACY FCLE EXAM QUESTIONS

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FLORIDA CIVIC LITERACY (FCLE) EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: What is the supreme law of the land?

Answer:

the Constitution

Question 2: Who vetoes bills?

Answer:

President of the United States Question 3: Students have the right to symbolic speech at school as long as it is not disruptive, protected but he 1st amendment

Answer:

Tinker v. Des Moines

Question 4: Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?

Answer:

President of the United States

Question 5: 7th Amendment

Answer:

Right to jury in civil trials.

Question 6: 15th Amendment

Answer:

Citizens cannot be denied the right to vote because of race, color , or precious condition of servitude Question 7: Maryland was trying to tax the national bank and Supreme Court ruled that federal law was stronger than the state law

Answer:

McCulloch v. Maryland

Question 8: 8th Amendment

Answer:

No cruel or unusual punishment Question 9: How did the holding in the United States Supreme Court case Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) impact criminal defendants?

Answer:

It established that defendants had the right to counsel.

Question 10: 5th Amendment

Answer:

The Right to Remain Silent/Double Jeopardy, right to due process

Question 11: Who is the "Father of Our Country"?

Answer:

George Washington

Question 12: What does the judicial branch do?

Answer:

reviews laws, explains laws, resolves disputes (disagreements) decides if a law goes against the Constitution

Question 13: Who signs bills to become laws?

Answer:

President of the United States

Question 14: What is popular sovereignty?

Answer:

Rule by the people

Question 15: How many justices are on the Supreme Court?

Answer:

nine

Question 16: Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s

Answer:

World War I

Question 17: 19th Amendment

Answer:

Gave women the right to vote

Question 18: Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?

Answer:

Franklin Roosevelt

Question 19: What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

Answer:

freed the slaves freed slaves in the Confederacy freed slaves in the Confederate states freed slaves in most Southern states Question 20: What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens?

Answer:

Serve on a jury and vote in a federal election.

Question 21: 17th Amendment

Answer:

Direct election of senators

Question 22: 26th Amendment

Answer:

Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 Question 23: Established the exclusionary rule was applicable to the states (evidence seized illegally cannot be used in court)?Violation of the 4th amendment

Answer:

Mapp v. Ohio Question 24: Based on the U.S. Constitution, which part of government was intended to hold the least power?

Answer:

the judiciary

Question 25: Name the U.S. war between the North and the South

Answer:

The Civil War Question 26: Supreme Court held that criminal suspects must be informed of their right to consult with an attorney and of their right against self-incrimination prior to questioning by police. Violated the 5th amendment and his 6th, right to an attorney. Case topic: self-incrimination, due process

Answer:

Miranda v. Arizona

Question 27: Who was President during World War I?

Answer:

Woodrow Wilson

Question 28: 12th Amendment

Answer:

separation of votes for President and Vice President