pg. 1 Florida Civic Literacy Updated 2024 Complete Exam/ 90 Actual Questions with Correct Verified Answers/ Rated A+
Which is the supreme law of the United States? - Correct Answer - U.S.constitution
How many amendments does the US Constitution have? - Correct Answer
- twenty-seven (27)
What are the first ten amendments called? - Correct Answer - Bill of Rights
What are the three levels of the US government? - Correct Answer - - federal -state -local
What are the powers of Congress? - Correct Answer - -writing laws -declares war -makes the federal budget
What are the powers of the President? - Correct Answer - -signs bills into law -vetoes bills -enforce laws 1 / 3
pg. 2 -commander in chief (of the military) -chief diplomat
What are the powers of the Supreme Court? - Correct Answer - The supreme court is the last stop in the judicial system. It's decisions are final, and they are binding on all lower courts.
First Amendment - Correct Answer - Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Second Amendment - Correct Answer - A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Fourth Amendment - Correct Answer - The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Fifth Amendment - Correct Answer - prohibits government from forcing individuals to testify against themselves.
Sixth Amendment - Correct Answer - A constitutional amendment designed to protect individuals accused of crimes. It includes the right to counsel, the right to confront witnesses, and the right to a speedy and public trial. 2 / 3
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Seventh Amendment - Correct Answer - Right to a trial by jury in civil cases
Eight Amendment - Correct Answer - Prohibits cruel and unusual punishment and excessive bail or fines.
Nineth Amendment - Correct Answer - peoples rights are not just limited to those listed in the Constitution and Bill of Rights
Tenth Amendment - Correct Answer - The constitutional amendment stating, "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people."
Thirteenth Amendment (significance) - Correct Answer - -On December 18, 1865, the Thirteenth Amendment was adopted as part of the United States Constitution. The amendment officially abolished slavery, and immediately freed more than 100,000 enslaved people, from Kentucky to Delaware.-Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
Fourteenth Amendment (significance, protections) - Correct Answer - -The Fourteenth Amendment is an amendment to the United States Constitution that was adopted in 1868. It granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and enslaved people who had been emancipated after the American Civil War.-No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
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