ARKANSAS CIVICS EXAM STUDY
GUIDE WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
What is the supreme law of the land - Correct Answer-The Constitution What the Constitution does - Correct Answer-Set up and define the government and protect the basic rights of Americans We the People - Correct Answer-The idea of self-government that is in the first three words of the Constitution Amendment - Correct Answer-a change or addition to the Constitution Bill of Rights - Correct Answer-The first ten amendments to the Constitution Rights/freedoms of the First Amendment - Correct Answer-Speech, Religion, Assembly, Press, Petition the Government 27 - Correct Answer-Amount of amendments of the Constitution Declaration of Independence - Correct Answer-Declared our independence from Great Britain Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness - Correct Answer-Rights declared in the Declaration of Independence Freedom of Religion - Correct Answer-A person can practice any religion, or no religion Capitalist or Market Economy - Correct Answer-The economic system in the United States "Rule of Law" - Correct Answer-the idea that everyone, including leaders, must obey the law Branches of the Government - Correct Answer-Legislative, Executive, Judicial Checks and Balances - Correct Answer-Stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful The President - Correct Answer-In charge of the executive branch Congress - Correct Answer-Makes federal laws 1 / 2
The Senate and House of Representatives - Correct Answer-the two parts of the U.S.Congress 100 - Correct Answer-How many Senators that are in Congress
- years - Correct Answer-how long Senators are elected for
- - Correct Answer-Number of years a U.S. Representative is elected
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One of Arkansas' 2 U.S. Senators - Correct Answer-Tom Cotton, John Boozman 435 - Correct Answer-Number of Voting Members of the House of Representatives
One of the 4 U.S. Representatives from Arkansas - Correct Answer-Steve Womack, French Hill, Rick Crawford, Bruce Westerman Who does a U.S. senator represents? - Correct Answer-All the people of the state he or she is elected from Why do some states have more Representatives than other states? - Correct Answer- because some states have more people than other states The President is elected for how many years? - Correct Answer-4 In what month do we vote for President? - Correct Answer-November What is the name of the President of the United States right now? - Correct Answer-Joe Biden What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now? - Correct Answer- Kamala Harris If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President? - Correct Answer-The Vice President If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President? - Correct Answer-The Speaker of the House Who is the Commander in Chief of the military? - Correct Answer-The President Who signs bills to become laws? - Correct Answer-The President Who vetoes bills? - Correct Answer-The President What does the President's Cabinet do? - Correct Answer-Advise the President