Civic Literacy Assessment Exam Questions and Answers (Solved Papers) What is the supreme law of the land? - Correct Answers ✅The Constitution What does the Constitution do? - Correct Answers ✅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 words? - Correct Answers ✅We the people What is an ammendment? - Correct Answers ✅A change or addition to the Constitution What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution? - Correct Answers ✅Bill of Rights What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment? - Correct Answers ✅Freedom of speech How many amendments does the Constitution have? - Correct Answers ✅27 1 / 4
Civic Literacy Assessment Exam Questions and Answers (Solved Papers) What did the Declaration of Independence do? - Correct Answers ✅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? - Correct Answers ✅life and liberty (pursuit of happiness) What is freedom of religion? - Correct Answers ✅You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion.What is the economic system in the United States? - Correct Answers ✅capitalist economy market economy What is the "rule of law"? - Correct Answers ✅Everyone must follow the law.Leaders must obey the law.Government must obey the law.No one is above the law.Name one branch or part of the government. - Correct Answers ✅▪ Congress ▪ legislative 2 / 4
Civic Literacy Assessment Exam Questions and Answers (Solved Papers) ▪ President ▪ executive ▪ the courts ▪ judicial What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful? - Correct Answers ✅Checks and balances Separation of power Who is in charge of the executive branch? - Correct Answers ✅president Who makes federal laws? - Correct Answers ✅Congress Senate and House (of Representatives) (U.S. or national) legislature What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress? - Correct Answers ✅Senate and House of Representatives How many U.S. Senators are there? - Correct Answers
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Civic Literacy Assessment Exam Questions and Answers (Solved Papers) Who is one of your state's U.S. Senators now? - Correct Answers ✅Lori Berman (Florida) The House of Representatives has how many voting memebers? - Correct Answers ✅435 We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years? - Correct Answers ✅two Name your U.S. Representative. - Correct Answers ✅Lois Frankel Who does a U.S. Senator represent? - Correct Answers ✅all people of the state Why do some states have more Representatives than other states? - Correct Answers ✅(because of) the state's population (because) they have more people (because) some states have more people We elect a President for how many years? - Correct Answers ✅four
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