FCLE 2026 FLORIDA CIVIC LITERACY
EXAM (FCLE) STUDY GUIDE ALL 100
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
1. What is the supreme law of the land?
Answer: The Constitution
2. What does the Constitution do?
Answer: Sets up the government, defines the government, and
protects basic rights of Americans
3. The idea of self-government is in the first three words of
the Constitution. What are these words?
Answer: We the People
4. What is an amendment?
Answer: A change or addition to the Constitution
5. What do we call the first ten amendments to the
Constitution?
Answer: The Bill of Rights
6. How many amendments does the Constitution have?
Answer: Twenty-seven (27)
7. What did the Declaration of Independence do?
Answer: Announced our independence from Great Britain
,8. What is the primary purpose of the Declaration of
Independence?
Answer: To announce and justify the American colonies'
separation from Great Britain
9. What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
Answer: Life and liberty (also pursuit of happiness)
10. According to the Declaration, which of the following is
NOT listed as an "unalienable Right"?
Answer: Property
11. Who was the primary author of the Declaration of
Independence?
Answer: Thomas Jefferson
12. The Declaration states that when a government becomes
destructive of unalienable rights, the people have the right to:
Answer: Alter or abolish it
13. Which grievance appears in the Declaration?
Answer: All of the above – imposing taxes without consent,
quartering soldiers, dissolving representative houses
14. The phrase "all men are created equal" primarily refers to:
Answer: Equality under the law and natural rights
15. The Declaration's signers pledged to each other their:
Answer: Lives, fortunes, and sacred honor
16. The Declaration argues that people should not change
their government for "light and transient causes" because:
,Answer: Governments should not be overthrown for minor
reasons
17. What does the Declaration call King George III?
Answer: A tyrant unfit to rule a free people
18. What are the first two paragraphs of the Declaration of
Independence called?
Answer: The Preamble
19. Which document provided a rationale for the Declaration
of Independence?
Answer: Common Sense
20. The Declaration's ideas most directly influenced which
later document?
Answer: The U.S. Constitution's Bill of Rights (in spirit)
U.S. Constitution & Government Structure
21. What is one branch or part of the government?
Answer: Legislative (Congress), Executive (President), or Judicial
(the courts)
22. What stops one branch of government from becoming
too powerful?
Answer: Checks and balances / separation of powers
23. Who is in charge of the executive branch?
Answer: The President
, 24. Who makes federal laws?
Answer: Congress (Senate and House of Representatives)
25. What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?
Answer: The Senate and the House of Representatives
26. How many U.S. Senators are there?
Answer: One hundred (100)
27. We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?
Answer: Six
28. How many U.S. Senators represent each state?
Answer: Two
29. The House of Representatives has how many voting
members?
Answer: 435
30. We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?
Answer: Two
31. What is the minimum number of members of the U.S.
House of Representatives representing each state?
Answer: One
32. Why do some states have more Representatives than
other states?
Answer: Because of the state's population
33. Who does a U.S. Senator represent?
Answer: All residents of a single state
EXAM (FCLE) STUDY GUIDE ALL 100
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
1. What is the supreme law of the land?
Answer: The Constitution
2. What does the Constitution do?
Answer: Sets up the government, defines the government, and
protects basic rights of Americans
3. The idea of self-government is in the first three words of
the Constitution. What are these words?
Answer: We the People
4. What is an amendment?
Answer: A change or addition to the Constitution
5. What do we call the first ten amendments to the
Constitution?
Answer: The Bill of Rights
6. How many amendments does the Constitution have?
Answer: Twenty-seven (27)
7. What did the Declaration of Independence do?
Answer: Announced our independence from Great Britain
,8. What is the primary purpose of the Declaration of
Independence?
Answer: To announce and justify the American colonies'
separation from Great Britain
9. What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
Answer: Life and liberty (also pursuit of happiness)
10. According to the Declaration, which of the following is
NOT listed as an "unalienable Right"?
Answer: Property
11. Who was the primary author of the Declaration of
Independence?
Answer: Thomas Jefferson
12. The Declaration states that when a government becomes
destructive of unalienable rights, the people have the right to:
Answer: Alter or abolish it
13. Which grievance appears in the Declaration?
Answer: All of the above – imposing taxes without consent,
quartering soldiers, dissolving representative houses
14. The phrase "all men are created equal" primarily refers to:
Answer: Equality under the law and natural rights
15. The Declaration's signers pledged to each other their:
Answer: Lives, fortunes, and sacred honor
16. The Declaration argues that people should not change
their government for "light and transient causes" because:
,Answer: Governments should not be overthrown for minor
reasons
17. What does the Declaration call King George III?
Answer: A tyrant unfit to rule a free people
18. What are the first two paragraphs of the Declaration of
Independence called?
Answer: The Preamble
19. Which document provided a rationale for the Declaration
of Independence?
Answer: Common Sense
20. The Declaration's ideas most directly influenced which
later document?
Answer: The U.S. Constitution's Bill of Rights (in spirit)
U.S. Constitution & Government Structure
21. What is one branch or part of the government?
Answer: Legislative (Congress), Executive (President), or Judicial
(the courts)
22. What stops one branch of government from becoming
too powerful?
Answer: Checks and balances / separation of powers
23. Who is in charge of the executive branch?
Answer: The President
, 24. Who makes federal laws?
Answer: Congress (Senate and House of Representatives)
25. What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?
Answer: The Senate and the House of Representatives
26. How many U.S. Senators are there?
Answer: One hundred (100)
27. We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?
Answer: Six
28. How many U.S. Senators represent each state?
Answer: Two
29. The House of Representatives has how many voting
members?
Answer: 435
30. We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?
Answer: Two
31. What is the minimum number of members of the U.S.
House of Representatives representing each state?
Answer: One
32. Why do some states have more Representatives than
other states?
Answer: Because of the state's population
33. Who does a U.S. Senator represent?
Answer: All residents of a single state
