FCLE (2024/ 2025 Update) Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Graded A

FCLE (2024/ 2025 Update) Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Graded A Q: What was put in place to ensure that one branch could not overpower another / allow branches to put others in check? Answer: checks and balances Q: Which part of the Constitution outlines the principles of what the country was founded on? Answer: the preamble Q: Which clause states that Federal law is supreme / superior to any state law? Answer: the supremacy clause Q: Which court case aided in the enforcement of the supremacy clause? Answer: McCulloch vs. Maryland Q: What are some of the powers of the legislative branch? Answer: creation of laws, collecting money, taxing, regulating interstate / foreign commerce Q: Which branch of government is able to impeach officers? Answer: the legislative branch is able to impeach federal officers Q: Which enlightenment thinker developed the social contract theory? Answer: Jean Jacques Rousseau Q: What is the social contact theory? Answer: persons' moral and/or political obligations are dependent upon a contract or agreement among them to form the society in which they live. Q: Which enlightenment thinker developed the idea of having 3 branches of government? Answer: Montesquieu Q: Which enlightenment thinker believed in checks and balances? Answer: John Locke Q: What was the official name for the list of grievances sent to King George III?