FCLE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024.

FCLE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024. What is the economic system in the United States? - ANSWER capitalist economy, market economy What is the "rule of law?" - ANSWER No one is above the law. First Amendment - ANSWER 5 freedoms: speech, press, religion, assembly, petition What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution? - ANSWER the bill of rights What is the supreme law of the land? - ANSWER U.S. Constitution What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful? - ANSWER checks and balance/ Separation of powers Judicial Branch - ANSWER Interprets the laws Legislative Branch - ANSWER Makes laws Executive Branch - ANSWER Enforces laws Who does a U.S.senator represent? - ANSWER all people of the state they serve What powers belong to the state? - ANSWER Provide schooling and education Provide protection (police) Provide safety (fire departments) Give a driver's license Approve zoning and land use What is one power of the federal government? - ANSWER To print money To declare war To create an army To make treaties Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protection Administration (1988) - ANSWER ruled that you cannot stop public programs that don't prohibit the exercise of religion. (first amendment).