FCLE Exam practice UPDATED Study
Guide QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
What is the economic system in the United States? - CORRECT ANSWERS
capitalist economy, market economy
What is the "rule of law?" - CORRECT ANSWERS No one is above the
law.
First Amendment - CORRECT ANSWERS 5 freedoms: speech, press,
religion, assembly, petition
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution? - CORRECT
ANSWERS the bill of rights
What is the supreme law of the land? - CORRECT ANSWERS U.S.
Constitution
What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful? -
CORRECT ANSWERS checks and balance/ Separation of powers
Judicial Branch - CORRECT ANSWERS Interprets the laws
Legislative Branch - CORRECT ANSWERS Makes laws
Executive Branch - CORRECT ANSWERS Enforces laws
, Who does a U.S.senator represent? - CORRECT ANSWERS all people
of the state they serve
What powers belong to the state? - CORRECT ANSWERS 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? - CORRECT ANSWERS
To print money
To declare war
To create an army
To make treaties
Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protection Administration (1988) -
CORRECT ANSWERS ruled that you cannot stop public programs that
don't prohibit the exercise of religion. (first amendment)
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010) - CORRECT
ANSWERS Not all corporations act the same way, so the government's
need to control corruption does not outweigh the right to free speech.
In Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) - CORRECT ANSWERS The Supreme
Court concluded that the U.S. Congress lacked the constitutional authority to
bar slavery in the territories. This decision narrowed the scope of national
power, while it enhanced that of the states.
Guide QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
What is the economic system in the United States? - CORRECT ANSWERS
capitalist economy, market economy
What is the "rule of law?" - CORRECT ANSWERS No one is above the
law.
First Amendment - CORRECT ANSWERS 5 freedoms: speech, press,
religion, assembly, petition
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution? - CORRECT
ANSWERS the bill of rights
What is the supreme law of the land? - CORRECT ANSWERS U.S.
Constitution
What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful? -
CORRECT ANSWERS checks and balance/ Separation of powers
Judicial Branch - CORRECT ANSWERS Interprets the laws
Legislative Branch - CORRECT ANSWERS Makes laws
Executive Branch - CORRECT ANSWERS Enforces laws
, Who does a U.S.senator represent? - CORRECT ANSWERS all people
of the state they serve
What powers belong to the state? - CORRECT ANSWERS 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? - CORRECT ANSWERS
To print money
To declare war
To create an army
To make treaties
Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protection Administration (1988) -
CORRECT ANSWERS ruled that you cannot stop public programs that
don't prohibit the exercise of religion. (first amendment)
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010) - CORRECT
ANSWERS Not all corporations act the same way, so the government's
need to control corruption does not outweigh the right to free speech.
In Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) - CORRECT ANSWERS The Supreme
Court concluded that the U.S. Congress lacked the constitutional authority to
bar slavery in the territories. This decision narrowed the scope of national
power, while it enhanced that of the states.
