FCLE Exam Practice Cases Questions with
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What is the economic system in the United States?
capitalist economy, market economy
What is the "rule of law?"
No one is above the law.
First Amendment
5 freedoms: speech, press, religion, assembly, petition
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
the bill of rights
What is the supreme law of the land?
U.S. Constitution
What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
checks and balance/ Separation of powers
Judicial Branch
Interprets the laws
Legislative Branch
Makes laws
Executive Branch
Enforces laws
, Who does a U.S.senator represent?
all people of the state they serve
What powers belong to the state?
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?
To print money
To declare war
To create an army
To make treaties
Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protection Administration (1988)
ruled that you cannot stop public programs that don't prohibit the exercise of religion. (first
amendment)
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010)
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)
Verified Correct Answers
What is the economic system in the United States?
capitalist economy, market economy
What is the "rule of law?"
No one is above the law.
First Amendment
5 freedoms: speech, press, religion, assembly, petition
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
the bill of rights
What is the supreme law of the land?
U.S. Constitution
What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
checks and balance/ Separation of powers
Judicial Branch
Interprets the laws
Legislative Branch
Makes laws
Executive Branch
Enforces laws
, Who does a U.S.senator represent?
all people of the state they serve
What powers belong to the state?
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?
To print money
To declare war
To create an army
To make treaties
Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protection Administration (1988)
ruled that you cannot stop public programs that don't prohibit the exercise of religion. (first
amendment)
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010)
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)
