Civic Literacy Exam

What does the constitution do (three things)? sets up the gov, defines the gov, protects basic rights of americans what are the first three words of the preamble of the constitution? we the people 00:35 01:34 what is an amendment? a change or addition to the constitution what are the first ten amendments to the constitution called? bill of rights what are the rights/freedoms from the first amendment? speech, religion, assembly, press, petition the government how many amendments does the constitution have? 27 what did the declaration of independence do? announce our independence, declare our independence, said US is free what are the rights stated in the declaration of independence? life, liberty, pursuit of happiness what is the economic system in the US? capitalist and market economy what is the rule of law? everyone must follow law, leaders must obey law, gov must obey law, no one is above the law what are the branches/parts of the government? congress, legislative, president, executive, the courts, judicial what stops one branch of gov from becoming too powerful? checks and balances and separation of powers 00:00 01:34 who is in charge of the executive branch? president who makes federal laws? congress, senate and house, legislature what are the two parts of congress? senate and house how many US senators are there? 100 US senators are elected for how many years? 6 who are floridas state senators? Rick Scott and Marco Rubio how many voting members does the HOR have? 435 US representatives are elected for how many years? two who does a senator represent? all people of the state why do some states have more representatives than others? because they have more people if both the president and VP can no longer serve who becomes president? speaker of the house who signs bills to become laws? president what are two cabinet positions? secretary of defense and secretary of state what does the judicial branch do? review law, explain law, resolves disputes, decides if a law goes against the constitution how many justices are on the supreme court? nine