FCLE EXAM CONCEPT REVIEW GUIDE 2026
LAW DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL
PROCESSES
◉ What does the constitution do?
Answer: ▪ sets up the government
▪ defines the government
▪ protects basic rights of Americans
◉ The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the
Constitution. What are these words?
Answer: ▪ We the people
◉ What is an amendment?
Answer: ▪ a change (to the Constitution)
▪ an addition (to the Constitution)
◉ What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
Answer: ▪ The Bill of Rights
◉ What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?*
,Answer: ▪ Speech
▪ Religion
▪ Assembly
▪Press
▪ Petition the government
◉ How many amendments does the Constitution have?
Answer: ▪ twenty-seven (27)
◉ What did the Declaration of Independence do?
Answer: ▪ announced our independence (from Great Britain)
▪ declared our independence (from Great Britain)
▪ said that the United States is free (from Great Britain)
◉ What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
Answer: ▪ life
▪ liberty
▪ pursuit of happiness
◉ What is freedom of religion?
Answer: ▪ You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion.
, ◉ What is the economic system in the United States?*
Answer: ▪ capitalist economy
▪ market economy
◉ What is the "rule of law"?
Answer: ▪ Everyone must follow the law
▪ Leaders must obey the law
▪ Government must obey the law
▪ No one is above the law
◉ Name one branch or part of the government.*
Answer: ▪ Congress
▪ legislative
▪ President
▪ executive
▪ the courts
▪ judicial
◉ What stops one branch of government from becoming too
powerful?
Answer: ▪ checks and balances
▪ separation of powers
LAW DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL
PROCESSES
◉ What does the constitution do?
Answer: ▪ sets up the government
▪ defines the government
▪ protects basic rights of Americans
◉ The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the
Constitution. What are these words?
Answer: ▪ We the people
◉ What is an amendment?
Answer: ▪ a change (to the Constitution)
▪ an addition (to the Constitution)
◉ What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
Answer: ▪ The Bill of Rights
◉ What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?*
,Answer: ▪ Speech
▪ Religion
▪ Assembly
▪Press
▪ Petition the government
◉ How many amendments does the Constitution have?
Answer: ▪ twenty-seven (27)
◉ What did the Declaration of Independence do?
Answer: ▪ announced our independence (from Great Britain)
▪ declared our independence (from Great Britain)
▪ said that the United States is free (from Great Britain)
◉ What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
Answer: ▪ life
▪ liberty
▪ pursuit of happiness
◉ What is freedom of religion?
Answer: ▪ You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion.
, ◉ What is the economic system in the United States?*
Answer: ▪ capitalist economy
▪ market economy
◉ What is the "rule of law"?
Answer: ▪ Everyone must follow the law
▪ Leaders must obey the law
▪ Government must obey the law
▪ No one is above the law
◉ Name one branch or part of the government.*
Answer: ▪ Congress
▪ legislative
▪ President
▪ executive
▪ the courts
▪ judicial
◉ What stops one branch of government from becoming too
powerful?
Answer: ▪ checks and balances
▪ separation of powers
