US Constitution & Florida Constitution Matson

Which part of the Florida Constitution protects individual rights?

• Declaration of Rights

• Bill of Rights

• Amendments

• Preamble

Which statement describes a similarity between the Florida Constitution and the U.S. Constitution?

• neither protects individual rights

• both include an amendment process

• neither provides for a chief executive

• both include a nine member Supreme Court

What conclusion can be drawn from the headline?

• Citizens can be involved in policy making through their representatives.

• Citizens can be directly involved in policy making.

• Only elected officials may change constitutions.

• Only elected officials make policy.

Which government institution may vote on constitutional amendments?

• bureaucracy

• executive

• judicial

• legislative

What is another similarity between the Florida Constitution and the U.S. Constitution?

• Both include 7 articles

• Both require the chief executives (President and Governor) to have been born in this country

• Both include a Preamble

• Neither contains rights for people

Which Constitution is the Supreme Law of the Land?

• Florida Constitution

• US Constitution

• Neither

• They are equal in supremacy

What part of the U.S. Constitution outlines rights for the people?

• Article V

• 19th Amendment

• Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Human Rights

Why are both Constitutions considered "living documents"?

• Because they really take on a life of their own!

• So they can change as times and needs change and evolve

• That is what the founders called the first Constitution and it just stuck.

Why do both the U.S. and the Florida Constitutions begin with "We the people"?

• to show that the people can vote during elections

• to show that the people can write constitutions

• to show that power for government comes from citizens

• to show that power for government comes from a few citizens

What powers do the Florida governor and U.S. president have in common?

• grant pardons, veto, deliver State of the Union address, six-year term

• deliver State of the Union address, four-year term, commander-in-chief, grant pardons

• veto, grant pardons, chief executive, four-year term

• six-year term, grant pardons, make treaties, commander-in-chief