FCLE Practice Questions by Topic
All 2019 practice questions, organized into the 17 study-guide topics. Open a topic to see its full question bank with answers and explanations, take a quick topic quiz, or print a worksheet.
Unit 1 · Competency 1
1. Foundations of Government
Social contract, natural rights, popular sovereignty, and the difference between a democracy and a republic.
125 questions · 10-Q topic quiz · worksheet
Unit 1 · Competency 1
2. Limiting Power
Separation of powers, checks and balances, rule of law, constitutionalism, and federalism.
143 questions · 10-Q topic quiz · worksheet
Unit 1 · Competency 1
3. Rights, Justice, and Equality
Due process, the justice system, equality under the law, equal protection, individual liberty, majority rule and minority rights, and citizenship.
113 questions · 10-Q topic quiz · worksheet
Unit 1 · Competency 1
4. Elections and Voting
Why elections matter, how they are run, types of elections, the Electoral College, the census and districts, voting rights history, and campaign finance.
88 questions · 10-Q topic quiz · worksheet
Unit 2 · Competency 2
5. The Articles of the Constitution
The Preamble and all seven Articles, plus expressed, implied, inherent, reserved, and concurrent powers.
146 questions · 10-Q topic quiz · worksheet
Unit 2 · Competency 2
6. Amending the Constitution and the Bill of Rights
The amendment process and each of the first ten amendments.
129 questions · 10-Q topic quiz · worksheet
Unit 2 · Competency 2
7. The Later Amendments
Amendments 11 through 27, civic participation, and selective incorporation.
111 questions · 10-Q topic quiz · worksheet
Unit 2 · Competency 2
8. Key Clauses of the Constitution
The Supremacy, Full Faith and Credit, Commerce, Emoluments, Due Process, Equal Protection, and Necessary and Proper Clauses, the First Amendment clauses, and more.
84 questions · 10-Q topic quiz · worksheet
Unit 2 · Competency 2
9. Creating and Ratifying the Constitution
The Constitutional Convention, the Great Compromise, Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists, and the ratification fight.
61 questions · 10-Q topic quiz · worksheet
Unit 3 · Competency 3
10. English and Colonial Roots
Magna Carta, the Mayflower Compact, the English Bill of Rights, and colonial grievances.
83 questions · 10-Q topic quiz · worksheet
Unit 3 · Competency 3
11. The Road to Independence
Common Sense, the Virginia Declaration of Rights, and the Declaration of Independence.
106 questions · 10-Q topic quiz · worksheet
Unit 3 · Competency 3
12. Early American Governments
The Massachusetts Constitution of 1780, the Articles of Confederation, and the Northwest Ordinances.
93 questions · 10-Q topic quiz · worksheet
Unit 3 · Competency 3
13. The Federalist Papers and the Anti-Federalists
The Federalist essays most often tested (Nos. 10, 14, 31, 39, 51, and more) and Brutus No. 1.
129 questions · 10-Q topic quiz · worksheet
Unit 3 · Competency 3
14. The Constitution and Bill of Rights as Founding Documents
The Constitution and Bill of Rights as documents, and a timeline of the founding era.
53 questions · 10-Q topic quiz · worksheet
Unit 4 · Competency 4
15. Landmark Supreme Court Cases
How the Supreme Court decides cases, and all 26 landmark cases on the FCLE: facts, question, holding, and significance.
213 questions · 10-Q topic quiz · worksheet
Unit 4 · Competency 4
16. Landmark Legislation
How a bill becomes law and the landmark acts of Congress on the FCLE, from the Missouri Compromise to the Affordable Care Act.
197 questions · 10-Q topic quiz · worksheet
Unit 4 · Competency 4
17. Landmark Executive Actions
Sources of presidential power and the landmark executive actions on the FCLE, from the Neutrality Proclamation to "Tear down this wall."
145 questions · 10-Q topic quiz · worksheet