FLORIDA CIVICS LITERACY LATEST 2026 EXAM TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Who signs bills to become laws? - ✔✔President of the United States
✔✔Who vetoes bills? - ✔✔President of the United States
✔✔What does the President's Cabinet do? - ✔✔advises the President
✔✔What does the judicial branch do? - ✔✔reviews laws, explains laws, resolves
disputes (disagreements)
decides if a law goes against the Constitution
✔✔How many justices are on the Supreme Court? - ✔✔nine
✔✔Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one
power of the federal government? - ✔✔To print money, To declare war, To create an
army, To make treaties
✔✔What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens? - ✔✔Serve on a
jury, vote in a federal election
✔✔Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived? - ✔✔American Indians
Native Americans
✔✔What movement tried to end racial discrimination? - ✔✔civil rights movement
✔✔Why did the colonists fight the British? - ✔✔because of high taxes (taxation without
representation)
because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering)
because they didn't have self-government
✔✔3/5 Compromise - ✔✔compromise made when writing the Constitution to sastify
both free and slave states; said for every 5 slaves, 3 would count in a state's population
for both representation and tax purposes
✔✔Who is the "Father of Our Country"? - ✔✔George Washington
✔✔What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803? - ✔✔Louisiana
✔✔What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? - ✔✔freed the slaves
freed slaves in the Confederacy
freed slaves in the Confederate states
freed slaves in most Southern states
, ✔✔Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II? - ✔✔Franklin
Roosevelt
✔✔Who did the United States fight in World War II? - ✔✔Japan, Germany, and Italy
✔✔Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in? -
✔✔World War II
✔✔During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States? -
✔✔Communism
✔✔Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States. - ✔✔Mississippi and
Missouri
✔✔What ocean is on the East Coast of the United States? - ✔✔Atlantic Ocean
✔✔Which government officials are elected by the people? - ✔✔Mayor wrong answer
✔✔Which United States Supreme Court decision was based on the First Amendment? -
✔✔Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)
✔✔2nd Amendment - ✔✔Right to bear arms
✔✔3rd Amendment - ✔✔No quartering of soldiers
✔✔4th Amendment - ✔✔Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures
✔✔5th Amendment - ✔✔The Right to Remain Silent/Double Jeopardy, right to due
process
✔✔6th Amendment - ✔✔Right to a speedy trial
✔✔7th Amendment - ✔✔Right to jury in civil trials.
✔✔8th Amendment - ✔✔No cruel or unusual punishment
✔✔9th Amendment - ✔✔Citizens entitled to rights not listed in the Constitution
✔✔10th Amendment - ✔✔Powers Reserved to the States
✔✔11th Amendment - ✔✔One State cannot be sued by another state
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Who signs bills to become laws? - ✔✔President of the United States
✔✔Who vetoes bills? - ✔✔President of the United States
✔✔What does the President's Cabinet do? - ✔✔advises the President
✔✔What does the judicial branch do? - ✔✔reviews laws, explains laws, resolves
disputes (disagreements)
decides if a law goes against the Constitution
✔✔How many justices are on the Supreme Court? - ✔✔nine
✔✔Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one
power of the federal government? - ✔✔To print money, To declare war, To create an
army, To make treaties
✔✔What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens? - ✔✔Serve on a
jury, vote in a federal election
✔✔Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived? - ✔✔American Indians
Native Americans
✔✔What movement tried to end racial discrimination? - ✔✔civil rights movement
✔✔Why did the colonists fight the British? - ✔✔because of high taxes (taxation without
representation)
because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering)
because they didn't have self-government
✔✔3/5 Compromise - ✔✔compromise made when writing the Constitution to sastify
both free and slave states; said for every 5 slaves, 3 would count in a state's population
for both representation and tax purposes
✔✔Who is the "Father of Our Country"? - ✔✔George Washington
✔✔What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803? - ✔✔Louisiana
✔✔What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? - ✔✔freed the slaves
freed slaves in the Confederacy
freed slaves in the Confederate states
freed slaves in most Southern states
, ✔✔Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II? - ✔✔Franklin
Roosevelt
✔✔Who did the United States fight in World War II? - ✔✔Japan, Germany, and Italy
✔✔Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in? -
✔✔World War II
✔✔During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States? -
✔✔Communism
✔✔Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States. - ✔✔Mississippi and
Missouri
✔✔What ocean is on the East Coast of the United States? - ✔✔Atlantic Ocean
✔✔Which government officials are elected by the people? - ✔✔Mayor wrong answer
✔✔Which United States Supreme Court decision was based on the First Amendment? -
✔✔Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)
✔✔2nd Amendment - ✔✔Right to bear arms
✔✔3rd Amendment - ✔✔No quartering of soldiers
✔✔4th Amendment - ✔✔Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures
✔✔5th Amendment - ✔✔The Right to Remain Silent/Double Jeopardy, right to due
process
✔✔6th Amendment - ✔✔Right to a speedy trial
✔✔7th Amendment - ✔✔Right to jury in civil trials.
✔✔8th Amendment - ✔✔No cruel or unusual punishment
✔✔9th Amendment - ✔✔Citizens entitled to rights not listed in the Constitution
✔✔10th Amendment - ✔✔Powers Reserved to the States
✔✔11th Amendment - ✔✔One State cannot be sued by another state
