CIVIC LITERACY UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
●● Articles of Confederation
Answer: This document was adopted by the Second Continental
Congress in 1781 during the Revolutionary War to create a national
government. The new government was weak because states held most of
the power, and Congress lacked the power to tax, regulate trade, or
control the coining of money. It was later replaced with the U.S.
Constitution.
●● Great Compromise
Answer: introduced by Roger Sherman; set up a bicameral Congress -
upper house
called Senate with each state getting 2 votes & a lower house called the
House of Representatives
with each state's representation based on its population--satisfied both
the large and small states
●● 3/5 Compromise
Answer: 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
,●● Federalism
Answer: is the breaking of the gov't into Federal and state levels, each
having certain powers
●● Checks and Balances
Answer: system of each branch of gov't having a power to check the
power of the other to make sure no one branch becomes too powerful
●● Executive Branch
Answer: headed by the President and carries out the laws; also includes
the Vice President and the Cabinet members
●● Engel v. Vitale (1962)
Answer: separation between Church and State in schools. S.C. prayer in
public schools is unconstitutional, violates separation of church and state
and freedom of religion (First Amendment)
●● Miranda vs. Arizona, 1961
Answer: This case proves that the 5th Amendment requires that
individuals arrested for a crime must be advised of their right to remain
silent and to have counsel present.
●● Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
, Answer: Evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment,
which protects against "unreasonable searches and seizures," may not be
used in criminal prosecutions in state courts, as well as federal courts.
●● In Re Gault (1967)
Answer: 14th amendment Due Process Clause allows requirements for
state delinquency proceedings. established the principle that young
persons have constitutional rights
●● Bill
Answer: a statute in draft before it becomes law
●● Chief Justice
Answer: the judge who presides over the supreme court
●● Commander-in-Chief
Answer: The role of the president as the supreme commander of the
armed forces of the United States.
●● Governor
Answer: highest ranking member of a state's executive branch
●● Reserved powers
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
●● Articles of Confederation
Answer: This document was adopted by the Second Continental
Congress in 1781 during the Revolutionary War to create a national
government. The new government was weak because states held most of
the power, and Congress lacked the power to tax, regulate trade, or
control the coining of money. It was later replaced with the U.S.
Constitution.
●● Great Compromise
Answer: introduced by Roger Sherman; set up a bicameral Congress -
upper house
called Senate with each state getting 2 votes & a lower house called the
House of Representatives
with each state's representation based on its population--satisfied both
the large and small states
●● 3/5 Compromise
Answer: 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
,●● Federalism
Answer: is the breaking of the gov't into Federal and state levels, each
having certain powers
●● Checks and Balances
Answer: system of each branch of gov't having a power to check the
power of the other to make sure no one branch becomes too powerful
●● Executive Branch
Answer: headed by the President and carries out the laws; also includes
the Vice President and the Cabinet members
●● Engel v. Vitale (1962)
Answer: separation between Church and State in schools. S.C. prayer in
public schools is unconstitutional, violates separation of church and state
and freedom of religion (First Amendment)
●● Miranda vs. Arizona, 1961
Answer: This case proves that the 5th Amendment requires that
individuals arrested for a crime must be advised of their right to remain
silent and to have counsel present.
●● Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
, Answer: Evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment,
which protects against "unreasonable searches and seizures," may not be
used in criminal prosecutions in state courts, as well as federal courts.
●● In Re Gault (1967)
Answer: 14th amendment Due Process Clause allows requirements for
state delinquency proceedings. established the principle that young
persons have constitutional rights
●● Bill
Answer: a statute in draft before it becomes law
●● Chief Justice
Answer: the judge who presides over the supreme court
●● Commander-in-Chief
Answer: The role of the president as the supreme commander of the
armed forces of the United States.
●● Governor
Answer: highest ranking member of a state's executive branch
●● Reserved powers
