EC-6 SOCIAL STUIDIES (391) UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Legislative Branch - CORRECT ANSWER - makes the laws, Congress (Senate and the
House of Representatives)
Executive Branch - CORRECT ANSWER - Carries out the laws. (President & Vice
President)
Judicial Branch - CORRECT ANSWER - Branch of government that decides if laws are
carried out fairly. (Supreme Court and Lower Federal Court)
1st Amendment - CORRECT ANSWER - Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly,
and Petition
4th Amendment - CORRECT ANSWER - Freedom from unreasonable searches and
seizures
5th Amendment - CORRECT ANSWER - The Right to Remain Silent/Double Jeopardy,
right to due process
8th Amendment - CORRECT ANSWER - No cruel and unusual punishment
13th Amendment (1865) - CORRECT ANSWER - abolished slavery
14th Amendment - CORRECT ANSWER - Rights of Citizens
15th Amendment - CORRECT ANSWER - gave African American men the right to vote
, 18th Amendment - CORRECT ANSWER - Prohibition of alcohol
19th Amendment - CORRECT ANSWER - Gave women the right to vote (suffrage)
Bills of Rights - CORRECT ANSWER - 10 amendments that guaranteed freedom of
religion, speech, press, petition, and assembly
Longitude - CORRECT ANSWER - Distance east or west of the prime meridian,
measured in degrees
Latitude - CORRECT ANSWER - distance north or south of the Equator, measured in
degrees
Stephen F. Austin - CORRECT ANSWER - The first man to bring Anglo settlers to Texas.
Father of Texas
Marybury v. Madison - CORRECT ANSWER - Established judicial review
Judicial Review - CORRECT ANSWER - The power of the courts to declare laws
unconstitutional
Scarcity - CORRECT ANSWER - A situation in which unlimited wants exceed the limited
resources available to fulfill those wants ( The price increase with scarcity of products.)
Eli Whitney - CORRECT ANSWER - Invented the cotton gin
Audie Murphy - CORRECT ANSWER - Texan who was most decorated soldier in WWII.
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Legislative Branch - CORRECT ANSWER - makes the laws, Congress (Senate and the
House of Representatives)
Executive Branch - CORRECT ANSWER - Carries out the laws. (President & Vice
President)
Judicial Branch - CORRECT ANSWER - Branch of government that decides if laws are
carried out fairly. (Supreme Court and Lower Federal Court)
1st Amendment - CORRECT ANSWER - Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly,
and Petition
4th Amendment - CORRECT ANSWER - Freedom from unreasonable searches and
seizures
5th Amendment - CORRECT ANSWER - The Right to Remain Silent/Double Jeopardy,
right to due process
8th Amendment - CORRECT ANSWER - No cruel and unusual punishment
13th Amendment (1865) - CORRECT ANSWER - abolished slavery
14th Amendment - CORRECT ANSWER - Rights of Citizens
15th Amendment - CORRECT ANSWER - gave African American men the right to vote
, 18th Amendment - CORRECT ANSWER - Prohibition of alcohol
19th Amendment - CORRECT ANSWER - Gave women the right to vote (suffrage)
Bills of Rights - CORRECT ANSWER - 10 amendments that guaranteed freedom of
religion, speech, press, petition, and assembly
Longitude - CORRECT ANSWER - Distance east or west of the prime meridian,
measured in degrees
Latitude - CORRECT ANSWER - distance north or south of the Equator, measured in
degrees
Stephen F. Austin - CORRECT ANSWER - The first man to bring Anglo settlers to Texas.
Father of Texas
Marybury v. Madison - CORRECT ANSWER - Established judicial review
Judicial Review - CORRECT ANSWER - The power of the courts to declare laws
unconstitutional
Scarcity - CORRECT ANSWER - A situation in which unlimited wants exceed the limited
resources available to fulfill those wants ( The price increase with scarcity of products.)
Eli Whitney - CORRECT ANSWER - Invented the cotton gin
Audie Murphy - CORRECT ANSWER - Texan who was most decorated soldier in WWII.
