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FLORIDA CIVIC LITERACY EXAM 2024 – 2025
ACTUAL EXAM 200 VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS WITH DETAILED
RATIONALES GRADED A+ GUARANTEED PASS
Brown v. Board of Education –
Correct Answer-1954 - The Supreme Court overruled Plessy v. Ferguson, declared that racially
segregated facilities are inherently unequal and ordered all public schools desegregated.
McCulloch v. Maryland
- Correct Answer-1819 - The Supreme Court ruled that congress had the authority to establish a federal
bank that could not be taxed by states. Established that congress could have powers not explicitly
described in the constitution.
Gibbons v. Ogden
- Correct Answer-1824 - "The Commerce Clause." The Supreme Court ruled that states could not interfere
with the federal's regulation of interstate commerce. Decision greatly enlarged Congress' interstate
power by defining "commerce" to include virtually all types of economic activity.
What is the supreme law of the land? - Ansthe Constitution
What does the Constitution do?
- Ans-sets up the government
-defines the government
-protects basic rights of Americans
The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words? -
AnsWe the People
What is an amendment?
- Ans-a change (to the Constitution)
-an addition (to the Constitution)
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
- Ansthe Bill of Rights
What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?
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- Ans-speech
-religion
-assembly
-press
-petition the government
How many amendments does the Constitution have
? - Anstwenty-seven
What did the Declaration of Independence do?
- Ans-announced our independence (from Great Britain)
-declared our independence (from Great Britain)
-said that the United States is free (from Great Britain)
What are two rights in the
Declaration of Independence? - Ans-
life
-liberty
-pursuit of
happiness
What is freedom of religion? - AnsYou can practice
any religion, or
not practice a
religion.
What is the economic system
in the United States? - Ans-capitalist economy
-market economy
What is the "rule of law"? - Ans-Everyone must follow the law.
-Leaders must obey the law.
-Government must obey the law.
-No one is above the law.
Name one branch or part of
the government. - Ans-Congress
-legislative
-President
-executive
-the courts
-judicial
What stops one branch of
government from becoming