CIVIC LITERACY EXAM -QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
Which of the following statements is true about abortion?
the Supreme Court struck down most legal restrictions on it in Roe v. Wade
What impact did the Anti-Federalists have on the United States Constitution?
their arguments helped lead to the adoption of the Bill of Rights
Free markets typically secure more economic prosperity than government's centralized
planning because:
the price system utilizes more local knowledge of means and ends
Free enterprise or capitalism exists insofar as:
individual citizens create, exchange, and control goods and resources
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Aquinas would concur that:
certain permanent moral and political truths are accessible to human reason
In 1935 and 1936 the Supreme Court declared that important parts of the New Deal were
unconstitutional. President Roosevelt responded by threatening to:
appoint additional Supreme Court justices who shared his views
What was the source of the following phrase: "Government of the people, by the people, for
the people"?
Gettysburg Address
The phrase that in America there should be a "wall of separation" between church and state
appears in:
Thomas Jefferson's letters
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
Which of the following statements is true about abortion?
the Supreme Court struck down most legal restrictions on it in Roe v. Wade
What impact did the Anti-Federalists have on the United States Constitution?
their arguments helped lead to the adoption of the Bill of Rights
Free markets typically secure more economic prosperity than government's centralized
planning because:
the price system utilizes more local knowledge of means and ends
Free enterprise or capitalism exists insofar as:
individual citizens create, exchange, and control goods and resources
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Aquinas would concur that:
certain permanent moral and political truths are accessible to human reason
In 1935 and 1936 the Supreme Court declared that important parts of the New Deal were
unconstitutional. President Roosevelt responded by threatening to:
appoint additional Supreme Court justices who shared his views
What was the source of the following phrase: "Government of the people, by the people, for
the people"?
Gettysburg Address
The phrase that in America there should be a "wall of separation" between church and state
appears in:
Thomas Jefferson's letters
