PURDUE CIVICS LITERACY NEWEST ACTUAL
2025/2026 WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS PRACTICE
TEST WITH ANSWERS.VERIFED/GRADED A
Jefferson's original draft of the Declaration - (ANSWER)Was longer and contained
more criticism of King George
Which of the following writers did not directly influence Jefferson's writing of the
Declaration of Independence? - (ANSWER)Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Jefferson was born in - (ANSWER)Rural Virginia
Patrick Henry introduced what important change in mindset at the first
Continental congress - (ANSWER)That the colonists should consider themselves
American not Virginians, New Yorkers, etc
The first three words of the Declaration of Independence are "We the People."
(True or False) - (ANSWER)False
As a result of the Great Compromise, which statement is not correct? -
(ANSWER)A vote for a House district in New York, is worth less than a vote in a
House district in Texas.
Who was the ancient sage? - (ANSWER)Benjamin Franklin
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Which of the following plans for Representation was most similar to that under
the Articles of Confederation? - (ANSWER)New Jersey Plan
Who was the "One Legged Man?" - (ANSWER)Gouverneur Morris
The compromise of allowing slavery to continue in the United States has been
"justified" by which of the following? - (ANSWER)Without allowing slavery there
would have been no new Constitution
Who was the respondent in the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company case? -
(ANSWER)Commerce Secretary Charles Sawyer
The first words of Article 1 of the Constitution are - (ANSWER)All legislative
power
The Constitution gives the President the sole power to make and approve
treaties. (True or False) - (ANSWER)False
The Founders reinforced institutional separateness by - (ANSWER)Having
different term lengths for House, Senate and President
Aristotle broke the functions of government down into "deliberative,"
"magisterial" and what else? - (ANSWER)Judicial