EOC PRACTICE TESTS 1-4 CIVICS
Questions and Answers | Fall 2026 |
100% Correct
Why did the Founding Fathers separate the power to make, enforce, and
interpret laws between different branches of government? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔To prevent one branch of government from becoming too powerful
What pamphlet denounced British rule and fanned the flames of revolution?
- 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Common Sense
"The horrid massacre in Boston, Perpetrated in the evening of the fifth day
of March, 1770, by soldiers of the Twenty-ninth regiment, which with the
Fourteenth regiment were then quartered there; with some observations on
the state of things prior to that catastrophe."
,Who most likely wrote this passage and for what reason? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔A Patriot, to raise fears about the British army in the colonies
Consider this situation: On January 25, 2011, widespread pro-democracy
demonstrations began in Egypt. For 18 days, hundreds of thousands of
Egyptians took to the streets, demanding free elections, free speech, and
and end to government corruption, police brutality, and President Hosni
Mubarak's regime. Finally, on February 11, Mubarak resigned. Which of the
following ideas expressed in the U.S. Declaration of Independence best
supports the actions of the Egyptian people? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Citizens
have a right to overthrow a government that violates their natural rights
What is most likely the reason it was difficult to pass laws under the Articles
of Confederation? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Passage required a unanimous vote of
the 13 states.
The Preamble of the Constitution lists six goals, including which of the
following? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔To form a more perfect union
LEGISLATIVE=MAKES LAWS
EXECUTIVE=CARRIES OUT LAWS
JUDICIAL=INTERPRETS LAWS
,Which of the following best completes the title of this table? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Separation of Powers
SPEAKER 1: "We can't ratify the Constitution. It has no Bill of Rights!"
SPEAKER 2:"I think the states should have more power."
SPEAKER 3:"We just fought for liberty. Why submit to a new tyrant?"
Who are the speakers and what are they afraid of? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Antifederalists; a strong national government
"My political curiosity... leads me to ask, who authorized them to speak the
language of 'We, the People,' instead of 'We, the States'?"-Patrick Henry,
June 4, 1778
Which group did Patrick Henry most likely side with during the ratification
debate? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The Antifederalists
What is meant by "The Rule of Law"? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The idea that all
people, including rulers and leaders, must obey the law
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PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, A court decides that the First Amendment permits a journalist to write an
article on something the government wants to keep secret. What type of
law was most involved in the decision? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Constitutional law
ART.85.DESERTION
(a) Any member of the armed forces who-
(1) without authority goes or remains absent from his unit, organization, or
place of duty with intent to remain away therefrom permanently... is guilty of
desertion.
What is the source of this law? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Military Law
1. APPLY FOR A PERMANENT VISA
2. APPLY FOR CITIZENSHIP
3. GET FINGERPRINTED
4.???
5. TAKE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE
Questions and Answers | Fall 2026 |
100% Correct
Why did the Founding Fathers separate the power to make, enforce, and
interpret laws between different branches of government? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔To prevent one branch of government from becoming too powerful
What pamphlet denounced British rule and fanned the flames of revolution?
- 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Common Sense
"The horrid massacre in Boston, Perpetrated in the evening of the fifth day
of March, 1770, by soldiers of the Twenty-ninth regiment, which with the
Fourteenth regiment were then quartered there; with some observations on
the state of things prior to that catastrophe."
,Who most likely wrote this passage and for what reason? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔A Patriot, to raise fears about the British army in the colonies
Consider this situation: On January 25, 2011, widespread pro-democracy
demonstrations began in Egypt. For 18 days, hundreds of thousands of
Egyptians took to the streets, demanding free elections, free speech, and
and end to government corruption, police brutality, and President Hosni
Mubarak's regime. Finally, on February 11, Mubarak resigned. Which of the
following ideas expressed in the U.S. Declaration of Independence best
supports the actions of the Egyptian people? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Citizens
have a right to overthrow a government that violates their natural rights
What is most likely the reason it was difficult to pass laws under the Articles
of Confederation? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Passage required a unanimous vote of
the 13 states.
The Preamble of the Constitution lists six goals, including which of the
following? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔To form a more perfect union
LEGISLATIVE=MAKES LAWS
EXECUTIVE=CARRIES OUT LAWS
JUDICIAL=INTERPRETS LAWS
,Which of the following best completes the title of this table? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Separation of Powers
SPEAKER 1: "We can't ratify the Constitution. It has no Bill of Rights!"
SPEAKER 2:"I think the states should have more power."
SPEAKER 3:"We just fought for liberty. Why submit to a new tyrant?"
Who are the speakers and what are they afraid of? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Antifederalists; a strong national government
"My political curiosity... leads me to ask, who authorized them to speak the
language of 'We, the People,' instead of 'We, the States'?"-Patrick Henry,
June 4, 1778
Which group did Patrick Henry most likely side with during the ratification
debate? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The Antifederalists
What is meant by "The Rule of Law"? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The idea that all
people, including rulers and leaders, must obey the law
COPYRIGHT©PROFFKERRYMARTIN 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE.
PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, A court decides that the First Amendment permits a journalist to write an
article on something the government wants to keep secret. What type of
law was most involved in the decision? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Constitutional law
ART.85.DESERTION
(a) Any member of the armed forces who-
(1) without authority goes or remains absent from his unit, organization, or
place of duty with intent to remain away therefrom permanently... is guilty of
desertion.
What is the source of this law? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Military Law
1. APPLY FOR A PERMANENT VISA
2. APPLY FOR CITIZENSHIP
3. GET FINGERPRINTED
4.???
5. TAKE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE
