Florida Civic Literacy Exam 2025
1. What role did the Fourteenth Amendment play in Brown v. Board of Edu- cation of
Topeka (1954)?: The amendment's Equal Protection Clause was used toargue that segregated
educational facilities were unequal.
2. Which scenario represents a violation of the Equal Protection Clause?: Astate law
establishes a higher minimum wage for men than for women.
3. Which phrase from a 1776 letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams is reflected in the
Nineteenth Amendment?: "I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous
and favorable to them"
4. How does the outcome in Miranda v. Arizona (1966) affect the rights of theaccused?: - It
protects against self-incrimination
5. Which of the following cases held that reproductive rights were an elementof the right to
privacy under the Bill of Rights and the Fourteenth Amend- ment?: Roe v. Wade (1973)
6. Which U.S. Supreme Court decision was based on the Necessary andProper Clause?:
McCulloch v. Marland (1819)
7. The expert below is from the majority opinion in Citizens United v. FederalElection
Commission (2010). Political Speech is "indispensable to decision making in a democracy,
and this is no less true because the speech comes from a corporation rather than an
individual." Based on this excerpt, which part of the U.S. Constitution did the Court's majority
use to support its opin- ion?: The First Amendment
8. Which United States Supreme Court decision was based on the First Amendment?:
Tinker v Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969)
9. Which United States Supreme Court decision was based on the free exer-cise clause? -:
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943)
10. Which U.S. Supreme Court decision addressed the central ideas of execu-tive privilege
and judicial review?: United States v. Nixon (1974)
11. Which doc represents the supreme law of land?: U.S. Constitution
12. What does the US const., do?: sets up federal govt.
13. What is the first phrase of the US const.?: We the people
14. Which was established by a const. amendment?: senate may ratify treaties
15. What is the name of the first ten amendments?: Bill of Rights
16. one right included in the first amendment ?: free speech
17. how many amendments does const. have?: 27
18. Which phrase in the US Constitution addresses the power to seize prop-erty: eminent
domain
1. What role did the Fourteenth Amendment play in Brown v. Board of Edu- cation of
Topeka (1954)?: The amendment's Equal Protection Clause was used toargue that segregated
educational facilities were unequal.
2. Which scenario represents a violation of the Equal Protection Clause?: Astate law
establishes a higher minimum wage for men than for women.
3. Which phrase from a 1776 letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams is reflected in the
Nineteenth Amendment?: "I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous
and favorable to them"
4. How does the outcome in Miranda v. Arizona (1966) affect the rights of theaccused?: - It
protects against self-incrimination
5. Which of the following cases held that reproductive rights were an elementof the right to
privacy under the Bill of Rights and the Fourteenth Amend- ment?: Roe v. Wade (1973)
6. Which U.S. Supreme Court decision was based on the Necessary andProper Clause?:
McCulloch v. Marland (1819)
7. The expert below is from the majority opinion in Citizens United v. FederalElection
Commission (2010). Political Speech is "indispensable to decision making in a democracy,
and this is no less true because the speech comes from a corporation rather than an
individual." Based on this excerpt, which part of the U.S. Constitution did the Court's majority
use to support its opin- ion?: The First Amendment
8. Which United States Supreme Court decision was based on the First Amendment?:
Tinker v Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969)
9. Which United States Supreme Court decision was based on the free exer-cise clause? -:
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943)
10. Which U.S. Supreme Court decision addressed the central ideas of execu-tive privilege
and judicial review?: United States v. Nixon (1974)
11. Which doc represents the supreme law of land?: U.S. Constitution
12. What does the US const., do?: sets up federal govt.
13. What is the first phrase of the US const.?: We the people
14. Which was established by a const. amendment?: senate may ratify treaties
15. What is the name of the first ten amendments?: Bill of Rights
16. one right included in the first amendment ?: free speech
17. how many amendments does const. have?: 27
18. Which phrase in the US Constitution addresses the power to seize prop-erty: eminent
domain
