Florida Civic Literacy Exam - Study
Guide IRSC Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
What historic document (17th century) created a "civil body
politic"? -
correct answer ✅Mayflower Compact
What was the Magna Carta? -
correct answer ✅document that started to limit the power of the
king, establish habeas corpus and limit taxation
What document did American colonists, protesting the Stamp Act
in 1766, claim gave them rights such as "no taxation without
representation"? -
correct answer ✅British Constitution
Americans, especially by the 19th and 20th centuries, claimed what
about the Magna Carta? -
correct answer ✅the people's reassertion of rights against an
oppressive ruler
What was Thomas Paine's Common Sense? -
correct answer ✅a 47-page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in
1775-1776 advocating independence from Great Britain to people
in the Thirteen Colonies
,Florida Civic Literacy Exam - Study
Guide IRSC Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
What was the influence of Common Sense? -
correct answer ✅inspired American colonists to declare
independence from England.
What is the Declaration of Independence? -
correct answer ✅It is a document that declared independence
from Britain and the formation of a new country, the USA.
What are the three rights mentioned in the Declaration of
Independence? -
correct answer ✅Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness
Which of the following was a weakness of the Articles of
Confederation? -
correct answer ✅Congress did not have the power to regulate
foreign and interstate commerce.
What did Shay's Rebellion and an economic crisis lead to? -
correct answer ✅the Philadelphia Convention of 1787. The
,Florida Civic Literacy Exam - Study
Guide IRSC Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Convention elected Washington as its president and ultimately
produced the Constitution of the United States.
The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the
Constitution. What are these words? -
correct answer ✅We the people
What is the Supreme Law of the Land? -
correct answer ✅The constitution
What were the 88 essays published in newspaper to support
ratification of the Constitution are known as? Who wrote those
essays? -
correct answer ✅The Federalist Papers, written by Alexander
Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison
What type of government does the US have? -
correct answer ✅representative democracy
, Florida Civic Literacy Exam - Study
Guide IRSC Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
What is federalism? -
correct answer ✅sharing of powers between federal and state
governments.
What type of economic system does the U.S. have? -
correct answer ✅capitalism and a mixed market system
In a representative democracy (republic), who is sovereign? -
correct answer ✅The people
Under the U.S. Constitution, what has the power to declare war,
conduct foreign policy, and coin currency? -
correct answer ✅Congress
Under the U.S. Constitution, what usually has the power to regulate
local safety, schools, and grant driving licenses? -
correct answer ✅States
What is the highest court in the US? -
correct answer ✅Supreme Court
Guide IRSC Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
What historic document (17th century) created a "civil body
politic"? -
correct answer ✅Mayflower Compact
What was the Magna Carta? -
correct answer ✅document that started to limit the power of the
king, establish habeas corpus and limit taxation
What document did American colonists, protesting the Stamp Act
in 1766, claim gave them rights such as "no taxation without
representation"? -
correct answer ✅British Constitution
Americans, especially by the 19th and 20th centuries, claimed what
about the Magna Carta? -
correct answer ✅the people's reassertion of rights against an
oppressive ruler
What was Thomas Paine's Common Sense? -
correct answer ✅a 47-page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in
1775-1776 advocating independence from Great Britain to people
in the Thirteen Colonies
,Florida Civic Literacy Exam - Study
Guide IRSC Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
What was the influence of Common Sense? -
correct answer ✅inspired American colonists to declare
independence from England.
What is the Declaration of Independence? -
correct answer ✅It is a document that declared independence
from Britain and the formation of a new country, the USA.
What are the three rights mentioned in the Declaration of
Independence? -
correct answer ✅Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness
Which of the following was a weakness of the Articles of
Confederation? -
correct answer ✅Congress did not have the power to regulate
foreign and interstate commerce.
What did Shay's Rebellion and an economic crisis lead to? -
correct answer ✅the Philadelphia Convention of 1787. The
,Florida Civic Literacy Exam - Study
Guide IRSC Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Convention elected Washington as its president and ultimately
produced the Constitution of the United States.
The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the
Constitution. What are these words? -
correct answer ✅We the people
What is the Supreme Law of the Land? -
correct answer ✅The constitution
What were the 88 essays published in newspaper to support
ratification of the Constitution are known as? Who wrote those
essays? -
correct answer ✅The Federalist Papers, written by Alexander
Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison
What type of government does the US have? -
correct answer ✅representative democracy
, Florida Civic Literacy Exam - Study
Guide IRSC Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
What is federalism? -
correct answer ✅sharing of powers between federal and state
governments.
What type of economic system does the U.S. have? -
correct answer ✅capitalism and a mixed market system
In a representative democracy (republic), who is sovereign? -
correct answer ✅The people
Under the U.S. Constitution, what has the power to declare war,
conduct foreign policy, and coin currency? -
correct answer ✅Congress
Under the U.S. Constitution, what usually has the power to regulate
local safety, schools, and grant driving licenses? -
correct answer ✅States
What is the highest court in the US? -
correct answer ✅Supreme Court
