Civic Literacy Test: Landmark Impact
on Law and Society Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Engel v. Vitale -
correct answer ✅The 1962 Supreme Court decision holding that
state officials violated the First Amendment when they wrote a
prayer to be recited by New York's schoolchildren.
D.C. v. Heller -
correct answer ✅Court ruled that a DC law banning hand guns was
unconstitutional
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier -
correct answer ✅School newspapers can be censored by teachers
and administrators
Mapp v. Ohio -
correct answer ✅Established the exclusionary rule was applicable
to the states (evidence seized illegally cannot be used in court)
Marbury v. Madison -
correct answer ✅This case establishes the Supreme Court's power
of Judicial Review
, Civic Literacy Test: Landmark Impact
on Law and Society Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
McCulloch v. Maryland -
correct answer ✅Supreme Court ruling (1819) confirming the
supremacy of national over state government
Miranda v. Arizona -
correct answer ✅Supreme Court held that criminal suspects must
be informed of their right to consult with an attorney and of their
right against self-incrimination prior to questioning by police.
Tinker v. Des Moines -
correct answer ✅The case that ruled that students do not lose
Constitutional rights when they entered the building but they can
be limited if they cause a disruption
U.S. v. Nixon -
correct answer ✅The Supreme Court does have the final voice in
determining constitutional questions; no person, not even the
President of the United States, is completely above law; and the
president cannot use executive privilege as an excuse to withhold
evidence that is 'demonstrably relevant in a criminal trial
on Law and Society Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Engel v. Vitale -
correct answer ✅The 1962 Supreme Court decision holding that
state officials violated the First Amendment when they wrote a
prayer to be recited by New York's schoolchildren.
D.C. v. Heller -
correct answer ✅Court ruled that a DC law banning hand guns was
unconstitutional
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier -
correct answer ✅School newspapers can be censored by teachers
and administrators
Mapp v. Ohio -
correct answer ✅Established the exclusionary rule was applicable
to the states (evidence seized illegally cannot be used in court)
Marbury v. Madison -
correct answer ✅This case establishes the Supreme Court's power
of Judicial Review
, Civic Literacy Test: Landmark Impact
on Law and Society Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
McCulloch v. Maryland -
correct answer ✅Supreme Court ruling (1819) confirming the
supremacy of national over state government
Miranda v. Arizona -
correct answer ✅Supreme Court held that criminal suspects must
be informed of their right to consult with an attorney and of their
right against self-incrimination prior to questioning by police.
Tinker v. Des Moines -
correct answer ✅The case that ruled that students do not lose
Constitutional rights when they entered the building but they can
be limited if they cause a disruption
U.S. v. Nixon -
correct answer ✅The Supreme Court does have the final voice in
determining constitutional questions; no person, not even the
President of the United States, is completely above law; and the
president cannot use executive privilege as an excuse to withhold
evidence that is 'demonstrably relevant in a criminal trial
