CIVIC LITERACY REVIEW EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

CIVIC LITERACY REVIEW EXAM
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QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Electoral College - ANSWERS- lf lf lf


The president is elected by a majority of electoral votes. After an election a group of elect
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ors chosen by each state officially cast the electoral votes for their state to choose the Pr
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esident.

Articles of Confederation - ANSWERS- lf lf lf lf


This document was adopted by the Second Continental Congress in 1781 during the Re
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volutionary War to create a national government. The new government was weak becau lf lf lf lf lf lf lf lf lf lf lf lf


se states held most of the power, and Congress lacked the power to tax, regulate trade,
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or control the coining of money. It was later replaced with the U.S. Constitution.
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Great Compromise - ANSWERS- lf lf lf


introduced by Roger Sherman; set up a bicameral Congress - upper house lf lf lf lf lf lf lf lf lf lf lf


called Senate with each state getting 2 votes & a lower house called the House of Repre
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sentatives
with each state's representation based on its population--
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3/5 Compromise - ANSWERS-lf lf lf


compromise made when writing the Constitution to sastify both free and slave states; sa lf lf lf lf lf lf lf lf lf lf lf lf lf


id for every 5 slaves, 3 would count in a state's population for both representation and ta
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Federalism - ANSWERS- lf lf


is the breaking of the gov't into Federal and state levels, each having certain powers
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Checks and Balances - ANSWERS- lf lf lf lf


system of each branch of gov't having a power to check the power of the other to make s
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ure no one branch becomes too powerful
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Executive Branch - ANSWERS- lf lf lf


headed by the President and carries out the laws; also includes the Vice President and t
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Engel v. Vitale (1962) - ANSWERS- lf lf lf lf lf


separation between Church and State in schools. S.C. prayer in public schools is uncon lf lf lf lf lf lf lf lf lf lf lf lf lf


stitutional, violates separation of church and state and freedom of religion (First Amend lf lf lf lf lf lf lf lf lf lf lf lf


ment)

Miranda vs. Arizona, 1961 - ANSWERS- lf lf lf lf lf


This case proves that the 5th Amendment requires that individuals arrested for a crime
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must be advised of their right to remain silent and to have counsel present.
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, Mapp v. Ohio (1961) - ANSWERS- lf lf lf lf lf


Evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment, which protects against "unrealf lf lf lf lf lf lf lf lf lf lf


sonable searches and seizures," may not be used in criminal prosecutions in state court
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s, as well as federal courts.
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In Re Gault (1967) - ANSWERS-
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14th amendment Due Process Clause allows requirements for state delinquency proce
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edings. established the principle that young persons have constitutional rights
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Bill - ANSWERS-a statute in draft before it becomes law
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Chief Justice - ANSWERS-the judge who presides over the supreme court
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Commander-in-Chief - ANSWERS- lf lf


The role of the president as the supreme commander of the armed forces of the United S
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tates.

Governor - ANSWERS-highest ranking member of a state's executive branch lf lf lf lf lf lf lf lf lf




Reserved powers - ANSWERS- lf lf lf


powers reserved for the states; examples: creating and maintaining an education syste
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m, creating local governments
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Veto power - ANSWERS- lf lf lf


presidential power to stop a bill from becoming a law by rejecting it lf lf lf lf lf lf lf lf lf lf lf lf




impeachment - ANSWERS- lf lf


a formal document charging a public official with misconduct in office
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presidential succession - ANSWERS- lf lf lf


the order in which officials fill the office of president in case of a vacancy-
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1. Vice President, 2. Speaker of the House of Representatives, 3. President of the Senat
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e Pro Tempore, ...
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U.S. Supreme Court - ANSWERS- lf lf lf lf


9 justices nominated by President, confirmed by Senate; highest court in the nation; hea
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rs only appeals; interprets Constitutional law
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Intolerable Acts/Coercive Acts - ANSWERS- lf lf lf lf


A series of acts passed by the government in response to the Boston Tea Party. They ca
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used outrage, as the colonists viewed the acts as a violation of their rights. This led to the
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creation of the First Continental Congress and the Revolutionary War.
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Boston Tea Party - ANSWERS- lf lf lf lf


demonstration (1773) by citizens of Boston who raided three British ships in Boston har lf lf lf lf lf lf lf lf lf lf lf lf lf


bor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor; organized as a protest agains
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t taxes on tea.
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Amendment 9 - ANSWERS-People's rights are not limited to those in the Constitution. lf lf lf lf lf lf lf lf lf lf lf lf