2024 FLORIDA CIVIC LITERACY REAL
LATEST EXAM WITH 150 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT AND DETAILED
ANSWERS [GRADED A+]
What are the powers of the Supreme Court? - ANSWER-Declare laws
unconstitutional and declare presidential acts unconstitutional, interpret the
meaning of a law, to decide whether a law is relevant to a particular set of facts, or
to rule on how a law should be applied
What was the "Great Compromise"? - ANSWER-Small-state delegates demanded,
with comparable intensity, that all states be equally represented in both houses.
Also called Connecticut Compromise of 1787
How are the members of the House of Representatives and the Senate chosen? -
ANSWER-Directly elected by the public
How are the members of the House of Representatives and the Senate allocated? -
ANSWER-After extensive debate, the framers of the Constitution agreed to create
the House with representation based on population and the Senate with equal
representation. 2 Senators from each state and Representatives based off of
population
,Which of the following cases resulted in a decision that undermined civil rights
and liberties in prioritization of national security?
A. Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
B. Brown v. Board of Education C. District of Columbia v. Heller
D. Korematsu v. United States - ANSWER-D. Korematsu v. United States
Which Supreme Court case overturned the trial court's decision, due to lack of
counsel?
A. Miranda v. Arizona
B. Plessy v. Ferguson
C. McCulloch v. Maryland
D. Gideon v. Wainwright - ANSWER-A. Miranda v. Arizona
Which of the following reflects the most important consequence of the Watergate
break-in?
A. legalization of capital punishment
B. creation of levees around coastal cities
C. resignation of the president of the United States
D. integration of surveillance technology in society - ANSWER-C. resignation of
the president of the United States
Which legislation reflects federal efforts to regulate transportation?
A. Interstate Commerce Act
B. Sherman Anti-Trust Act
C. Bland-Allison Act
D. Pendleton Act - ANSWER-A. Interstate Commerce Act
, The U.S. Supreme Court enabled which government practices to continue in its
ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson?
A. prohibiting monopoly formation
B. segregating public facilities
C. establishing immigration quotas
D. regulating financial markets - ANSWER-B. segregating public facilities
What is the process of Presidential succession? - ANSWER-If the President of the
United States is incapacitated, dies, resigns, is for any reason unable to hold his/her
office, or is removed from office, he/she will be replaced in the following order:
Vice President. Speaker of the House. President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
What is the Electoral College? - ANSWER-A body of electors who represent the
people's vote in choosing the president.
What is gerrymandering? - ANSWER-when a political group tries to change a
voting district to create a result that helps them or hurts the group who is against
them. It is named after Elbridge Gerry (1744-1814).
What form of government does the US use? - ANSWER-Representative
Democracy
What was one of the main reasons the English colonists came to the New World? -
ANSWER-Land Acquisition, religious persecution, political liberty, economic
opportunity
What rights are stated in the Declaration of Independence? - ANSWER-life,
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
LATEST EXAM WITH 150 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT AND DETAILED
ANSWERS [GRADED A+]
What are the powers of the Supreme Court? - ANSWER-Declare laws
unconstitutional and declare presidential acts unconstitutional, interpret the
meaning of a law, to decide whether a law is relevant to a particular set of facts, or
to rule on how a law should be applied
What was the "Great Compromise"? - ANSWER-Small-state delegates demanded,
with comparable intensity, that all states be equally represented in both houses.
Also called Connecticut Compromise of 1787
How are the members of the House of Representatives and the Senate chosen? -
ANSWER-Directly elected by the public
How are the members of the House of Representatives and the Senate allocated? -
ANSWER-After extensive debate, the framers of the Constitution agreed to create
the House with representation based on population and the Senate with equal
representation. 2 Senators from each state and Representatives based off of
population
,Which of the following cases resulted in a decision that undermined civil rights
and liberties in prioritization of national security?
A. Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
B. Brown v. Board of Education C. District of Columbia v. Heller
D. Korematsu v. United States - ANSWER-D. Korematsu v. United States
Which Supreme Court case overturned the trial court's decision, due to lack of
counsel?
A. Miranda v. Arizona
B. Plessy v. Ferguson
C. McCulloch v. Maryland
D. Gideon v. Wainwright - ANSWER-A. Miranda v. Arizona
Which of the following reflects the most important consequence of the Watergate
break-in?
A. legalization of capital punishment
B. creation of levees around coastal cities
C. resignation of the president of the United States
D. integration of surveillance technology in society - ANSWER-C. resignation of
the president of the United States
Which legislation reflects federal efforts to regulate transportation?
A. Interstate Commerce Act
B. Sherman Anti-Trust Act
C. Bland-Allison Act
D. Pendleton Act - ANSWER-A. Interstate Commerce Act
, The U.S. Supreme Court enabled which government practices to continue in its
ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson?
A. prohibiting monopoly formation
B. segregating public facilities
C. establishing immigration quotas
D. regulating financial markets - ANSWER-B. segregating public facilities
What is the process of Presidential succession? - ANSWER-If the President of the
United States is incapacitated, dies, resigns, is for any reason unable to hold his/her
office, or is removed from office, he/she will be replaced in the following order:
Vice President. Speaker of the House. President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
What is the Electoral College? - ANSWER-A body of electors who represent the
people's vote in choosing the president.
What is gerrymandering? - ANSWER-when a political group tries to change a
voting district to create a result that helps them or hurts the group who is against
them. It is named after Elbridge Gerry (1744-1814).
What form of government does the US use? - ANSWER-Representative
Democracy
What was one of the main reasons the English colonists came to the New World? -
ANSWER-Land Acquisition, religious persecution, political liberty, economic
opportunity
What rights are stated in the Declaration of Independence? - ANSWER-life,
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
