FLORIDA CIVIC LITERACY EXAM

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FLORIDA CIVIC LITERACY EXAM

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Question 1: Outlines the process for ratification of the Constitution

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Bill of Rights Question 2: Jefferson insisted the law of the bank was unconstitutional because he argued there was no provision allowing Congress to set up a national bank.

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Adams-Onis Treaty

Question 3: Northwest Ordinance (pre-Constitution)

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Alien and Sedition Acts (1798) Question 4: (1819) Spain ceded Florida to the United States and gave up its claims to the Oregon Territory

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Suspension of Habeas Corpus in 1861 Question 5: Policies for economic improvement introduced in 1933 by U.S. president Franklin

• Roosevelt as a result of the Great Depression, which promised to put Americans back to

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Neutrality Acts

Question 6: 4 laws passed in the late 1930s that were designed to keep the US out of international incidents. Passed Post-World War 1, during rising conflict relating to WW2

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Lend-Lease Act Question 7: Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws

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15th Amendment (1870)

Question 8: Roe v. Wade

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The 1973 Supreme Court decision holding that a state ban on all abortions was unconstitutional.The decision forbade state control over abortions during the first trimester of pregnancy, permitted states to limit abortions to protect the mother's health in the second trimester, and permitted states to protect the fetus during the third trimester.Question 9: Supremacy Clause - clearly states that national law will be supreme over state law

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Article 7 of the Constitution Question 10: Section of the Constitution laying out powers and responsibilities of the Judicial Branch

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Article 4 of the Constitution

Question 11: Amendment that created a 2 term limit on presidents. (After FDR)

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District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) Question 12: (AL) , Issued by Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862 it declared that all slaves in the confederate states would be free

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Gentleman's Agreement (1907-1908)

Question 13: signed by President John F. Kennedy on March 6, 1961, required government contractors to "take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed and that employees are treated during employment without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin."It established the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity.

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Executive Order 11246 Question 14: Civil Rights Act of 1964, Economic Opportunity Act, Immigration Act of 1965, medicaid and medicare, public broadcasting act, consumer protection, endangered species act.

• Lyndon B Johnson administration.

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Civil Rights Act of 1964 Question 15: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

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2nd Amendment

Question 16: Ratified on August 18, 1920 (drafted by Susan

• Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton), prohibits any United States citizen from being denied

the right to vote on the basis of sex. The Constitution allows the states to determine the qualifications for voting, and until the 1910's most states disenfranchised women. The amendment was the culmination of the women's suffrage movement in the U.S.

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21st Amendment Question 17: Outlines the process for amending or changing the Constitution (adding amendments)

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Article 6 of the Constitution

Question 18: United States v. Nixon

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The 1974 case in which the Supreme Court unanimously held that the doctrine of executive privilege was implicit in the Constitution but could not be extended to protect documents relevant to criminal prosecutions

Question 19: Prohibited voting restrictions based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude (slavery)

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19th Amendment (1920) Question 20: This law, passed after the United States entered WWI, imposed sentences of up to twenty years on anyone found guilty of aiding the enemy, obstructing recruitment of soldiers, or encouraging disloyalty. It allowed the postmaster general to remove from the mail any materials that incited treason or insurrection.

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Sedition Act Question 21: 1965; invalidated the use of any test or device to deny the vote and authorized federal examiners to register voters in states that had disenfranchised black people; as more black people became politically active and elected black representatives, it increased jobs, contracts, and facilities and services for the black community, encouraging greater social equality and decreasing the wealth and education gap

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Tonkin Gulf Resolution Question 22: a resolution adopted by Congress in 1964, giving the president broad powers to wage war in Vietnam.

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Affordable Care Act

Question 23: Marbury v. Madison (1803)

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Established judicial review; "midnight judges;" John Marshall; power of the Supreme Court.Question 24: Powers specifically given to Congress in the Constitution; including the power to collect taxes, coin money, regulate foreign and interstate commerce, and declare war.

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13th Amendment (1865)