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Florida Civic Literacy Exam
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Florida Civic Literacy Exam 2024-2025
Supreme Court Cases - -Brown v. Board of Education- Brown v. Board of
Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483, was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court
decision in which the Court ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial
segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated
schools are otherwise equal in quality
McCullouch v. Maryland- McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 U.S. 316, was a landmark
U.S. Supreme Court decision that defined the scope of the U.S. Congress's
legislative power and how it relates to the powers of American state
legislatures.
Gibbons v. Ogden- Gibbons v. Ogden, 22 U.S. 1, was a landmark decision in
which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the power to
regulate interstate commerce, which was granted to Congress by the
Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution, encompassed the power
to regulate navigation.
Hazelwood- Hazelwood School District et al. v. Kuhlmeier et al., 484 U.S. 260,
was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that held
that public school curricular student newspapers that have .
Gideon v. Wainright- Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335, was a landmark
U.S. Supreme Court decision in which the Court ruled that the Sixth
Amendment of the U.S. Constitution requires U.S. states to provide attorneys
to criminal defendants who are unable to afford their own.
Marbury v Madison- Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. 137, was a landmark U.S.
Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review in the
United States, meaning that American courts have the power to strike down
laws and statutes that they find to violate the Constitution of the United
States
Plessy v Ferguson- Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537, was a landmark U.S.
Supreme Court decision in which the Court ruled that racial segregation laws
did not violate the U.S. Constitution as long as the facilitie
-History - -Northwest Ordinance (pre-Constitution) - established a
government for the Northwest Territory, outlined the process for admitting a
new state to the Union, and guaranteed that newly created states would be
equal to the original thirteen states
Alien and Sedition Acts- passed four laws, known collectively as the Alien and
Sedition Acts. These laws raised the residency requirements for citizenship
from 5 to 14 years, authorized the president to deport "aliens," and
permitted their arrest, imprisonment, and deportation during wartime
Judiciary Act of 1789- "An Act to Establish the Judicial Courts of the United
States," was signed into law by President George Washington on September
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