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Civic Literacy Review Exam Questions with Correct Answers
Civic Literacy Review Exam Questions with Correct Answers
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Civic Literacy Review ExamQuestions with Correct Answers
Electoral College - -The president is elected by a majority of electoral votes.
After an election a group of electors chosen by each state officially cast the
electoral votes for their state to choose the President.
-Articles of Confederation - -This document was adopted by the Second
Continental Congress in 1781 during the Revolutionary War to create a
national government. The new government was weak because states held
most of the power, and Congress lacked the power to tax, regulate trade, or
control the coining of money. It was later replaced with the U.S. Constitution.
-Great Compromise - -introduced by Roger Sherman; set up a bicameral
Congress - upper house
called Senate with each state getting 2 votes & a lower house called the
House of Representatives
with each state's representation based on its population--satisfied both the
large and small states
-3/5 Compromise - -compromise made when writing the Constitution to
sastify both free and slave states; said for every 5 slaves, 3 would count in a
state's population for both representation and tax purposes
-Federalism - -is the breaking of the gov't into Federal and state levels,
each having certain powers
-Checks and Balances - -system of each branch of gov't having a power to
check the power of the other to make sure no one branch becomes too
powerful
-Executive Branch - -headed by the President and carries out the laws; also
includes the Vice President and the Cabinet members
-Engel v. Vitale (1962) - -separation between Church and State in schools.
S.C. prayer in public schools is unconstitutional, violates separation of church
and state and freedom of religion (First Amendment)
-Miranda vs. Arizona, 1961 - -This case proves that the 5th Amendment
requires that individuals arrested for a crime must be advised of their right to
remain silent and to have counsel present.
-Mapp v. Ohio (1961) - -Evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth
Amendment, which protects against "unreasonable searches and seizures,"
, may not be used in criminal prosecutions in state courts, as well as federal
courts.
-In Re Gault (1967) - -14th amendment Due Process Clause allows
requirements for state delinquency proceedings. established the principle
that young persons have constitutional rights
-Bill - -a statute in draft before it becomes law
-Chief Justice - -the judge who presides over the supreme court
-Commander-in-Chief - -The role of the president as the supreme
commander of the armed forces of the United States.
-Governor - -highest ranking member of a state's executive branch
-Reserved powers - -powers reserved for the states; examples: creating and
maintaining an education system, creating local governments
-Veto power - -presidential power to stop a bill from becoming a law by
rejecting it
-impeachment - -a formal document charging a public official with
misconduct in office
-presidential succession - -the order in which officials fill the office of
president in case of a vacancy-1. Vice President, 2. Speaker of the House of
Representatives, 3. President of the Senate Pro Tempore, ...
-U.S. Supreme Court - -9 justices nominated by President, confirmed by
Senate; highest court in the nation; hears only appeals; interprets
Constitutional law
-Intolerable Acts/Coercive Acts - -A series of acts passed by the government
in response to the Boston Tea Party. They caused outrage, as the colonists
viewed the acts as a violation of their rights. This led to the creation of the
First Continental Congress and the Revolutionary War.
-Boston Tea Party - -demonstration (1773) by citizens of Boston who raided
three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea
into the harbor; organized as a protest against taxes on tea.
-Amendment 9 - -People's rights are not limited to those in the Constitution.
-Amendment 10 - -Amendment that states some powers reserved to the
states
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