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EXAM: Florida Civics Literacy Exam|73 Questions with Solutions Brown v. Board of Education Correct Answer-1954 - The Supreme Court overruled Plessy v. Ferguson, declared that racially segregated facilities are inherently unequal and ordered all public schools desegregated

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EXAM: Florida Civics Literacy Exam|73 Questions with
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Brown v. Board of Education Correct Answer-1954 - The Supreme Court overruled Plessy v.

Ferguson, declared that racially segregated facilities are inherently unequal and ordered all

public schools desegregated.




McCullouch v Maryland Correct Answer-the Supreme Court ruled that national law is

superior to state law. Could not tax the U.S. bank at the state level




Gibbons v. Ogden Correct Answer-Commerce clause case (1824). Decision greatly enlarged

Congress' interstate commerce clause power by broadly defining the meaning of "commerce"

to include virtually all types of economic activity. Pair with Lopez & Morrison cases (limiting

commerce power).




Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier Correct Answer-U.S. Supreme Court case that determined that

the First Amendment does not protect all types of student speech in school




Gideon v. Wainwright Correct Answer-a landmark case in United States Supreme Court

history. In the case, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that state courts are required

under the Sixth Amendment of the Constitution to provide counsel in criminal cases for

defendants unable to afford their own attorneys.

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RIGHT TO AN ATTORNEY




Marbury v. Madison (1803) Correct Answer-Established judicial review; "midnight judges;"

John Marshall; power of the Supreme Court.




Plessy v. Ferguson Correct Answer-a 1896 Supreme Court decision which legalized state

ordered segregation so long as the facilities for blacks and whites were equal




Schenck v. United States Correct Answer-A 1919 decision upholding the conviction of a

socialist who had urged young men to resist the draft during World War I. Justice Holmes

declared that government can limit speech if the speech provokes a "clear and present

danger" of substantive evils.




United States v. Nixon Correct Answer-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

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District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) Correct Answer-Ruled the 2nd Amendment protects

an individual's right to possess a firearm for lawful, private use (Roberts Court)




Roe v. Wade Correct Answer-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.




Northwest Ordinance (pre-Constitution) Correct Answer-




Alien and Sedition Acts (1798) Correct Answer-Contains four parts:


1) Raised the residence requirement for American citizenship from 5 to 14 years.


2) Alien Act - Gave the President the power in peacetime to order any alien out of the

country.


3) Alien Enemies Act - permitted the President in wartime to jail aliens when he wanted to.

(No arrests made under the Alien Act or the Alien Enemies Act.)

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