Florida Civic Literacy Exam Questions & Answers Study Set
Which of the following cases established the precedent that the Supreme Court has the power of judicial review?
Correct Answer:
Marbury v. Madison 1803
Which of the following cases established the precedent that the U.S.Congress had the power to establish a bank based on the necessary and proper clause?
Correct Answer:
McCullough v. Maryland 1819
Which of the following cases limited power held by the states:?
Correct Answer:
Plessy v. Ferguson 1896 and Griswold v. Connecticut 1965
Which of the following cases rule that states could not put limits on abortion
access in the first trimester of pregnancy:
Correct Answer:
Roe v. Wade 1973 1 / 4
Which of the following cases established a right to privacy in the marital
bedroom:
Correct Answer:
Griswold v. Connecticut 1965
Which of the following cases ruled evidence of crime collected outside of the
parameters of the search cannot be used in court:
Correct Answer:
Mapp v. Ohio 1961
Which of the following cases required states to provide attorneys to criminal
defendants who cannot afford their own:
Correct Answer:
Gideon v. Wainwright 1963
Which of the following cases required state law enforcement to read
suspects their constitutional rights before custodial interrogation:
Correct Answer:
Miranda v. Arizona 1966
Which of the following cases determined standardless manual recounts
violate the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Constitution:?
Correct Answer:
Bush v. Gore 2000
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Which of the following is a case that centered on the first amendment:
Correct Answer:
Engle v. Vitale 1962
Which of the following cases centered on political speech paid for by unions and corporations?
Correct Answer:
Citizen's United v. Federal Elections Commission 2010
A federal judge dismissed a libel lawsuit by Sarah Palin because she could not prove actual malice on the part of the New York Times. Which of the following cases reflects this position?
Correct Answer:
New York Times Co. V. Sullivan 1964
Which of the following cases established the "separate but equal" precedent?
Correct Answer:
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
Which of the following cases overturned the "separate but equal" precedent in education?
Correct Answer:
Brown v. Board of Education 1954
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Which of the following cases focused on the fourteenth amendment?
Correct Answer:
Plessy v Ferguson 1896 and Brown v. Board of Education 1954
Which of the following cases limited state endorsed religious prayer in public schools?
Correct Answer:
Engle v. Vitale 1962
The power of government to take private property for public use is called:
Correct Answer:
Eminent domain
Which of the following cases ruled that achieving "a diverse student body" was a "compelling public purpose,", but the method of a rigid quota of admission slots assigned on the basis of race violated the Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection clause?
Correct Answer:
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke 1978
Which of the following cases centered on the first amendment right of freedom of the press?
Correct Answer:
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier 1988
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