FLORIDA CIVIC LITERACY EXAMS WITH VERIFIED QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?
- ANSWERS-▪World War 2
Brown v. Board of Education
- ANSWERS-▪1954 case that overturned Separate but Equal standard of discrimination in
education.
▪Her family believed that the segregated school system violated the 14th Amendment and took
their case to court.
Dred Scott v. Sanford
- ANSWERS-▪The case that ruled that slaves were property and could not sue
▪Violated the 5th amendment
▪helped bring on the civil war
During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?
- ANSWERS-▪Communism
Gibbons v. Ogden
- ANSWERS-▪Regulating interstate commerce is a power reserved to the federal government
Gideon v. Wainwright
- ANSWERS-▪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.
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier
- ANSWERS-▪School newspapers can be censored by teachers and administrators
▪The journalism students felt that this censorship was a direct violation of their First Amendment
rights. The Supreme Court decided that Principal Reynolds had the right to such editorial decisions,
as he had "legitimate pedagogical concerns."
How many amendments does the Constitution have?
- ANSWERS-▪ twenty-seven (27)
How many justices are on the Supreme Court?
- ANSWERS-▪ nine (9)
