Civic Literacy Exam Section 4 Practice Test

Last Updated on June 30, 2026

Civic Literacy Exam Section 4 Practice Test 2026 – 40 Questions. Just as there are objects that are unique to classroom life (e.g., lesson plan book, attendance record, pencil sharpener), there are “tools of the trade” that help to define other communities of practice.

As curriculum drama seeks to create a new practice and context within the classroom, it helps to include these objects in the curriculum drama. Like stepping stones, these objects can entice students to enter into their constructed domain.

Civic Literacy Exam Section 4 Practice Test

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Section 4 — Supreme Court/Laws/Executive Actions (40 questions)

1) Brown v. Board of Education (1954) overturned:

2) The Homestead Act (1862) provided:

3) U.S. v. Lopez (1995) ruled Congress exceeded power under:

4) The Pendleton Act (1883) reformed:

5) Bush v. Gore (2000) involved:

6) Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972) protected:

7) New York Times v. United States (1971) limited:

8) The Voting Rights Act of 1965 targeted:

9) Executive Order 9066 during WWII authorized:

10) McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) upheld:

11) Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) ruled that:

12) The Great Society programs focused on:

13) Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier (1988) allowed schools to:

14) McDonald v. Chicago (2010) incorporated:

15) Mapp v. Ohio (1961) applied which principle?

16) The Emancipation Proclamation (1863) declared:

17) Citizens United v. FEC (2010) expanded:

18) District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) affirmed:

19) Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) allowed:

20) United States v. Nixon (1974) ruled that:

21) Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) guaranteed the right to:

22) The Affordable Care Act (2010) focused on:

23) Tinker v. Des Moines (1969) protected:

24) The Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) introduced:

25) Miranda v. Arizona (1966) protects:

26) Baker v. Carr (1962) established that courts can review:

27) Engel v. Vitale (1962) ruled that:

28) Roe v. Wade (1973) involved:

29) The USA PATRIOT Act (2001) expanded:

30) Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) strengthened federal power over:

31) The Treaty of Paris (1898) ended:

32) Texas v. Johnson (1989) protected:

33) The Louisiana Purchase (1803) involved:

34) Shaw v. Reno (1993) prohibited:

35) The Civil Rights Act of 1964 banned:

36) Regents v. Bakke (1978) addressed:

37) Truman’s Executive Order 9981 (1948) addressed:

38) Marbury v. Madison (1803) established:

39) The Clean Air Act aimed to:

40) The Compromise of 1850 addressed:

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