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) McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) upheld:

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

3) Miranda v. Arizona (1966) protects:

4) The Homestead Act (1862) provided:

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

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

7) The Great Society programs focused on:

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

9) The Voting Rights Act of 1965 targeted:

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

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

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

13) The Pendleton Act (1883) reformed:

14) Executive Order 9066 during WWII authorized:

15) The Compromise of 1850 addressed:

16) The Clean Air Act aimed to:

17) Texas v. Johnson (1989) protected:

18) The Civil Rights Act of 1964 banned:

19) The Treaty of Paris (1898) ended:

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

21) McDonald v. Chicago (2010) incorporated:

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

23) The Emancipation Proclamation (1863) declared:

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

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

26) The Louisiana Purchase (1803) involved:

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

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

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

30) Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) allowed:

31) Bush v. Gore (2000) involved:

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

33) Regents v. Bakke (1978) addressed:

34) Shaw v. Reno (1993) prohibited:

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

36) Roe v. Wade (1973) involved:

37) Marbury v. Madison (1803) established:

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

39) Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972) protected:

40) The USA PATRIOT Act (2001) expanded:

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