Civic Literacy Exam Section 4 Practice Test

Last Updated on September 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) The Treaty of Paris (1898) ended:

2) McDonald v. Chicago (2010) incorporated:

3) Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) allowed:

4) The Clean Air Act aimed to:

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

6) The Great Society programs focused on:

7) The Civil Rights Act of 1964 banned:

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

9) Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972) protected:

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

11) Miranda v. Arizona (1966) protects:

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

13) The Emancipation Proclamation (1863) declared:

14) Roe v. Wade (1973) involved:

15) The Homestead Act (1862) provided:

16) The Pendleton Act (1883) reformed:

17) The Louisiana Purchase (1803) involved:

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

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

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

21) The USA PATRIOT Act (2001) expanded:

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

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

24) Shaw v. Reno (1993) prohibited:

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

26) Executive Order 9066 during WWII authorized:

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

28) McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) upheld:

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

30) The Compromise of 1850 addressed:

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

32) Bush v. Gore (2000) involved:

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

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

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

36) Texas v. Johnson (1989) protected:

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

38) Marbury v. Madison (1803) established:

39) Regents v. Bakke (1978) addressed:

40) The Voting Rights Act of 1965 targeted:

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