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

2) The Pendleton Act (1883) reformed:

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

4) The Emancipation Proclamation (1863) declared:

5) Roe v. Wade (1973) involved:

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

7) The Voting Rights Act of 1965 targeted:

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

9) The Clean Air Act aimed to:

10) The USA PATRIOT Act (2001) expanded:

11) The Treaty of Paris (1898) ended:

12) The Civil Rights Act of 1964 banned:

13) Bush v. Gore (2000) involved:

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

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

16) The Louisiana Purchase (1803) involved:

17) Regents v. Bakke (1978) addressed:

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

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

20) The Great Society programs focused on:

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

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

23) McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) upheld:

24) The Compromise of 1850 addressed:

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

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

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

28) Shaw v. Reno (1993) prohibited:

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

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

31) Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972) protected:

32) Texas v. Johnson (1989) protected:

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

34) Executive Order 9066 during WWII authorized:

35) Marbury v. Madison (1803) established:

36) The Homestead Act (1862) provided:

37) Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) allowed:

38) McDonald v. Chicago (2010) incorporated:

39) Miranda v. Arizona (1966) protects:

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

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