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FCLE Landmark Decisions Practice Test
Q1. Which document is considered the oldest written national constitution still in effect?
- (A) Magna Carta
- (B) English Bill of Rights
- (C) U.S. Constitution
- (D) Articles of Confederation
Q2. Which Supreme Court case established the principle of judicial review?
- (A) McCulloch v. Maryland
- (B) Gibbons v. Ogden
- (C) Marbury v. Madison
- (D) Dred Scott v. Sandford
Q3. The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 were enacted primarily to:
- (A) Support the French Revolution
- (B) Strengthen the U.S. military
- (C) Suppress dissent and criticism of the federal government
- (D) Establish a national bank
Q4. The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was significant because it:
- (A) Established the first national bank
- (B) Outlawed slavery in the Northwest Territory
- (C) Declared war on Britain
- (D) Established the Electoral College
Q5. Which Supreme Court case ruled that “separate but equal” facilities were constitutional?
- (A) Brown v. Board of Education
- (B) Plessy v. Ferguson
- (C) Dred Scott v. Sandford
- (D) Roe v. Wade
Q6. Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery?
- (A) 13th Amendment
- (B) 14th Amendment
- (C) 15th Amendment
- (D) 19th Amendment
Q7. Which legislation reflects federal efforts to regulate transportation?
- (A) Interstate Commerce Act
- (B) Sherman Anti-Trust Act
- (C) Bland-Allison Act
- (D) Pendleton Act
Q8. The U.S. Supreme Court enabled which government practices to continue in its ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson?
- (A) Prohibiting monopoly formation
- (B) Segregating public facilities
- (C) Establishing immigration quotas
- (D) Regulating financial markets
Q10. What was the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation?
- (A) It declared the end of the Civil War
- (B) It freed slaves in the Confederate states
- (C) It granted women the right to vote
- (D) It established the national bank
Q12. The War Powers Resolution of 1973 was enacted to:
- (A) Give the President unlimited war powers
- (B) Limit the President's power to send troops into combat without Congressional approval
- (C) Allow the President to declare war
- (D) Provide funding for the military
Q13. Which Supreme Court case ruled that the government must provide legal counsel to defendants who cannot afford it?
- (A) Brown v. Board of Education
- (B) Gideon v. Wainwright
- (C) Miranda v. Arizona
- (D) Roe v. Wade
Q14. The 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished:
- (A) Slavery
- (B) Poll taxes in federal elections
- (C) Alcohol prohibition
- (D) Literacy tests for voting
Q15. Which piece of legislation aimed to eliminate racial discrimination in voting?
- (A) Civil Rights Act of 1964
- (B) Voting Rights Act of 1965
- (C) Fair Housing Act of 1968
- (D) Americans with Disabilities Act
Q16. Which landmark Supreme Court case ruled that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional?
- (A) Plessy v. Ferguson
- (B) Brown v. Board of Education
- (C) Gideon v. Wainwright
- (D) Roe v. Wade
Q17. Which legislation created the Social Security program?
- (A) Wagner Act
- (B) Social Security Act of 1935
- (C) Fair Labor Standards Act
- (D) National Industrial Recovery Act
Q18. The Great Compromise during the Constitutional Convention resulted in:
- (A) The establishment of a unicameral legislature
- (B) The creation of a bicameral legislature
- (C) The abolition of the Electoral College
- (D) The introduction of judicial review
Q19. The principle that all government power comes from the people is known as:
- (A) Federalism
- (B) Popular sovereignty
- (C) Judicial review
- (D) Checks and balances
Q20. Which Supreme Court case upheld the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II?
- (A) Korematsu v. United States
- (B) Brown v. Board of Education
- (C) Plessy v. Ferguson
- (D) Gideon v. Wainwright
Q21. The New Deal was a series of programs and reforms initiated by which U.S. President?
- (A) Herbert Hoover
- (B) Franklin D. Roosevelt
- (C) Harry S. Truman
- (D) Dwight D. Eisenhower
Q22. The 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution limits the President to:
- (A) One term
- (B) Two terms
- (C) Three terms
- (D) Four terms
Q23. Which landmark Supreme Court case legalized same-sex marriage nationwide in the United States?
- (A) Roe v. Wade
- (B) Obergefell v. Hodges
- (C) United States v. Windsor
- (D) Loving v. Virginia
Q24. Which piece of legislation was aimed at protecting the environment and reducing pollution?
- (A) Clean Air Act
- (B) Voting Rights Act
- (C) Civil Rights Act
- (D) Social Security Act
Q25. The Patriot Act, passed in response to the September 11 attacks, primarily expanded the powers of:
- (A) The Department of Education
- (B) The Environmental Protection Agency
- (C) Law enforcement agencies
- (D) The Department of Transportation
Q26. Use the passage below, from a landmark Supreme Court case opinion, to answer the question that follows.
"So if a law be in opposition to the constitution; if both the law and the constitution apply to a particular case, so that the court must either decide that case conformably to the law, disregarding the constitution; or conformably to the constitution, disregarding the law; the court must determine which of these conflicting rules governs the case."
Source: National Archives and Records Administration
Which Supreme Court case established the precedent described in the opinion?
- (A) Bush v. Gore
- (B) Miranda v. Arizona
- (C) Marbury v. Madison
- (D) Dred Scott v. Sandford
Q27. Which landmark legislation aimed to end racial segregation in public schools?
- (A) Civil Rights Act of 1964
- (B) Voting Rights Act of 1965
- (C) Elementary and Secondary Education Act
- (D) Brown v. Board of Education
Q28. Use the excerpt below, from the Dred Scott decision, to answer the question that follows.
"The Constitution does not consider slaves to be U.S. citizens. Rather, they are constitutionally protected property of their masters."
Source: National Archives and Records Administration
What was the impact of the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision?
- (A) It granted citizenship to slaves.
- (B) It ruled that slaves were property and not citizens.
- (C) It abolished slavery in the United States.
- (D) It allowed states to decide the legality of slavery.
Q29. Which executive action led to the desegregation of the U.S. military?
- (A) Emancipation Proclamation
- (B) Executive Order 9981
- (C) War Powers Act
- (D) Voting Rights Act of 1965
Q30. The Louisiana Purchase was significant because it:
- (A) Declared war on France
- (B) Established the national bank
- (C) Doubled the size of the United States
- (D) Abolished slavery in new territories
Q31. Which legislation was passed to prevent monopolistic business practices?
- (A) Interstate Commerce Act
- (B) Sherman Antitrust Act
- (C) Pendleton Act
- (D) Homestead Act
Q32. Which landmark case established the "separate but equal" doctrine?
- (A) Plessy v. Ferguson
- (B) Brown v. Board of Education
- (C) Dred Scott v. Sandford
- (D) Gideon v. Wainwright
Q33. The Emancipation Proclamation declared that:
- (A) All slaves in the United States were free
- (B) Slaves in Confederate states were free
- (C) Slavery was abolished in all U.S. territories
- (D) Slaves in border states were free
Q34. Use the passage below, from a landmark Supreme Court case opinion, to answer the question that follows.
"The right of an individual to 'plead the Fifth' and refuse to answer questions in order to avoid self-incrimination is a fundamental right."
Source: National Archives and Records Administration
Which Supreme Court case established the precedent described in the opinion?
- (A) Miranda v. Arizona
- (B) Gideon v. Wainwright
- (C) Marbury v. Madison
- (D) Brown v. Board of Education
Q35. Which landmark case ruled that state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students were unconstitutional?
- (A) Plessy v. Ferguson
- (B) Brown v. Board of Education
- (C) Marbury v. Madison
- (D) Roe v. Wade
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