Florida Civic Literacy Exam Practice Test [Timed]

Use the excerpt below, from the U.S. Constitution, to answer the question that follows.
“The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.”
Source: National Archives and Records Administration
Which statement best describes the constitutional power identified in the excerpt?

Use the excerpt below, from the U.S. Constitution, to answer the question that follows.
“The Congress shall have Power... To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States...”
Source: National Archives and Records Administration
Which congressional power is described in the excerpt?

Use the excerpt below, from the U.S. Constitution, to answer the question that follows.
“All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.”
Source: National Archives and Records Administration
Which constitutional principle is most directly illustrated by the excerpt?

Use the excerpt below, from the Declaration of Independence, to answer the question that follows.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
Source: National Archives and Records Administration
Which political principle is best reflected in the excerpt?

Use the excerpt below, from the U.S. Constitution, to answer the question that follows.
“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
Source: National Archives and Records Administration
Which constitutional principle is best reflected in the excerpt?

Use the passage below, from a landmark Supreme Court opinion, to answer the question that follows.
“It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is.”
Source: Marbury v. Madison
Which constitutional principle was established by the Supreme Court case associated with this statement?

Use the scenario below to answer the question that follows.
A state government creates a law that conflicts with a valid federal workplace safety law. The dispute is brought before a federal court.
Which constitutional provision would most likely determine which law takes priority?

Use the excerpt below, from the Declaration of Independence, to answer the question that follows.
“That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed...”
Source: National Archives and Records Administration
Which statement best describes the political philosophy expressed in the excerpt?

Use the scenario below to answer the question that follows.
A public school system requires students to attend different schools solely on the basis of race.
Which Supreme Court decision held that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional?

Use the scenario below to answer the question that follows.
At the Constitutional Convention, delegates from large states wanted representation based on population, while delegates from small states wanted equal representation.
Which solution resolved this disagreement?

Use the scenario below to answer the question that follows.
A state attempts to impose a tax on an institution created by the federal government. The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the state cannot use its taxing power to interfere with a constitutionally authorized federal institution.
Which Supreme Court case is most closely associated with this decision?

Use the excerpt below, from the U.S. Constitution, to answer the question that follows.
“This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof... shall be the supreme Law of the Land.”
Source: National Archives and Records Administration
Which constitutional principle is established by the excerpt?

Use the scenario below to answer the question that follows.
A person is arrested and held in custody for an extended period without being brought before a court to determine whether the detention is lawful.
Which legal protection would most directly allow the person to challenge the detention?

Use the scenario below to answer the question that follows.
A criminal suspect is taken into police custody and questioned without being informed of the right to remain silent or the right to an attorney.
Which Supreme Court case is most directly associated with the rights involved in this situation?

Use the scenario below to answer the question that follows.
A president claims that actions taken while serving as president cannot be considered illegal simply because they were performed by the president.
Which constitutional principle most directly contradicts this claim?

Use the excerpt below, from the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, to answer the question that follows.
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...”
Source: National Archives and Records Administration
Which government action would most directly conflict with the constitutional protections described in the excerpt?

Use the scenario below to answer the question that follows.
A person charged with a serious crime cannot afford an attorney. The trial court refuses to appoint an attorney, and the defendant is convicted.
Which Supreme Court case is most directly associated with the constitutional issue in this scenario?

Use the excerpt below, from the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution, to answer the question that follows.
“...provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity...”
Source: National Archives and Records Administration
Which statement best describes the purposes of government expressed in the excerpt?

Use the excerpt below, from the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, to answer the question that follows.
“Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States...”
Source: National Archives and Records Administration
What was the primary constitutional effect of this amendment?

Use the scenario below to answer the question that follows.
Congress passes a bill. The president disagrees with the bill and refuses to approve it. Congress then considers whether to pass the bill over the president's objection.
Which constitutional principle is best illustrated by this scenario?

Use the excerpt below, from the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, to answer the question that follows.
“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated...”
Source: National Archives and Records Administration
Which situation would most directly raise a constitutional concern under the amendment?

Use the scenario below to answer the question that follows.
The president nominates an individual to the U.S. Supreme Court. The nominee cannot take office unless the Senate approves the nomination.
Which principle of the U.S. constitutional system is best illustrated by this process?

Use the excerpt below, from the U.S. Constitution, to answer the question that follows.
“The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States...”
Source: National Archives and Records Administration
Which statement best describes the constitutional role identified in the excerpt?

Use the excerpt below, from the Mayflower Compact, to answer the question that follows.
...combine ourselves together into a civil Body Politick, for our better Ordering and Preservation...”
Which principle of American government is best reflected in the excerpt?

Use the excerpt below, from the Declaration of Sentiments, to answer the question that follows.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal...”
Which earlier American document most directly influenced the language and ideas expressed in the excerpt?