Civic Literacy Final Exam - Missed Questions

A ---- is a law written by a legislative body.

• bill

• precedent

• resolution

• statute

• act

A/An ---- is a court order requiring a person to appear in court to testify as a witness in a case.

• pleading

• testimony

• summons

• subpoena

McCulloch v. Maryland established the principle of ---- to expand the power of the national government.

• separation of powers

• elastic clause

• federalism

• executive privilege

• judicial review

“That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government” is an example of ----.

• Popular Revolution

• Popular Sovereignty

• Natural Rights

• Divine Right

The ---- called for Congress to have a Senate and a House of Representatives, one based on equal representation and the other on a state’s population.

• Virginia Plan

• 3/5 Compromise

• New Jersey Plan

• Great Compromise

The right to ---- is the right to express one’s ideas to the government.

• Assembly

• Petition

• Slander

• Libel

The S. C. case that established that a poor defendant is entitled to a state-paid/government attorney, which is guaranteed through the 6th Amendment.

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Mapp v. Ohio

• Gideon v. Wainwright

• NJ v. TLO

This amendment prohibits cruel & unusual punishment as well as excessive fines and bail.

• Fifth Amendment

• Sixth Amendment

• Seventh Amendment

• Eighth Amendment

This Supreme Court case involved the reading of a NY state-sponsored prayer to start the school day.

• Hazelwood case

• Engel v. Vitale

• Barnette case

• Schempp case

A person in a state or district who is represented is called a/an ----.

• incumbent

• constituent

• delegate

• representative