Florida Civic Literacy Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

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Marbury v. Madison (1803) - CORRECT ANSWER-Established judicial review. Supreme Court now had the authority to overturn a law based on Constitutionality. Mculloch v. Maryland (1819) - CORRECT ANSWER-(1819) U.S. Supreme Court case that declared the Second Bank of the United States was constitutional and that Maryland could not interfere with it. Established the Elastic Cause. Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857) - CORRECT ANSWER-Ruled slaves were not free citizens and no slave had a right to fr...

What is the supreme law of the land? - CORRECT ANSWER-The Constitution What does the Constitution do? - CORRECT ANSWER--Sets up the government -Defines the government -Protects basic rights of Americans The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the constitution. What are they? - CORRECT ANSWER-"We the people..." What is an amendment? - CORRECT ANSWER-A change or an addition to the Constitution What are the first ten amendments to the Constitution called? - CORRECT AN...

What is the supreme law of the land - CORRECT ANSWER-▪The constitution What does the constitution do? - CORRECT ANSWER-▪ sets up the government ▪ defines the government ▪ protects basic rights of Americans The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words? - CORRECT ANSWER-▪ We the people What is an amendment? - CORRECT ANSWER-▪ a change (to the Constitution) ▪ an addition (to the Constitution) What do we call the first ten a...

Which right did the colonists consider "inalienable" in the Declaration of Independence? A) privacy B) trial by jury C) pursuit of happiness D) voting - CORRECT ANSWER-C) pursuit of happiness Which United States Supreme Court decision focused on how states count popular votes for president and vice president? A) Bush v. Gore (2000) B) U.S. v. Nixon (1974) C) Baker v. Carr (1962) D) Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010) - CORRECT ANSWER-A) Bush v. Gore (2000) In wh...

What historic document (17th century) created a "civil body politic"? - CORRECT ANSWER-Mayflower Compact What was the Magna Carta? - CORRECT ANSWER-document that started to limit the power of the king, establish habeas corpus and limit taxation What document did American colonists, protesting the Stamp Act in 1766, claim gave them rights such as "no taxation without representation"? - CORRECT ANSWER-British Constitution Americans, especially by the 19th and 20th centuries, claimed...

Which United States Supreme Court holding impacted the way that religious practice was approached in public schools? - CORRECT ANSWER-Engel v. Vitale (1962) Which of the following correctly pairs a document with a core theme of that document? a) Declaration of Independence - Formed a state-centered government b) Magna Carta - Established the principle of rule of law c) U.S. Constitution - Formed a unitary government d) Articles of Confederation - Established the principle of consent of t...

Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in? - ▪World War 2 Brown v. Board of Education - ▪1954 case that overturned Separate but Equal standard of discrimination in education. ▪Her family believed that the segregated school system violated the 14th Amendment and took their case to court. Dred Scott v. Sanford - ▪The case that ruled that slaves were property and could not sue ▪Violated the 5th amendment ▪helped bring on the civil war During the ...

According to the authors of the Declaration of Independence, who is responsible for protecting natural rights? - the government Based on the U.S. Constitution, which part of government was intended to hold the least power? - the judiciary How did District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) impact states' rights? - It reduced the ability of states to place restrictions on Second Amendment rights. How did the holding in the United States Supreme Court case Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) impact ...

Florida Civic Literacy (Study guide for court cases) Marbury v. Madison (1803) - CORRECT ANSWER-Established judicial review. Supreme Court now had the authority to overturn a law based on Constitutionality. Mculloch v. Maryland (1819) - CORRECT ANSWER-(1819) U.S. Supreme Court case that declared the Second Bank of the United States was constitutional and that Maryland could not interfere with it. Established the Elastic Cause. Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857) - CORRECT ANSWER-Ruled slaves...