Civic Literacy Exam Prep QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS AND GOLDEN TIPS SOLUTIONS GRADED A+ Which part of government was created to reflect the colonists' position that governments derive their powers from the consent of the governed? - ✔✔ ANSW✔✔ the legislatur e Which part of the U.S. Constitution protects the freedom of religion? - ✔✔ ANSW✔✔ the Bill of Rights Which phrase from a letter written by Abigail Adams to her husband John Adams in 1776 is reflected in the Nineteenth Amendment? - ✔✔ ANSW✔✔ "I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them" Which phrase from a letter written by President Thomas Jefferson in 1802 reflects a freedom in the Bill of Rights? - ✔✔ ANSW✔✔ "building a wall of separation between Church & State" Which phrase from a letter written by Sarah Grimké in 1837 is reflected in the Fourteenth Amendment? - ✔✔ ANSW✔✔ "I ask no favors for my sex. I surrender not our claim to equality." Which phrase from the English Bill of Rights (1689) is reflected in the U.S. C onstitution's Third Amendment? - ✔✔ ANSW✔✔ "That . . .keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace . . .is against law" Which phrase in the U.S. Constitution addresses the power to seize property? - ✔✔ ANSW✔✔ eminent domain Which phrase is inc luded in the Declaration of Independence? - ✔✔ ANSW✔✔ "all men are created equal" Which point of view is reflected in Common Sense? - ✔✔ ANSW✔✔ Representatives should be elected According to the authors of the Declaration of Independence, who is responsible for protecting natural rights? - ✔✔ ANSW✔✔ the government Based on the U.S. Constitutio n, which part of government was intended to hold the least power? - ✔✔ ANSW✔✔ the judiciary How did District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) impact states' rights? - ✔✔ ANSW✔✔ 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 criminal
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