IXL Test Prep Guide
State Civics Exam
IXL provides students with a strong foundation in history, geography and civics, and helps them gain
the knowledge needed for success on your state’s civics graduation requirement.
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AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
Topic: Principles of American Democracy
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Questions students will encounter include:
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What does the Constitution do?
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What is an amendment?
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What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?
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What did the Declaration of Independence do?
E.3 The Revolutionary War: struggle for independence
(grade 8)
G.6 American Revolution: struggle for independence
(grade 5)
K.4 The Constitution (grade 5)
K.5 The Bill of Rights (grade 5)
D.3 Thomas Jefferson (grade 3)
Topic: System of Government
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Questions students will encounter include:
A.1 The Legislative Branch (grade 8)
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Name one branch or part of the government.
A.2 The Executive Branch (grade 8)
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What stops one branch of government from becoming too
powerful?
A.3 The Judicial Branch (grade 8)
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What are two Cabinet-level positions?
K.3 Federal government (grade 5)
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What does the Judicial branch do?
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What is the capital of your state?
D.10 Name the 50 state capitals (grade 5)
K.6 Checks and balances (grade 5)
K.7 Presidential elections (grade 5)
Time to explore
Some questions on the Civics test will be specific to current events and your state.
Visit https://www.usa.gov/branches-of-government and find:
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The names of your state’s U.S. senators
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The name of your U.S. Representative
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The name of the speaker of the House of Representatives
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The name and political party of the current President of the United States
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The name of the current Vice President of the United States
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The name of the current Chief Justice of the United States
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State Civics Exam
Topic: Rights and Responsibilities
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Questions students will encounter include:
A.1 The Legislative Branch (grade 8)
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There are four amendments to the Constitution about
who can vote. Describe one of them.
I.4 The Civil War: the end of the war (grade 5)
What is one responsibility that is only for United States
citizens?
K.4 The Constitution (grade 5)
What are two ways that Americans can participate in
their democracy?
K.7 Presidential elections (grade 5)
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K.3 Federal government (grade 5)
K.5 The Bill of Rights (grade 5)
D.8 Susan B. Anthony (grade 3)
AMERICAN HISTORY
Topic: Colonial Period and Independence
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Questions students will encounter include:
E.2 The Revolutionary War: preparing for war (grade 8)
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Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
F.1 The Constitutional Convention (grade 8)
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Why did the colonists fight the British?
F.1 Jamestown: the early years (grade 5)
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There were 13 original states. Name three.
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What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
F.3 Plymouth (grade 5)
F.4 New England colonies: religion and government
(grade 5)
F.5 New England colonies: economy and conflict (grade 5)
F.7 Middle colonies: economy and society (grade 5)
F.9 Southern colonies: economy and slavery (grade 5)
F.12 Name the Thirteen Colonies (grade 5)
G.6 American Revolution: struggle for independence
(grade 5)
G.7 American Revolution: turning the tide of war (grade 5)
L.5 The White House (grade 5)
D.1 Benjamin Franklin (grade 3)
D.3 Thomas Jefferson (grade 3)
Topic: The 1800s
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Questions students will encounter include:
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What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?
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Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.
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Name one problem that led to the Civil War.
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What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
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What did Susan B. Anthony do?
G.3 The Civil War: Bull Run to the Emancipation
Proclamation (grade 8)
H.1 The Louisiana Purchase (grade 5)
H.4 The War of 1812: events and effects (grade 5)
H.5 Antebellum Period: economies of the North and
South (grade 5)
H.6 Antebellum Period: abolitionist and proslavery
perspectives (grade 5)
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H.7 Antebellum Period: slavery and politics part I
(grade 5)
H.8 Antebellum Period: slavery and politics part II
(grade 5)
I.1 The Civil War: the beginning of the war (grade 5)
I.2 The Civil War: the First Battle of Bull Run to
Gettysburg (grade 5)
I.3 The Civil War: war tactics and the home front
(grade 5)
I.4 The Civil War: the end of the war (grade 5)
D.6 Abraham Lincoln (grade 3)
D.8 Susan B. Anthony (grade 3)
Topic: Recent American History and Other Important Historical Information
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Questions students will encounter include:
J.2 World War I: the war begins (grade 5)
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Who was President during World War I?
J.3 World War I: events of the war (grade 5)
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What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
J.4 World War I: the road to peace (grade 5)
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What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the
United States?
J.9 World War II: global events (grade 5)
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Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.
J.6 The Great Depression: part II (grade 5)
D.4 Davy Crockett (grade 3)
D.10 Sitting Bull (grade 3)
D.19 Martin Luther King, Jr. (grade 3)
INTEGRATED CIVICS
Topic: Geography
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Questions students will encounter include:
H.1 Oceans and Continents (grade 8)
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What ocean is on the West Coast of the United States?
C.15 Name the 50 states (grade 5)
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Name one state that borders Canada.
K.3 Federal government (grade 5)
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Where is the Statue of Liberty?
L.5 The White House (grade 5)
L.8 The Statue of Liberty (grade 5)
Topic: Symbols
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Questions students will encounter include:
H.4 The War of 1812: events and effects (grade 5)
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Why does the flag have 13 stripes?
L. 4 The American flag (grade 5)
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What is the name of the national anthem?
L.8 The Statue of Liberty (grade 5)
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Name two national U.S. holidays.
M.1 Thanksgiving (grade 5)
G.6 Christmas (grade 3)