Citizenship Test
- Q: What country did we fight during the American Revolution?
A: England
- Q: What is the most important right granted to US citizens?
A: the right to vote
- Q: Name the five freedoms guaranteed by the first amendment.
A: freedom of religion, assembly, press, petition, speech
- Q: Who is Commander in Chief of the US military?
A: The President
- Q: Who was the first president of the United States?
A: George Washington
- Q: Who is the President of the United States today?
A: Barack Obama
- Q: What are the duties of the Supreme Court?
A: to interrupt the law
- Q: What do we call a change to the Constitution?
A: amendment
- Q: What are the three branches of government?
A: legislative branch, executive branch, and judicial branch
- Q: What is the legislative branch of our government called?
A: Congress
- Q: Who makes the laws in the United States?
A: the legislative branch
- Q: How many stars are there in our flag?
A: 50
- Q: What do the stripes in our flag represent?
A: the 13 original colonies
- Q: For how long do we elect the President?
A: 4 years
- Q: What is Congress?
A: a law making body
- Q: How many senators are there in Congress?
A: 100
- Q: Who wrote the Star-Spangled Banner?
A: Francis Scot Key
- Q: For how long do we elect each senator?
A: 6 years
- Q: How many representatives are there in Congress?
A: 435
- Q: For how long do we elect the representatives?
A: every 2 years
- Q: What does the executive branch of our government do?
A: enforce the laws
- Q: What does the judiciary branch of our government do?
A: interpret the laws
- Q: How many changes or amendments are there to the Constitution?
A: 27
- Q: What is the supreme law of the United States?
A: the Constitution
- Q: What is the Bill of Rights?
A: the first 10 amendments to the Constitution
- Q: Name 3 rights or freedoms guaranteed by the Bill of Rights?
A: any three of the following : speech, assembly, petition, press, religion, the right to own a gun, the right to, no soldiers in home, right to a lawyer, right to a trail by jury, right to no excessive bail, no illegal searches, no cruel or unusual punishment, right to here your case before a grand jury
- Q: Who has the power to declare war?
A: Congress with the consent of the president
- Q: Who becomes President of the United States if the President and the Vice President should die?
A: the Speaker of the House
- Q: How many terms can a President serve?
A: 2 terms
- Q: Who elects the Present of the United States?
A: the electoral college
- Q: Who becomes President if the President dies?
A: the Vice President
- Q: Who was Martin Luther King Jr.?
A: a civil rights leader
- Q: How many Supreme Court justices are there?
A: 8 and 1 chief Justice
- Q: What is the head executive of a city government called?
A: a mayor
- Q: Who was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence?
A: Thomas Jefferson
- Q: Who said, “give me liberty, or give me death?”
A: Patrick Henry
- Q: Where does freedom of speech come from?
A: the first amendment to the Constitution
- Q: What is the minimum voting age?
A: 18
- Q: Who signs the bills into law?
A: the President
- Q: Who is the Vice President of the United States today?
A: Joe Biden
- Q: What is the Constitution?
A: the Supreme Law of the Land
- Q: What is the highest court in the United States?
A: the Supreme Court
- Q: What is the head executive of a state government called?
A: a governor
- Q: Who was President during the Civil War in the United States?
A: Abraham Lincoln
- Q: Why are there 100 senators in the Senate?
A: 2 senators from each state
- Q: Who selects the Supreme Court justices?
A: the president
- Q: What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
A: freed the slaves
- Q: What special group advises the Presidents?
A: the cabinet
- Q: Which president is called “the father of our country?”
A: George Washington
50. Q: What is the name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to America?
A: the Mayflower
- Q: What are the first 10 amendments of the Constitution called?
A: the Bill of Rights
- Q: What is the introduction of the Constitution called?
A: the Preamble
- Q: What are the 2 major political parties in the United States today called?
A: democrats and republicans
- Q: When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
A: July 4, 1776