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U.S. Citizenship Quiz

Get 15 or more correct to pass!
1. Who is considered to be the “Father of Our Country”?
0  George Washington
0  Alexander Hamilton
0  Thomas Jefferson
0  James Madison
0  Christopher Columbus

2. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
0  George Washington
0  Alexander Hamilton
0  Thomas Jefferson
0  James Madison
0  Christopher Columbus

3. What is the supreme law of the land?
0  The Executive Branch
0  The Constitution
0  The Honor System
0  The Bill of Rights
0  The Magna Carta

4. The notion of self-government is present in the first three words of the Constitution.   What are the three words?
0  United we stand…
O  Give me your…
0  We the people…
0  Congress shall make…
0  You have the…

5. The first ten amendments to the Constitution are called…
0  Article One
0  The Bill of Rights
0  The Declaration of Independence
0  The Federalist Papers
0  The Preamble

6. How many amendments does the Constitution have in total?
0  1
0  10
0  27
0  50
0  142

7. What is one right or freedom NOT provided by the First Amendment?
0  speech
0  religion
0  assembly
0  pursuit of happiness
0  petition the government

8. How many U.S. senators are there and how long is a senator’s term?
0  50 senators; 2 years
0  50 senators; 6 years
0  100 senators; 2 years
0  100 senators; 6 years

9. Why do some states have more representatives than other states?
0  States with more people have more representatives
0  States with more land have more representatives
0  Each state has the same number of representatives
0  Each state’s number of representatives is random

10. What other position does the commander-in-chief of the military hold?
0  President
0  Vice President
0  Speaker of the House
0  Secretary of State
0  Secretary of Defense

11. If both the president and the vice president can no longer serve, who becomes   president?
0  Attorney General
0  House Majority Leader
0  Speaker of the House
0  Secretary of State
0  Secretary of Defense

12. Which of the following is not a branch of government?
0  Executive
0  Legislative
0  Financial
0  Judicial
0  None of the above

13. What stops any one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
0  Executive Orders
0  The United Nations
0  The National Security Agency
0  A system of checks and balances
O  Journalists and the national media

14. Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government, and some powers belong to the states. Which is not a power of the federal government?
0  print money
0  provide driver’s licenses
0  declare war
0  create an army
0  make treaties

15. Who was president during World War I?
0  Woodrow Wilson
0  Lyndon B. Johnson
0  Richard Nixon
0  Franklin D. Roosevelt
0  George H.W. Bush

16. Who did the United States fight in World War II?
0  Germany
0  Japan
0  Italy
0  All of the above
0  None of the above

17. How old must a citizen be to vote for president?
0  16
0  17
0  18
0  21
0  25

18. What is the economic system in the United States?
0  Socialist
0  Communist
0  Capitalist
0  Mercantilist
0  Laissez-faire

19. Which state does not border Mexico?
0  California
0  Arizona
0  Nevada
0  New Mexico
O  Texas

20. Which of the following is NOT an American Indian tribe in the United States?
0  Cherokee
0  Sioux
0  Iroquois
0  Apache
0  Sabine

21. When is the last day you can send in federal income tax returns?
0  January 1
0  April 15
0  May 20
0  July 4
0  December 31

22. What is the political party of the current president?
0  Republican
0  Democrat

23. What is the capital of the United States?
0  Philadelphia, PA
0  Annapolis, MD
0  New York, NY
0  Washington, DC
0  Juneau, AK

24. What do the stripes on the American flag represent?
0  The number of signatures on the Declaration of Independence
0  The number of signatures on the Constitution
0  The original 10 colonies
0  The original 13 colonies
0  Nothing

25. Which of the following is not a federal holiday?
0  Memorial Day
0  Election Day
0  Independence Day
0  Labor Day
0  Veterans Day

Test results will be shown tomorrow!

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