Citizenship Test – Q/A
The Constitution
Sets up the government. Defines the government. Protects basic rights of Americans.
“We the people…”
A change to the Constitution. An addition to the Constitution.
The Bill of Rights.
The freedom of: speech, press, religion, peaceable assembly, petition the government.
Twenty- seven (27)
It announced/declared the United States independence from Great Britain.
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
The right to practice any religion, or not practice a religion.
Capitalism/Market economy
The idea that everyone must obey the law. This includes political leaders, social icons, wealthy members of society etc. No one is above the law; it applies to everyone. United States System of Government:
2) The executive branch (the President).
3) The judicial branch (the court system).
2) The separation of powers
The President.
The legislative branch or Congress
The Senate and the House of Representatives.
One hundred (100)
Answers will vary. Residents of the District of Columbia and U.S. territories have no senators.
Four hundred thirty-five (435)
Answers will vary. Residents of territories with nonvoting Delegates or resident Commissioners may provide the name of that Delegate or Commissioner. Also acceptable is any statement that the territory has no (voting) Representatives in Congress.
All the people of the state.
Number of Representatives is based on state population. If one state has a higher population than another, then they will have more Representatives.
The Vice President
The Speaker of the House
The President
The President
The President
Advise the President.
2) Secretary of Commerce
3) Secretary of Defense
4) Secretary of Education
5) Secretary of Energ
6) Secretary of Health and Human Resources
7) Secretary of Homeland Security
8) Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
9) Secretary of the Interior
10) Secretary of State
11) Secretary of Transportation
12) Secretary of Treasury
13) Secretary of Veteran’s Affairs
14) Secretary of Labor
15) Attorney General
2) Explain laws.
3) Resolve disputes (disagreements)
4) Decides if a law is unconstitutional (goes against the Constitution)
The Supreme Court
John Roberts (John G. Roberts, Jr.)
2) Power to declare war.
3) Power to create and army.
4) Power to make treaties.
2) Power to provide protection (police).
3) Power to provide safety (fire department).
4) Power to issue a driver’s license.
5) Power to approve zoning and land use.
Answers will vary. Residents of the District of Columbia and U.S. territories without a governor should say “We don’t have a Governor.”
Residents of the District of Columbia and U.S. territories should answer that D.C. is not a states and does not have a capital. Residents of U.S. territories should name the capital of the territory.
The Democratic Party and the Republican Party.
The Democratic Party.
Kevin McCarthy.
Rights and Responsibilities:
2) You don’t have to pay (a poll tax) to vote.
3) Any citizen (both men and women) can vote. 4) A male citizen of any race can vote.
2) To vote.
2) To vote.
3) To run for office.
4) To carry a U.S. passport.
2) Freedom of speech
3) Freedom of peaceable assembly
4) Freedom to petition the government
5) Freedom of worship 6) The right to bear arms.
The United States or the United States flag.
2) To defend the Constitution and laws of the United States
3) To obey the laws of the United States
4) To serve in the U.S. military (if necessary)
5) To serve (do important work for) the nation (if necessary)
6) To be loyal to the United States
Eighteen (18) years old
2) Join a political party
3) Help with a political campaign
4) Join a civic group
5) Give an elected official your opinion on an issue
6) Call Senators and Representatives
7) Publically support or oppose an issue of policy
8) Run for office 9) Write to a newspaper
At age eighteen (18) The Colonial Period and Independence:
2) Political liberty
3) Religious freedom
4) Economic opportunity
5) Escape persecution.
Native Americans or American Indians
Africans (people from Africa)
2) Because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering, marshal law)
3) Because they didn’t have self-government.
Thomas Jefferson
July 4, 1776.
New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia.
The Constitution was written by the Founding Fathers.
James Madison Alexander Hamilton John Jay Publius
2) He was the oldest member of the Constitutional Convention
3) He was the first postmaster general of the United States
4) He was the writer of “Poor Richard’s Alamanc”
5) He started the first free libraries.
George Washington
The 1800s:
The Louisiana Territory (present day Louisiana)
2) Mexican-American War
3) Civil War
4) Spanish-American War
The Civil War
2) Economic Reasons
3) State Rights.
2) He preserved the Union.
3) He led the United States during the Civil War.
It freed the slaves.
Fought for women’s right and for civil rights. Recent American History and Other Important Historical Information:
2) World War II
3) The Korean War
4) The Vietnam War
5) The Persian Gulf War.
Franklin Roosevelt
Japan, Germany, and Italy
The Civil Rights Movement.
He fought for civil rights and the equality of all Americans.
Terrorists attached the United States.
2) Navajo
3) Sioux
4) Chippewa
5) Choctaw
6) Pueblo
7) Apache
8) Iroquois
9) Creek
10) Blackfeet
11) Seminole
12) Cheyenne
13) Arawak
14) Shawnee
15) Mohegan
16) Huron
17) Oneida
18) Lakota
19) Crow
20) Teton
21) Hopi
Inuit Geography:
2) The Mississippi River
The Pacific Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean
2) U.S. Virgin Islands
3) American Samoa
4) Northern Mariana Islands
5) Guam
2) New Hampshire
3) Vermont
4) New York
5) Pennsylvania
6) Ohio
7) Michigan
8) Minnesota
9) North Dakota
10) Montana
11) Idaho
12) Washington
13) Alaska
2) Arizona
3) New Mexico
4) Texas
Washington, D.C.
2) Liberty Island
3) New Jersey
4) Near New York City
5) On the Hudson River.
Symbols:
Because each star represents one of the 50 states.
The Star-Spangled Banner.
Symbols:
1) New Years Day
2) Martin Luther King Jr. Day
3) Presidents Day
4) Memorial Day
5) Independence Day
6) Labor Day
7) Columbus Day
8) Veterans Day
9) Thanksgiving
10) Christmas.