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What are two rights of everyone living in the United States?
A) Freedom to petition the government and freedom to disobey traffic laws
B) Freedom of worship and freedom to make treaties with other countries
C) Freedom of speech and freedom to run for president
D) Freedom of speech and freedom of worship
Freedom of speech and freedom of worship
What is freedom of religion?
A) You can’t choose the time you practice your religion
B) You must choose a religion
C) You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion
D) No one can practice a religion
You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion.
Who is in charge of the executive branch?
A) The speaker of the house
B) The prime minister
C) The president
D) The chief justice
The president.
Name one branch of the government.
A) State government
B) Legislative
C) Parliament
D) United nations
Legislative
What do we call the first ten amendments to the constitution?
A) The articles of confederation
B) The inalienable rights
C) The Declaration of Independence
D) The bill of rights
The bill of rights
Under our constitution, some powers belong to the state. What are the powers of the states?
A) Make treaties
B) Providing schooling and education
C) Create and army
D) Coin or print money
Provide schooling and education
Who is the commander in chief of the military?
A) The president
B) The vice-president
C) The secretary of defense
D) The attorney general
The president
What is one reason colonists came to America?
A) For the experience traveling across the ocean
B) Freedom
C) To join a civic group
D) None of these answers
Freedom
Who is the “father of our country”?
A) George Washington
B) Thomas Jefferson
C) Abraham Lincoln
D) Patrick Henry
George Washington
What group of people were taken to America and sold as slaves?
A) English
B) Africans
C) Canadians
D) Dutch
Africans
We elect U.S. Senator for how many years?
A) Ten
B) Four
C) Two
D) Six
Six
What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
A) The president
B) Checks and balances
C) The people
D) Freedom of speech
Checks and balances
We elect a president for how many years?
A) Eight
B) Two
C) Four
D) Ten
Four
The idea of self-government is in the first three words if the constitution. What are these words?
A) We the people
B) Congress shall make
C) We the British
D) We the Colonists
We the people
Who makes federal laws?
A) Congress
B) The states
C) The president
D) The supreme court
Congress
What did martin luther king jr do?
A) Became a U.S Senator
B) Fought for civil rights
C) Fought for women’s suffrage
D) Ran for president of the united states
Fought for civil rights
What is the “rule of law”
A) Everyone but the president must follow the law
B) Government does not have to follow the law
C) All laws must be the same in every state
D) Everyone must follow the law
Everyone must follow the law
What does the constitution do?
A) Defines the government
B) Sets up the government
C) Protects basic rights of Americans
D) All of these answers
All of the above
Who lived in america before the europeans arrived?
A) American Indians
B) Floridians
C) No one
D) Canadians
American Indians
What did Susan B. Anthony do?
A) Made the first flag of the united states
B) Founded the red cross
C) Was the first woman elected to the House of Representatives
D) Fought for women’s rights
Fought for women’s rights
What are the two major political parties in the united states today
A) Reform and green
B) American and Bull-Moose
C) Democratic-Republican and Whig
D) Democratic and Republican
Democratic and republican
Under our constitution, some powers belong to the federal government, what is one power of the federal government?
A) To provide police departments
B) To issue driver’s licenses
C) To make treaties
D) To provide schooling
To make treaties
Who does the U.S. senator represent?
A) All people of the state in which they were elected
B) All people of the state belong to the senator’s political party
C) The state legislatures
D) Only the people in the state who voted for the senator
All people if the state in with they were elected
How old do citizens have to be to vote for president?
A) Thirty-five or older
B) Sixteen or older
C) Twenty-one or older
D) Eighteen or older
Eighteen or older
What happened at the constitutional convention?
A) The declaration if independence was written
B) The emancipation proclamation was written
C) The constitution was written
D) The Virginia declaration of rights was written
The constitution was written
What is one thing benjamin franklin is famous for?
A) Youngest member of the constitutional convention
B) Inventor of the airplane
C) Third president of the United States
D) U.S diplomat
U.S diplomat
What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United states?
A) The accident at Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant occurred
B) Hurricane Andrew struck the United States
C) Terrorists attacked the United States
D) The Japanese attacked pearl harbor
Terrorists attacked the United States
What does the judicial branch do?
A) Decides if a law goes against the Constitution
B) Review laws
C) Resolves disputes
D) All of the above
All of the above
Who do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?
A) The United States
B) The President
C) Congress
D) The state where you live
The United States
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
A) Abraham Lincoln
B) James Madison
C) George Washington
D) Thomas Jefferson
Thomas jefferson
What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy?
A) Write to a newspaper and call senators and representatives
B) Give an elected official your opinion on an issue and join a community group
C) Vote and join a civic group
D) All or these answers
All of these answers
There are four amendments to the constitution about who can vote. Select the response that accurately describes one of them
A) Citizens seventeen and older can vote
B) Citizens by birth only can vote
C) Citizens eighteen and older can vote
D) Only citizens with a job can vote
Citizens eighteen and older can vote
Who signs bills to become laws
A) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
B) The Vice President
C) The Secretary of State
D) The President
The president
The house of representatives has how many voting members?
A) Four hundred forty-one (441)
B) Four hundred thirty-five (435)
C) Two hundred (200)
D) One hundred (100)
Four hundred thirty-five (435)
Why do some states have more representatives than other states
A) Because the state’s Representatives have seniority in the House of Representatives
B) Because of the state’s population
C) Because of the geographical size of the state
D) Because of the state’s location
Because of the state’s population
What is an amendment?
A) An addition (to the Constitution)
B) The Preamble to the Constitution
C) An introduction
D) The beginning of the Declaration of Independence
An addition (to the constitution)
What us one responsibility that is only for United States citizens?
A) Pay taxes
B) Obey the law
C) Be respectful of others
D) Serve on a jury
Serve on a jury.
Why does the flag have 13 stripes?
A) Because the stripes represent the original colonies
B) Because the stripes represent the number of signatures of the U.S. Constitution
C) Because it was considered lucky to have 13 stripes on the flag
D) Because the stripes represent the members of the Second Continental Congress
Because the stripes represent the original colonies
What is the economic system in the united states?
A) Communist economy
B) Capitalist economy
C) Socialist economy
D) None of these answers
Capitalist economy
When do we celebrate Independence day?
A) January 1
B) July 4
C) June 30
D) March 4
July 4th
Name one right belonging only to United States citizens
A) Freedom of religion
B) Run for federal office
C) Attend public school
D) Freedom of speech
Run for federal office
What are the two parts of the U.S. congress?
A) The House of Representatives and the courts
B) The House of Lords and the House of Commons
C) The Senate and House of Representatives
D) The Senate and the courts
The Senate and House of Representatives
What us the supreme law of the land?
A) The Articles of Confederation
B) The Constitution
C) The Emancipation Proclamation
D) The Declaration of Independence
The Constitution
We elect a U.S representative for how many years?
A) Six
B) Two
C) Four
D) Eight
Two (2)
What are two rights in the declaration of independence?
A) Life and death
B) Life and pursuit of happiness
C) Liberty and justice
D) Life and the right to own a home
Life and pursuit of happiness
What dud the declaration if independence do?
A) Declared our independence from Great Britain
B) Declared our independence from France
C) Gave women the right to vote
D) Freed the slaves
Declared our independence from Great Britain
What us one right or freedom grated by the first amendment?
A) Trial by jury
B) To vote
C) To bear arms
D) Speech
Speech
What did the emancipation proclamation do?
A) Gave the United States independence from Great Britain
B) Ended World War I
C) Gave women the right to vote
D) Freed slaves in most Southern states
Freed slaves in most southern states
How many U.S. senators are there?
A) Fifty-two (52)
B) Four hundred thirty-five (435)
C) One hundred (100)
D) Fifty (50)
One hundred (100)
Who was the first president?
A) George Washington
B) John Adams
C) Thomas Jefferson
D) Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
