Citizenship test

Question 1

What is the purpose and date of the Constitution?

Answer 1

Ratified on May 29th 1790, made to be the foundation of laws in the U.S.

Question 2

What is the Preamble?

Answer 2

The introduction to the Constitution.

Question 3

What are Amendments?

Answer 3

Changes to the Constitution.

Question 4

What are the bill of rights?

Answer 4

The first 10 amendments.

Question 5

What’s the 1st amendment?

Answer 5

Freedom of religion, speech and the press.

Question 6

How many amendments are there?

Answer 6

27.

Question 7

What is the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 7

13 colonies document declaring independence from Britain.

Question 8

What is the economic system of the U.S.?

Answer 8

Mixed economy.

Question 9

What are checks and balances?

Answer 9

makes sure not one branch has more power then the other.

Question 10

What are the branches of government?

Answer 10

Legislative, Judicial, executive.

Question 11

How does a bill become a law?

Answer 11

Both houses pass it and the president signs it.

Question 12

How many senators and representatives are there?

Answer 12

100 senators and 435 representatives.

Question 13

What are the terms of senators, representatives and president?

Answer 13

Senators 6 years, representatives 2 years, and president 4 years.

Question 14

Who are the Washington senators?

Answer 14

Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell.

Question 15

Who is Washington’s governor?

Answer 15

Jay Insley.

Question 16

Who is the Speaker of the house?

Answer 16

Mike Johnson.

Question 17

Who is president and Vice president?

Answer 17

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.

Question 18

What month is the presidential election and inauguration?

Answer 18

Election in November and Inauguration in January.

Question 19

Who are 2nd and 3rd in line for President?

Answer 19

Vice President then Speaker of the house.

Question 20

What are the Roles of President?

Answer 20

Head of state, government and congress, commander-in-chief of the armed forces.

Question 21

What are the roles of the cabinet?

Answer 21

to advise the president.

Question 22

What is the supreme court?

Answer 22

Highest level of the judicial branch, interprets constitution.

Question 23

How many supreme court justices are there?

Answer 23

9.

Question 24

What are the Political parties in the U.S.?

Answer 24

Republican, Democratic, Independent.

Question 25

When are taxes due?

Answer 25

April 15th.

Question 26

Who is the author of the constitution? Date?

Answer 26

Thomas Jefferson on July 4th 1776.

Question 27

When was the constitutional congress? What was it about?

Answer 27

May and September of 1787 to address articles of confederation.

Question 28

Who was our first president?

Answer 28

George Washington.

Question 29

President during the civil war?

Answer 29

Abraham Lincoln.

Question 30

What was the civil war?

Answer 30

southern vs northern U.S. to free slaves.

Question 31

What is the Emancipation Proclamation?

Answer 31

Declared slaves were free.

Question 32

What were the 13 colonies

Answer 32

Georgia, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Massachusetts bay, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Delaware, Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina.