Citizenship test Flashcards
What is the purpose and date of the Constitution?
Ratified on May 29th 1790, made to be the foundation of laws in the U.S.
What is the Preamble?
The introduction to the Constitution.
What are Amendments?
Changes to the Constitution.
What are the bill of rights?
The first 10 amendments.
What’s the 1st amendment?
Freedom of religion, speech and the press.
How many amendments are there?
27.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
13 colonies document declaring independence from Britain.
What is the economic system of the U.S.?
Mixed economy.
What are checks and balances?
makes sure not one branch has more power then the other.
What are the branches of government?
Legislative, Judicial, executive.
How does a bill become a law?
Both houses pass it and the president signs it.
How many senators and representatives are there?
100 senators and 435 representatives.
What are the terms of senators, representatives and president?
Senators 6 years, representatives 2 years, and president 4 years.
Who are the Washington senators?
Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell.
Who is Washington’s governor?
Jay Insley.
Who is the Speaker of the house?
Mike Johnson.
Who is president and Vice president?
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
What month is the presidential election and inauguration?
Election in November and Inauguration in January.
Who are 2nd and 3rd in line for President?
Vice President then Speaker of the house.
What are the Roles of President?
Head of state, government and congress, commander-in-chief of the armed forces.
What are the roles of the cabinet?
to advise the president.
What is the supreme court?
Highest level of the judicial branch, interprets constitution.
How many supreme court justices are there?
9.
What are the Political parties in the U.S.?
Republican, Democratic, Independent.
When are taxes due?
April 15th.
Who is the author of the constitution? Date?
Thomas Jefferson on July 4th 1776.
When was the constitutional congress? What was it about?
May and September of 1787 to address articles of confederation.
Who was our first president?
George Washington.
President during the civil war?
Abraham Lincoln.
What was the civil war?
southern vs northern U.S. to free slaves.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Declared slaves were free.
What were the 13 colonies
Georgia, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Massachusetts bay, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Delaware, Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina.
