Citizenship Test

Question 1

What does the US Constitution do?

Answer 1

Protects the basic rights of Americans

Question 2

What is ONE right or freedom from the first amendment?

Answer 2

Speech

Religion

Question 3

How many amendments does the constitution have?

Answer 3

27

Question 4

What are TWO rights in the declaration of independence?

Answer 4

Life
Liberty
Pursuit of happiness

Question 5

Name ONE branch or part of the government

Answer 5

Congress
Judicial
Executive
President

Question 6

What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?

Answer 6

Checks and balances

Question 7

Who makes federal laws?

Answer 7

Congress

Question 8

What are the two parts of the US congress?

Answer 8

Senate & house of representatives

Question 9

How many US Senators are there?

Answer 9

100

Question 10

We elect a US senator for how many years?

Answer 10

6

Question 11

Who is ONE of your US Senators now?

Answer 11

Todd Young

Question 12

The House of Representatives has how many voting members?

Answer 12

435

Question 13

We elect a US representative for how many years?

Answer 13

2

Question 14

Name your US Representative.

Answer 14

Andre Carson

Question 15

What are two cabinet level positions?

Answer 15

Secretary of Defense

Secretary of State

Vice President

Question 16

What does the president’s cabinet do?

Answer 16

Advises the president

Question 17

What does the judicial branch do?

Answer 17

Reviews laws

Explains laws

Question 18

How many justices are on the Supreme Court?

Answer 18

9

Question 19

Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now?

Answer 19

John Roberts

Question 20

Under our constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the federal government?

Answer 20

To declare war
To print money

Question 21

Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the states?

Answer 21

Give a drivers license

Question 22

Who is the governor of our state now?

Answer 22

Eric Holcomb

Question 23

What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives?

Answer 23

Mike Johnson

Question 24

There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them.

Answer 24

Any citizen can vote. / Men and women can vote.

Citizens 18 and older can vote.

Question 25

What are two rights of everyone living in the United States?

Answer 25

Freedom of speech Freedom of religion Right to bear arms

Question 26

What is one promise you make when you become a United States citizen?

Answer 26

Obey the law of the United States Be loyal to the United States

Question 27

What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy?

Answer 27

Vote Run for office Write to a newspaper

Question 28

When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms?

Answer 28

April 15

Question 29

Why did the colonists fight the British?

Answer 29

Because of high taxes

Question 30

Who wrote the declaration of independence?

Answer 30

Thomas Jefferson

Question 31

There were 13 original stages. Name three.

Answer 31

New York New Jersey Massachusetts (basically most of the east coast)

Question 32

What happened at the Constitutional Convention?

Answer 32

The constitution was written.

Question 33

When was the constitution written?

Answer 33

1787

Question 34

The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the US Constitution. Name one of the writers.

Answer 34

Alexander Hamilton

Question 35

What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?

Answer 35

He was a US diplomat.

Question 36

Who was president during World War I?

Answer 36

Woodrow Wilson

Question 37

Who was president during the Great Depression and World War II?

Answer 37

Franklin Roosevelt

Question 38

Who did the United States fight in World War II?

Answer 38

Japan, Germany, and Italy

Question 39

Before he was president, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?

Answer 39

World War II

Question 40

During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?

Answer 40

Communism

Question 41

What movement tried to end racial discrimination?

Answer 41

Civil rights movement

Question 42

What did Martin Luther King Jr do?

Answer 42

Fought for civil rights

Question 43

What’s the supreme law of the land?

Answer 43

The constitution

Question 44

What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?

Answer 44

The Bill of Rights