CIVICS EXAM

Question 1

What is the supreme law of the land?

Answer 1

the constitution

Question 2

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

Answer 2

the bill of rights

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

we elect a senator for how many years?

Answer 5

6

Question 6

Who is one of your state’s U.S. Senators now?

Answer 6

Roy Blunt (R)
Josh Hawley (R)

Question 7

We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years

Answer 7

2

Question 8

Name your U.S. Representative

Answer 8

Vicky Hartzler (R)

Question 9

Who does a U.S. Senator represent?

Answer 9

all people of the state

Question 10

If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President?

Answer 10

The speaker of the house

Question 11

What does the judicial branch do?

Answer 11

▪ reviews laws
▪ explains laws
▪ resolves disputes (disagreements)
▪ decides if a law goes against the Constitution

Question 12

Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now?

Answer 12

John Roberts

Question 13

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

Answer 13

▪ to print money
▪ to declare war
▪ to create an army
▪ to make treaties

Question 14

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

Answer 14

▪ provide schooling and education
▪ provide protection (police)
▪ provide safety (fire departments)
▪ give a driver’s license
▪ approve zoning and land use

Question 15

Who is the Governor of your state now?

Answer 15

Mike Parson (R)

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Nancy Pelosi (D)

Question 17

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

Answer 17

▪ Citizens eighteen (18) and older (can vote).
▪ You don’t have to pay (a poll tax) to vote.
▪ Any citizen can vote. (Women and men can vote.)
▪ A male citizen of any race (can vote).

Question 18

What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens?

Answer 18

▪ serve on a jury

▪ vote in a federal election

Question 19

Name one right only for United States citizens.

Answer 19

vote in a federal election

run for federal office

Question 20

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

Answer 20

▪ freedom of expression
▪ freedom of speech
▪ freedom of assembly
▪ freedom to petition the government
▪ freedom of religion
▪ the right to bear arms

Question 21

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

Answer 21

▪ give up loyalty to other countries
▪ defend the Constitution and laws of the United States
▪ obey the laws of the United States
▪ serve in the U.S. military (if needed)
▪ serve (do important work for) the nation (if needed)
▪ be loyal to the United States

Question 22

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

Answer 22

▪ vote
▪ join a political party
▪ help with a campaign
▪ join a civic group
▪ join a community group
▪ give an elected official your opinion on an issue
▪ call Senators and Representatives
▪ publicly support or oppose an issue or policy
▪ run for office
▪ write to a newspaper

Question 23

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

Answer 23

april 15

Question 24

When must all men register for the Selective Service?

Answer 24

18-26

preferably 18

Question 25

What is one reason colonists came to America?

Answer 25

▪ freedom
▪ political liberty
▪ religious freedom
▪ economic opportunity
▪ practice their religion
▪ escape persecution

Question 26

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 26

thomas jefferson

Question 27

When was the Constitution written?

Answer 27

1787

Question 28

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

Answer 28

James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
John Jay

Question 29

What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?

Answer 29

▪ U.S. diplomat
▪ oldest member of the Constitutional Convention
▪ first Postmaster General of the United States
▪ writer of “Poor Richard’s Almanac”
▪ started the first free libraries

Question 30

who was the “father of our country”

Answer 30

george washington

Question 31

What did Susan B. Anthony do?

Answer 31

fought for civil rights and women’s rights

Question 32

who was the president during ww1

Answer 32

Woodrow Wilson

Question 33

Who did the United States fight in World War II?

Answer 33

japan germany and italy

list all of them

Question 34

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

Answer 34

ww2

Question 35

Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.

Answer 35

Cherokee
Seminole
Crow

Question 36

Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States.

Answer 36

Missouri river

Mississippi river

Question 37

Name one U.S. territory

Answer 37

▪ Puerto Rico
▪ U.S. Virgin Islands
▪ American Samoa
▪ Northern Mariana Islands
▪ Guam

Question 38

Why does the flag have 13 stripes?

Answer 38

▪ because there were 13 original colonies

▪ because the stripes represent the original colonies

Question 39

Name two national U.S. holidays.

Answer 39

▪ New Year’s Day
▪ Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
▪ Presidents’ Day
▪ Memorial Day
▪ Independence Day
▪ Labor Day
▪ Columbus Day
▪ Veterans Day
▪ Thanksgiving
▪ Christmas