Can you pass this standard US citizenship exam? Answers posted in a couple of days.
1. What is the supreme law of the land?
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2. What does the ___________ do? (see #1)
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3. The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?
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4. What is an amendment?
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5. What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
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6. What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?*
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7. How many amendments does the Constitution have?
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8. What did the Declaration of Independence do?
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9. What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
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10. What is freedom of religion?
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11. What is the economic system in the United States?*
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12. What is the “rule of law”?
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B. System of Government
13. Name one branch or part of the government.*
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14. What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
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15. Who is in charge of the executive branch?
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16. Who makes federal laws?
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17. What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?*
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18. How many U.S. Senators are there?
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19. We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?
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20. Who is one of your state’s U.S. Senators?*
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21. The House of Representatives has how many voting members?
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22. We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?
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23. Name your U.S. Representative.
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24. Who does a U.S. Senator represent?
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25. Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?
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26. We elect a President for how many years?
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27. In what month do we vote for President?*
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28. What is the name of the President of the United States now?*
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29. What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now?
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30. If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
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31. If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
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32. Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?
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33. Who signs bills to become laws?
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34. Who vetoes bills?
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35. What does the President’s Cabinet do?
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36. What are two Cabinet-level positions?
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37. does the judicial branch do?
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38. What is the highest court in the United States?
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39. How many justices are on the Supreme Court?
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40. Who is the Chief Justice of the United States?
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41. Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the federal government?
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42. Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the states?
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43. Who is the Governor of your state?
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44. What is the capital of your state?*
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45. What are the two major political parties in the United States?*
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46. What is the political party of the President now?
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47. What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives now?
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C: Rights and Responsibilities
48. There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them.
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49. What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens?*
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50. What are two rights only for United States citizens?
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51. What are two rights of everyone living in the United States?
52. What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?
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53. What is one promise you make when you become a United States citizen?
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54. How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?*
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55. What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy?
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56. When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms?*
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57. When must all men register for the Selective Service?
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AMERICAN HISTORY
A: Colonial Period and Independence
58. What is one reason colonists came to America?
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59. Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
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60. What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
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61. Why did the colonists fight the British?
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62. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
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63. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
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64. There were 13 original states. Name three.
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65. What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
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66. When was the Constitution written?
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67. The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.
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68. What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
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69. Who is the “Father of Our Country”?
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70. Who was the first President?*
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B: 1800s
71. What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?
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72. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.
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73. Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.
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74. Name one problem that led to the Civil War.
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75. What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?*
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76. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
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77. What did Susan B. Anthony do?
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C: Recent American History and Other Important Historical Information
78. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.*
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79. Who was President during World War I?
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80. Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?
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81. Who did the United States fight in World War II?
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82. Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?
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83. During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?
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84. What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
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85. What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?*
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86. What major event happened on September 11, 2001 in the United States?
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87. Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.
A: INTEGRATED CIVICS
A: Geography
88. Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States.
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89. What ocean is on the West Coast of the United States?
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90. What ocean is on the East Coast of the United States?
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91. Name one U.S. territory.
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92. Name one state that borders Canada.
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93. Name one state that borders Mexico.
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94. What is the capital of the United States?*
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95. Where is the Statue of Liberty?*
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B. Symbols
96. Why does the flag have 13 stripes?
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97. Why does the flag have 50 stars?*
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98. What is the name of the national anthem?
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C: Holidays
99. When do we celebrate Independence Day?*
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100. Name two national U.S. holidays.
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