My retired mother has started volunteering as a tutor for the United States Citizenship test. The exam is given orally and therefore there are no multiple choices to pick from. You either know it or you don't. One of the sections is 6 question pulled at random from the following 100 questions. If you had to pass a test to become a citizen of our country, would you pass? (The answers are listed in the comments section at the end of the post)1.What is the supreme law of the land?
2. What does the Constitution do?
3. The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?
4. What is an amendment?
5. What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
6. What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?
7. How many amendments does the Constitution have?
8. What did the Declaration of Independence do?
9. What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
10. What is freedom of religion?
11. What is the economic system in the United States?
12. What is the "rule of law"?
13. Name one branch or part of the government.
14. What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
15. Who is in charge of the executive branch?
16. Who makes federal laws?
17. What are the two parts of the United States Congress?
18. How many United States Senators are there?
19. We elect a United States Senator for how many years?
20. Name your state's two U.S. Senators.
21. The House of Representatives has how many voting members?
22. We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?
23. Name your U.S. Representative.
24. Who does a U.S. Senator represent?
25. Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?
26. We elect a President for how many years?
27. In what month do we vote for President?
28. What is the name of the President of the United States now?
29. What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now?
30. If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
31. If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
32. Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?
33. Who signs bills to become laws
34. Who vetoes bills?
35. What does the President's Cabinet do?
36. What are two Cabinet-level positions?
37. What does the judicial branch do?
38. What is the highest court in the United States?
39. How many justices are on the Supreme Court?
40. Who is the Chief Justice of the United States?
41. Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the federal government?
42. Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the states?
43. Who is the Governor of your state?
44. What is the capital of your state?
45. What are the two major political parties in the United States?
46. What is the political party of the President now?
47. What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives now?
48. There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them.
49. What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens?
50. What are two rights only for United States citizens?
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?
53. What is one promise you make when you become a United States citizen?
54. How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?
55. What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy?
56. When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms?
57. When must all men register for the Selective Service?
58. What is one reason colonists came to America?
59. Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
60. What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
61. Why did the colonists fight the British?
62. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
63. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
64. There were 13 original states. Name three.
65. What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
66. When was the Constitution written?
67. The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.
68. What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
69. Who is the "Father of Our Country"
70. Who was the first President?
71. What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?a
72. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.
73. Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.
74. Name one problem that led to the Civil War
75. What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?
76. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
77. What did Susan B. Anthony do?
78. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s
79. Who was President during World War I?
80. Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?
81. Who did the United States fight in World War II?
82. Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?83. During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?
84. What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
85. What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?
86. What major event happened on September 11, 2001 in the United States?
87. Name one American Indian tribe in the United States
88. Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States.
89. What ocean is on the West Coast of the United States?
90. What Ocean is on the East Coast of the United States?
91. Name one U.S. territory.
92. Name one state that borders Canada.
93. Name one state that borders Mexico.
94. What is the capital of the United States?
95. Where is the Statue of Liberty?
96. Why does the flag have 13 stripes?
97. Why does the flag have 50 stars?
98. What is the name of the national anthem?
99. When do we celebrate Independence Day?
100. Name two national U.S. holidays.
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1. The Constitution
ReplyDelete2. Sets up the government, Defines the government, and Protects basic rights of Americans
3. We the People
4. A change or an addition (to the Constitution)
5. The Bill of Rights
6.: Speech, Religion, Assembly, Press, Petition the government
7. 27
8. Announced our independence (From Great Britain), Declared our independence (From Great Britain), and Said that the United States is free (From Great Britain)
9: Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness
10. You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion.
11. Capitalist economy, Market economy
12. Everyone must follow the law, Leaders must obey the law, Governments must obey the law, No one is above the law
13. Congress, Legislative, President, Executive, The courts, Judicial.
14. Checks and balances, Separation of powers.
15. The President.
16. Congress, The Senate and House of Representatives, The U.S. or national Legislature.
17.The Senate and the House of Representatives.
18. 100
19. 6
20. Answers will vary. [ For District of Columbia residents and residents of U.S. territories, the answer is that DC or the territory where the applicant lives has no U.S. Senators. ]
21. 435
22. 2
23. Answers will vary. [Residents of territories with nonvoting delegates or resident commissioners may provide the name of that representative or commissioner. Also acceptable is any statement that the territory has no (voting) representatives in Congress.].
24. All the people of the state
25. Because of the state's population, Because they have more people, Because some states have more people
26. 4
27. November
28. Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Obama.
29. Joseph R. Biden Jr., Joseph Biden, Biden
30. The Vice President
31. The Speaker of the House
32. The President
33. The President
34. The President
35. They advise the President
36. Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of Homeland Security
Secretary of Commerce
Secretary of Defense
Secretary of Education
Secretary of Energy
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Secretary of Interior
Secretary of State
Secretary of Transportation
Secretary of Treasury
Secretary of Veterans' Affairs
Secretary of Labor
Attorney General
Vice President
37. Reviews laws, Explains laws, Resolves disputes (disagreements), Decides if a law goes against the Constitution
38. The Supreme Court.
39. 9
40. John Roberts
41. To Print Money, To declare war, To create an army, To make treaties
42. Provide schooling and education, Provide protection (Police), Provide safety (Fire departments), Give a Driver's license, Approve zoning and land use
43. Answers will vary. [ Residents of the District of Columbia and U.S. territories without a Governor should say "we don't have a Governor."]
44. Answers will vary. [ District of Columbia residents should answer that D.C. is not a state and does not have a capital. Residents of U.S. territories should name the capital of the territory. ]
45. Democratic and Republican
46. Democratic (Party)
47. John Boehner
48. Citizens eighteen 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 )
49. Serve on a jury, Vote in a federal election
50. Vote in a federal election, Run for federal office
51. Freedom of expression, Freedom of speech, Freedom of assembly, Freedom to petition the government, Freedom of worship, The right to bear arm
ReplyDelete52. To the United States, To the Flag
53.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
54. Eighteen ( 18 ) and older
55. 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
56.April 15th
57. At age eighteen (between eighteen and twenty-six)
58. Freedom, Political liberty, religious freedom, economic opportunity, practice their religion, Escape persecution
59. Native Americans, American Indians
60. Africans, People from Africa
61. Because of high taxes (taxation without representation), Because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering), Because they didn't have self-government
62. Thomas Jefferson
63. July 4, 1776
64. Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Virginia
65. The Constitution was written, The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution
66. 1787
67. James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Publius
68. 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
69. George Washington
70. George Washington
71. The Louisiana Territory, Louisiana
72. War of 1812, Mexican-American War, Civil War, Spanish-American War
73.The Civil War, The War between the States
74. Slavery, Economic reasons, States rights
75. Freed the slaves (The Emancipation Proclamation), Saved (or preserved) the Union, Led the United States during the Civil War
76. Freed the slaves, Freed slaves in the Confederacy, Freed slaves in the Confederate states, Freed slaves in most Southern states
77. Fought for women's rights, Fought for civil right
78. World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War
79. Woodrow Wilson
80. Franklin Roosevelt
81. Japan, Germany, and Italy
82. World War II
83. Communism
84. Civil rights movement
85. Fought for civil rights, Worked for equality for all American
86. Terrorists attacked the United States
87. Cherokee, Navajo, Sioux, Chippewa, Choctaw, Pueblo, Apache, Iroquois, Creek, Blackfeet, Seminole, Cheyenne, Arawak, Shawnee, Mohegan, Huron, Oneida, Lakota, Crow, Teton, Hopi, Inuit
88. Missouri, Mississippi
89. Pacific Ocean
90. Atlantic Ocean
91. Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam
92. Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington, Alaska
93.California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas
94. Washington D.C.
95. New York Harbor, Liberty Island
96. Because there were 13 original colonies, Because the stripes represent the original colonies
97. Because there is one star for each state, Because each star represents a state, Because there are 50 states
98. The Star-Spangled Banner
99. July 4th
100. New Year's Day, Martin Luther King. Jr, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas