UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CITIZENSHIP PRACTICE EXAMINATION
1) What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
A. religion and life
B. liberty and worship
C. life and pursuit of happiness
D. speech and pursuit of happiness
2) What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress? *
A. the Senate and House of Representatives
B. executive and judicial
C. the Senate and the Suphsnvpepepereme Court
D. the House and the President
3) The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?
A. The Peoplpebc obce We
B. We the People
C. The Amerfnghlmpeokican People
D. We American People
4) What did the Declaration of Independence do?
A. declared our independence from other colonies
B. defined the Constitution
C. svisit 800citizen.com all rights reserved.aid that the United States is free from Great Britain
D. announced the name of our couvisit 800citizen.com all rights reserved.ntry
5) Who makes federal laws?
A. U.S. or national legislmwfn swxxpxpubature
B. the Supreme Court
C. the fefokvivi stuederal police
D. the President
6) What is the "rule of law"?
A. Everyone must follow the law except for governmpenvtuent.
B. The Judges of the Supreme Court are above the law.
C. The president does not need to follow the law.
D. Government must obey the law.
7) What is the capital of the United States?
A. Los Angeles
B. Chicago
C. Washington, D.C.
D. New York
8) Who does a U.S. Senator represent?
A. all people of the city he or she lqrtuokbcbcokokives in
B. all people of the United States
C. all pexpklsthsxpxpaoople of the state
D. all people of his or her party
9) The House of Representatives has how many voting members?
A. 453
B. 435
C. 534
D. 345
10) Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.
A. the War of the middle states
B. the North-South War
C. the War between the States
D. War of the states
11) What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
A. The Founding Fathers had dinners together.
B. The meeting was interrupted by British Army.
C. The Constitution was written.
D. Thomas Jefferson wrote the Constitution.
12) Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?
A. George Bush
B. Abraham Lincoln
C. Franklin Roopebcijrgijfnefefsevelt
D. Woodrow Wilson
13) Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?
A. the Secretary of State
B. the President
C. the Vice Ptuijqrpelmtuqrviresident
D. the Speaker of the House of Representatives
14) What is the economic system in the United States? *
A. government-managed economy
B. socialism economy
C. capitalist economy
D. fnvcdfntuubaoederal economy
15) During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?
A. Ectuvihsghonomics issues
B. Capitalism
C. Socialism
D. Communism
16) When was the Constitution written?
A. 1778
B. 17pebcmwstok bkl80
C. 1776
D. 178wxstqrpecdaost7
17) Who was the first President?
A. Abraham Lincoln
B. Benjamin Franklin
C. George Washington
D. Thomas Jefferson
18) We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?
A. 6
B. 4
C. 5
D. 2
19) Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?
A. because they have more people
B. because they have more rich people
C. because they are larger by land and water area
D. because they are larger by land area
20) What is the capital of your state? *
A. Nashville
B. New York
C. Washington D.C.
D. Montgomery
21) What is the name of the President of the United States now? *
A. Billvisit 800citizen.com all rights reserved. Clinton
B. Barack Obama
C. George W. Bush
D. Joe Biden
22) What is one reason colonists came to America?
A. economic opportunity
B. look for other cultural statements
C. hlmdaklmw spehsunt animals
D. look for the Great Canyon
23) How many U.S. Senators are there?
A. 50
B. 200
C. 88
D. 100
24) What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy?
A. serve on a jury and join a political party
B. write to a newspaper and speak in the United Nations
C. vote and volunteer as a social worker
D. run for office and join a community group
25) Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.
A. Independence War
B. Afghanistan War
C. Cefdalmnvdabc uokijivil War
D. Persian Gulf War
26) Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the states?
A. to print money
B. tolmxpdaok hfn approve zoning and land use
C. to make treaties
D. to create an army
27) Where is the Statue of Liberty?
A. Los Angeles
B. Liberty any duplication is prohibited.Island
C. Hawaii xprghsghIsland
D. Washington, D.C.
28) What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
A. the Amendments of Rights
B. the Law of Rights
C. the Bill of Rights
D. the Right's Bill
29) Name one problem that led to the Civil War.
A. presidential conflicts
B. states' rights
C. election freedom
D. human rights
30) Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?
A. World War II
B. Vietnam War
C. Korean War
D. World War I
31) The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.
A. James Madison
B. James Boshklfnlmklqr cklfnefinoma
C. Alexander Hilberton
D. Jay Leno
32) What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States?
A. The 100th anniversary of American Civil War
B. American army attacked Iraq
C. Teghkltustlmnvklstrrorists attacked the United States.
D. The 24th Oany duplication is prohibited.lympic Games started
33) What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?
A. freed the slaves
B. invented the telegram
C. resisted the British Army
D. the first three-tstlmnvbclmpelmime president in the US
34) Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now?
A. John Roberts
B. Barack Obama
C. Joe Biden
D. Hillary Clinton
35) We elect a President for how many years?
A. 5
B. 3
C. 6
D. 4
36) Why did the colonists fight the British?
A. because the Britrgmwpepefnaopeish army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering)
B. because of financial crisis
C. to free thqrcdqre African slaves
D. to help natklwxhsrgubtuklfnive Indians to get freedom
37) Name one U.S. territory.
A. American Finland
B. Hnvubtuubokhspeawaii
C. Northernklnvmwvixp Mariana Islands
D. Madagviviub abcnvnvviascar
38) Which of the following is a branch or part of the government? *
A. Universities or educational departments
B. President or executive
C. Post ofkl ustvirgghkltu afices or postal services
D. Hospitals or health care facilities
39) Who signs bills to become laws?
A. the Vice President
B. the Speaker of the House of Representatives
C. the Secretary of State
D. the President
40) What does the judicial branch do?
A. runs the government
B. reviewsijaopeubfn laws
C. makes the laws
D. amends the Constitution
41) What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
A. establishment of the police and army
B. election of the President every 4 years
C. checks and balances
D. reduction in the number of government employees
42) What are two Cabinet-level positions?
A. Secretary of State and Secretary of Sports
B. Secretary of Labor and Secretary of Communication
C. Secretary of Commerce and Secretary of Law
D. Vice President and Secretary of State
43) We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 4
44) Name one state that borders Canada.
A. Montana
B. Illinois
C. Indiana
D. Massachusetts
45) What are two rights of everyone living in the United States?
A. freedom to vote and freedom of speech
B. the right to bear armsvisit 800citizen.com all rights reserved. and freedom to vote
C. freedom of assembly and freedom of speech
D. freedom of worship and freedom of education
46) What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
A. free workers frowxdargcddawx agh tefm paying high tax
B. freevisit 800citizen.com all rights reserved. women from house chores
C. free Asian workers in San Francisco Bay area
D. freed slaves in most Southern states
47) In what month do we vote for President? *
A. January
B. Nowx bklfnbcijijokvember
C. Octorglmxpstber
D. December
48) What did Susan B. Anthony do?
A. fought for men's rights
B. fought for poor people's rights
C. fought for children's rights
D. fought for civil rights
49) If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
A. the Speaker of the House of Representatives
B. the Commander in Chief of the military
C. the President pro tempore of the Senate
D. an election is held to vote for a new President
50) What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
A. invented the bulb
B. published the code of the Constitution
C. first Postmaststmwlmaotudaxpnver General of the United States
D. statupevistperted the first universities
1) What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
A. religion and life
B. liberty and worship
C. life and pursuit of happiness
D. speech and pursuit of happiness
2) What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress? *
A. the Senate and House of Representatives
B. executive and judicial
C. the Senate and the Suphsnvpepepereme Court
D. the House and the President
3) The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?
A. The Peoplpebc obce We
B. We the People
C. The Amerfnghlmpeokican People
D. We American People
4) What did the Declaration of Independence do?
A. declared our independence from other colonies
B. defined the Constitution
C. svisit 800citizen.com all rights reserved.aid that the United States is free from Great Britain
D. announced the name of our couvisit 800citizen.com all rights reserved.ntry
5) Who makes federal laws?
A. U.S. or national legislmwfn swxxpxpubature
B. the Supreme Court
C. the fefokvivi stuederal police
D. the President
6) What is the "rule of law"?
A. Everyone must follow the law except for governmpenvtuent.
B. The Judges of the Supreme Court are above the law.
C. The president does not need to follow the law.
D. Government must obey the law.
7) What is the capital of the United States?
A. Los Angeles
B. Chicago
C. Washington, D.C.
D. New York
8) Who does a U.S. Senator represent?
A. all people of the city he or she lqrtuokbcbcokokives in
B. all people of the United States
C. all pexpklsthsxpxpaoople of the state
D. all people of his or her party
9) The House of Representatives has how many voting members?
A. 453
B. 435
C. 534
D. 345
10) Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.
A. the War of the middle states
B. the North-South War
C. the War between the States
D. War of the states
11) What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
A. The Founding Fathers had dinners together.
B. The meeting was interrupted by British Army.
C. The Constitution was written.
D. Thomas Jefferson wrote the Constitution.
12) Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?
A. George Bush
B. Abraham Lincoln
C. Franklin Roopebcijrgijfnefefsevelt
D. Woodrow Wilson
13) Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?
A. the Secretary of State
B. the President
C. the Vice Ptuijqrpelmtuqrviresident
D. the Speaker of the House of Representatives
14) What is the economic system in the United States? *
A. government-managed economy
B. socialism economy
C. capitalist economy
D. fnvcdfntuubaoederal economy
15) During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?
A. Ectuvihsghonomics issues
B. Capitalism
C. Socialism
D. Communism
16) When was the Constitution written?
A. 1778
B. 17pebcmwstok bkl80
C. 1776
D. 178wxstqrpecdaost7
17) Who was the first President?
A. Abraham Lincoln
B. Benjamin Franklin
C. George Washington
D. Thomas Jefferson
18) We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?
A. 6
B. 4
C. 5
D. 2
19) Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?
A. because they have more people
B. because they have more rich people
C. because they are larger by land and water area
D. because they are larger by land area
20) What is the capital of your state? *
A. Nashville
B. New York
C. Washington D.C.
D. Montgomery
21) What is the name of the President of the United States now? *
A. Billvisit 800citizen.com all rights reserved. Clinton
B. Barack Obama
C. George W. Bush
D. Joe Biden
22) What is one reason colonists came to America?
A. economic opportunity
B. look for other cultural statements
C. hlmdaklmw spehsunt animals
D. look for the Great Canyon
23) How many U.S. Senators are there?
A. 50
B. 200
C. 88
D. 100
24) What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy?
A. serve on a jury and join a political party
B. write to a newspaper and speak in the United Nations
C. vote and volunteer as a social worker
D. run for office and join a community group
25) Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.
A. Independence War
B. Afghanistan War
C. Cefdalmnvdabc uokijivil War
D. Persian Gulf War
26) Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the states?
A. to print money
B. tolmxpdaok hfn approve zoning and land use
C. to make treaties
D. to create an army
27) Where is the Statue of Liberty?
A. Los Angeles
B. Liberty any duplication is prohibited.Island
C. Hawaii xprghsghIsland
D. Washington, D.C.
28) What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
A. the Amendments of Rights
B. the Law of Rights
C. the Bill of Rights
D. the Right's Bill
29) Name one problem that led to the Civil War.
A. presidential conflicts
B. states' rights
C. election freedom
D. human rights
30) Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?
A. World War II
B. Vietnam War
C. Korean War
D. World War I
31) The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.
A. James Madison
B. James Boshklfnlmklqr cklfnefinoma
C. Alexander Hilberton
D. Jay Leno
32) What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States?
A. The 100th anniversary of American Civil War
B. American army attacked Iraq
C. Teghkltustlmnvklstrrorists attacked the United States.
D. The 24th Oany duplication is prohibited.lympic Games started
33) What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?
A. freed the slaves
B. invented the telegram
C. resisted the British Army
D. the first three-tstlmnvbclmpelmime president in the US
34) Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now?
A. John Roberts
B. Barack Obama
C. Joe Biden
D. Hillary Clinton
35) We elect a President for how many years?
A. 5
B. 3
C. 6
D. 4
36) Why did the colonists fight the British?
A. because the Britrgmwpepefnaopeish army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering)
B. because of financial crisis
C. to free thqrcdqre African slaves
D. to help natklwxhsrgubtuklfnive Indians to get freedom
37) Name one U.S. territory.
A. American Finland
B. Hnvubtuubokhspeawaii
C. Northernklnvmwvixp Mariana Islands
D. Madagviviub abcnvnvviascar
38) Which of the following is a branch or part of the government? *
A. Universities or educational departments
B. President or executive
C. Post ofkl ustvirgghkltu afices or postal services
D. Hospitals or health care facilities
39) Who signs bills to become laws?
A. the Vice President
B. the Speaker of the House of Representatives
C. the Secretary of State
D. the President
40) What does the judicial branch do?
A. runs the government
B. reviewsijaopeubfn laws
C. makes the laws
D. amends the Constitution
41) What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
A. establishment of the police and army
B. election of the President every 4 years
C. checks and balances
D. reduction in the number of government employees
42) What are two Cabinet-level positions?
A. Secretary of State and Secretary of Sports
B. Secretary of Labor and Secretary of Communication
C. Secretary of Commerce and Secretary of Law
D. Vice President and Secretary of State
43) We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 4
44) Name one state that borders Canada.
A. Montana
B. Illinois
C. Indiana
D. Massachusetts
45) What are two rights of everyone living in the United States?
A. freedom to vote and freedom of speech
B. the right to bear armsvisit 800citizen.com all rights reserved. and freedom to vote
C. freedom of assembly and freedom of speech
D. freedom of worship and freedom of education
46) What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
A. free workers frowxdargcddawx agh tefm paying high tax
B. freevisit 800citizen.com all rights reserved. women from house chores
C. free Asian workers in San Francisco Bay area
D. freed slaves in most Southern states
47) In what month do we vote for President? *
A. January
B. Nowx bklfnbcijijokvember
C. Octorglmxpstber
D. December
48) What did Susan B. Anthony do?
A. fought for men's rights
B. fought for poor people's rights
C. fought for children's rights
D. fought for civil rights
49) If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
A. the Speaker of the House of Representatives
B. the Commander in Chief of the military
C. the President pro tempore of the Senate
D. an election is held to vote for a new President
50) What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
A. invented the bulb
B. published the code of the Constitution
C. first Postmaststmwlmaotudaxpnver General of the United States
D. statupevistperted the first universities