Sample Questions From The New U.S. Citizenship Test
1. Name one important idea found in the Declaration of
Independence.
Every American must know the Pledge of Allegiance.
The power of government comes from the people.
Philadelphia, Pa., will be capital of the United States.
Only a man can be president.
2. What is the supreme law of the land?
The Constitution
Declaration of Independence
Star Spangled Banner
Pledge of Allegiance
3. What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
Laws
The Ten Pillars
The Bill of Rights
Statute for Religious Freedom
4. Name one right or freedom from the First Amendment.
Innocent until proven guilty
Speedy and public trial
To keep and bear arms
Assembly
5. Who is in charge of the executive branch?
The President
Speaker of The House
Majority Leader
Governor of New York
6. How many United States Senators are there?
535
100
50
534
7. How old must a President be?
18 or older
21 or older
35 or older
65 or older
8. What are "inalienable rights"?
Rights that only natural born citizens have access to
Individual rights that people are born with
Rights you earn through good behavior
Different for men and women
9. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
10. Why does the flag have 13 stripes?
13 Signatures on the Declaration of Independence
13 Years of Freedom from Britain
13 Original Colonies
13 Rights in the 'Bill of Rights'
11. Who was president during World War I?
Woodrow Wilson
Calvin Coolidge
Harry S. Truman
12. How many amendments are in the U.S. Constitution?
10
13
27
40
52
ANSWERS:
1. According to the Constitution, "Governments are instituted among
Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."
2. The Constitution is the Supreme Law, it consists of a preamble,
seven original articles, twenty-seven amendments, and a paragraph
certifying its enactment by the Constitutional Convention.
3. The Bill of Rights: the first ten amendments limit the powers of
the federal government, protecting the rights of all citizens,
residents and visitors on United States territory.
4. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of
religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the
freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people
peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government
5. There are three branches of the U.S. Government, executive,
legislative, and judicial, and the President is the head of the
Executive branch.
6. There two Senators from each state, regardless of population, 50
in total.
7. Article II of the US Constitution states, among other limitations,
that a person must be at least 35 years old to be elected President.
8. Inalienable rights are a set of human rights that are fundamental,
are not awarded by human power, and cannot be surrendered.
9. Upon his death, Jefferson wanted to be remembered for three
things: author of the Declaration of American Independence, the
Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom and the Father of the
University of Virginia.
10. The Act of April 4, 1818 provided for 13 stripes and one star for
each original colony, to be added to the flag on the 4th of July
following the admission of each new state, signed by President Monroe.
11. Woodrow Wilson was president from 1913 to 1921, and led the United
States into World War I in 1917.
12. There are 27 amendments in the Constitution.
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