Citizenship Test Answers

1. The Constitution

2. Sets up the government and protects basic rights of Americans

3. We the People

4. A change or addition to the Constitution

5. The Bill of Rights

6. Speech, religion, assembly, press and to petition the government

7. 27

8. Announced our independence (from Great Britain)

9. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness

10. You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion.

11. Capitalist economy

12. No one, including government or its leaders, is above the law.

13. Legislative (Congress), executive (president) and judicial (the courts)

14. Checks and balances

15. The president

16. Congress

17. The Senate and House of Representatives

18. 100

19. Six

20. In Virginia, Jim Webb and Mark Warner

21. 435

22. Two

23. Representing Hampton Roads and the Eastern Shore: Robert J. Wittman, 1st District; Glenn C. Nye III, 2nd District; Robert C. “Bobby” Scott, 3rd District; J. Randy Forbes, 4th District

24. All people of the state

25. Because some states have more people

26. Four

27. November

28. Barack Obama

29. Joseph R. Biden Jr.

30. The vice president

31. The speaker of the House of Representatives

32. The president

33. The president

34. The president

35. Advises the president

36. Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Education, Secretary of Energy, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Secretary of Homeland Security, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of Labor, Secretary of State, Secretary of Transportation, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Attorney General, Vice President

37. Reviews laws, explains laws, resolves disputes, and decides if a law goes against the Constitution

38. The Supreme Court

39. Nine

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. Timothy Kaine is the governor of Virginia

44. Richmond

45. Democratic and Republican

46. Democratic Party

47. Nancy Pelosi

48. Citizens 18 and older can vote. You don’t have to pay (a poll tax) to vote. Any citizen can vote (regardless of race or gender, except felons).

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 arms

52. The United States

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 the nation if needed; be loyal to the United States

54. At least 18

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 15

57. Between the ages of 18 and 26

58. Freedom; political liberty; religious freedom; economic opportunity; practice their religion; escape persecution

59. Native Americans

60. Africans

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. New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

65. The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution

66. 1787

67. James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and Publius

68. He was a U.S. diplomat, the oldest member of the Constitutional Convention, the first postmaster general of the United States and the writer of “Poor Richard’s Almanac,” and he started the first free libraries.

69. George Washington

70. George Washington

71. The Louisiana Territory

72. War of 1812, Mexican-American War, Civil War and Spanish-American War

73. The Civil War

74. Slavery, economic disagreements, states’ rights

75. Freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation), saved the Union and led the United States during the Civil War

76. Freed the slaves

77. Fought for women’s rights and fought for civil rights

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 for all Americans

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 River and Mississippi River

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

96. Because the stripes represent the 13 original colonies

97. Because each star represents a state

98. “The Star-Spangled Banner”

99. July 4

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