The Great American Citizenship Quiz

The Great American Citizenship Quiz

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American Government

Principles of American Democracy

1. What is the supreme law of the land?

1. What does the Constitution do?

1. The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?

1. What is an amendment?

1. What do we call the first ten Amendments to the Constitution?

1. What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?

1. How many amendments does the Constitution have?

1. What did the Declaration of Independence do?

1. What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?

1. What is freedom of religion?

1. What is the economic system in the United States?

1. What is the “rule of law”?

System of Government

1. Name one branch or part of the government.

1. What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?

1. Who is in charge of the executive branch?

1. Who makes federal laws?

1. What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?

1. How many U.S. Senators are there?

1. We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?

1. Who is one of your state’s US Senators?

1. The House of Representatives has how many voting members?

1. We elect a US Representative for how many years?

1. Name your US Representative.

1. Whom does a US senator represent?

1. Why do some states have more representatives than other states?

1. We elect a president for how many years?

1. In what month do we vote for president?

1. What is the name of the current US president?

1. What is the name of the current US vice-president?

1. If the President can no longer serve, who becomes the President?

1. If both the President and Vice-President can no longer serve, who becomes president?

1. Who is the commander in chief of the military?

1. Who signs bills to become a law?

1. Who vetoes bills?

1. What does the president’s cabinet do?

1. Name two cabinet-level positions?

1. What does the judicial branch do?

1. What is the highest court in the United States?

1. How many justices are on the Supreme Court?

1. Who is the Chief Justice of the United States?

1. Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the federal government?

1. Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the states?

1. Who is the current governor of the state of Kentucky?

1. What is the capital of the state of Kentucky?

1. What are the two major political parties in the United States?

1. What is the political party of the current US President?

1. What is the name of the current Speaker of the House of Representatives?

Rights and Responsibilities

1. There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of the amendments.

1. What is one responsibility that is only for US citizens?

1. What are two rights only for US citizens?

1. What are two rights of everyone living in the United States?

1. What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?

1. What is one promise you make when you become a US citizen?

1. How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?

1. What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy?

1. When is the last day you can send in Federal income tax forms?

1. When must all men register for the Selective Services?

American History

Colonial Period and Independence

1. What is one reason colonists came to America?

1. Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

1. What group of people were taken to America and sold as slaves?

1. Why did the colonists fight the British?

1. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

1. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

1. There were thirteen original colonies. Name three of them.

1. What happened at the Constitutional Convention?

1. When was the Constitution written?

1. The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the US Constitution. Name one of the writers.

1. What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?

1. Who is the “Father of our Country”?

1. Who was the first president of the US?

The 1800’s

1. What territory did the US buy from France in 1803?

1. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800’s

1. Name the US war between the North and the South.

1. Name one problem that led to the Civil War.

1. What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?

1. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

1. What did Susan B. Anthony do?

Recent American History and other important historical information

1. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900’s.

1. Who was President during WW1?

1. Who was President during the Great Depression and WW2?

1. Who did the United States fight in WW2?

1. Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?

1. During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?

1. What movement tried to end racial discrimination?

1. What did Martin Luther King Jr. do?

1. What major event happened on September 11, 2001 in the United States?

1. Name on American Indian tribe in the United States?

Extra

1. Who has the ability to declare war?

1. Who elects the president of the United States?

1. What is the official language of the United States?

1. Who said, “Give me liberty or give me death?”

1. How many Presidents have been assassinated while in office?
2. How many Presidents have been impeached?

1. Who was the oldest President of the US?

1. What is the current salary of the US President?

1. What is the most common name for a President?

1. In which state were the most Presidents born?

1. Which President was never elected to office, either as a president or a vice President?

1. What is the address of the White House?

1. How many Presidents have served more than 2 terms in office?

1. Name one requirement for running for President of the United States?

1. Who was the first republican president?

1. How many former presidents are still living?

1. Which President received the lowest percentage of popular votes ever received by an elected President (39.9%)?