Kentucky Civics Test Practice

What is NOT a reason colonists came to America?

• escape religious persecution

• find land to own

• Native Americans

• start new careers

What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?

• Catholics

• Puritans

• Africans

• Buddhists

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• James Madison

• John Jay

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

• July 4, 1789

• July 4, 1898

• July 4, 1686

• July 4, 1776

There were 13 original colonies. Which of these is NOT one of them?

• Virginia

• Texas

• Georgia

• New York

What happened at the Constitutional Convention?

• Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution

• Founding Fathers wrote the Declaration of Independence

• Founding Fathers wrote the Bill of Rights

• Founding Fathers wrote Gettysburg Address

When was the Constitution written?

• 1787

• 1789

• 1887

• 1889

Who was NOT one of the writers of the Federalist Papers that supported the passage of the US Constitution?

• George Washington

• John Jay

• James Madison

• Alexander Hamilton

What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is NOT famous for?

• harnessing electricity

• 2nd president of the US

• first post master

• founding father

Who was the first president of the US?

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington