USA Citizenship Test

What is the supreme law of the land?

• the Constitution

• the Supreme Court

• An executive action

• A legislative bill

What does the Constitution do?

• sets up the government

• defines the government

• protects basic rights of Americans

• gives states the power to print money

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

• We hold these truths to be self-evident

• We have nothing to fear but fear itself

• We the People

• Four score and seven years ago

What is an ammendment

• a change (to the Constitution)

• an addition (to the Constitution)

• A Ruling by the Supreme Court

• An executive action

What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?

• Article I

• the Preamble

• Article III

• the Bill of Rights

What rights or freedoms are from the First Amendment?

• speech

• religion

• assembly

• press

• have a trial by jury

How many amendments does the Constitution have?

• seventeen (17)

• twenty-seven (27)

• eighty-four (84)

• twenty-three (23)

What did the Declaration of Independence do?

• created a legislative, an executive, and a judicial branch of government (free from Great Britain)

• declared our independence (from Great Britain)

• ended the French and Indian war

• resulted in the Stamp Act

What are the rights in the Declaration of Independence?

• life

• liberty

• pursuit of happiness

• speech

What is freedom of religion

• you can choose which religion you will practice

• you can practice any religion, or not practice a religion

• you must choose a certain religion

• you don't have to respect people of other religions