Citizenship Test

What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?

• Invented the light bulb
• Started the first universities
• Started the first free libraries
• Published the code of the Constitution

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is the economic system in the United States?

• capitalist economy
• federal economy 
• socialism economy
• government-managed economy

When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

• July 8, 1767
• June 4, 1776
• July 4, 1776
• July 5, 1787

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What are the two rights in the Declaration of Independence?

• life and pursuit of happiness
• religion and life 
• liberty and worship
• speech and pursuit of happiness

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now?

• Barack Obama
• John Roberts
• John Kerry
• Joe Biden

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

• to print money
• to create an army 
• to make treaties
• to provide schooling and education 

Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.

• War of the states
• the War of the middle states
• The North-South war
• the Civil War

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

We elect a President for how many years?

• 4
• 6
• 5
• 3

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

• the United States
• the country 
• the people of the United States
• the President

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who does a U.S. Senator represent?

• all people of the state
• all people of the city
• all people of his or her party 
• all people of the United States