Civics Test Practice

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

• The Speaker of the House

• The Vice President

• The Attorney General

• The President Pro Tempore

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

• French

• Irish

• Africans

• Asians

What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?

• Checks and Balances

• Rule of Law

• Habeas Corpus

• Federalism

Who was president during the Great Depression and WWII?

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Woodrow Wilson

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Gerald Ford

We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?

• 2

• 4

• 6

• 8

Who is the "Father of Our Country"?

• James Madison

• John Adams

• George Washington

• Alexander Hamilton

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• Alexander Hamilton

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Samuel Adams

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

• The President and the Vice President

• The Senate and the House of Representatives

• The Vice President and the House of Representatives

• The President and the Senate

The House of Representatives has how many voting members?

• 200

• 100

• 152

• 435

What is the supreme law of the land?

• The Bill of Rights

• The Constitution

• The Emancipation Proclamation

• The Declaration of Independence