Citizenship test review (51-100 odd)

What is one promise you make when you become a United States Citizen? (Check all that apply)

• To give up loyalty to other countries

• To obey the laws of the United States

• To be loyal to the United States

• To defend the constitution and the laws of the United States.

What are ways that you can participate in American democracy? Check all that apply.

• Vote

• run for office

• give an elected official your opinion

• write a an article for a newspaper or a blog, etc . . .

True or False? Everyone must register for the draft at the age of 18.

• True: everyone (men and women) must register

• False only men ages 18-26 must register

Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

• native American

• nobody

• Russian settlers

• The Vikings

Why did the colonists fight the British? Chose all that apply?

• The colonists did not believe in free speech.

• High taxes

• Because the British soilders were staying in their homes

• They were not allowed to governn themselves

When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

• July 4, 1676

• July 4, 1876

• July 4, 1967

• July 4, 1776

What happened at the Constitutional Convention?

• The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution of the United States

• The Founding Fathers bought the Louisianna Territory

• The Founding Fathers wrote the Declaration of Independence e

• The Founding Fathers repealed the Stamp Act

Name two of the writers of the Federalists Papers which argued that the people of the United States should vote for the Constitution.

• Alexander Hamiliton

• Abraham Lincoln

• John F. Kenedy

• John Jay

What is considered the "Father of our Country"?

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Washington

• King Georga III

• Bill Clinton

What territory did the US buy from France in 1803?

• The Louisianna Territory

• The Alaska Territory

• The Floridian Territory

• The Mid-Western/Californian Territory