Civics Test Review

Which of the following is not a branch of the government?

• Legislative

• Executive

• Judicial

• Bureaucracy

Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?

• size of the state’s population

• land area

• size of the state economy

• location of the state

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

• Vice President

• Governor of Virginia

• the President’s spouse

• Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

What is the highest court in the United States?

•  Supreme Court

• Juvenile Court

• Circuit Court

• People’s Court

What are we pledging allegiance to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?

• The United States

• Senate

• The President

• House of Representatives

What’s the minimum age to vote for President?

• 18

• 21

• 27

• 30

What is one way Americans can participate in their democracy?

• Vote

• Go to Church

• Travel to foreign countries

• Donate to charity.

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence and when was it adopted? 

• ▪  George Washington / April 12, 1861

• ▪  Thomas Jefferson / July 4, 1776

• ▪ Benjamin Franklin / September 17, 1787

• ▪  Samuel Adams / December 7, 1941

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

• The American Revolution

• The Civil War

• World War I

• World War II

Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?

• William Taft

• Franklin Roosevelt

• John Kennedy

• Thomas Jefferson