Citizenship quiz

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

• The United States, the flag.

• The president

• the government

• the American dream

How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?

• 18 and older

• 20

• 16

• 30

When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms?

• the fifteenth of April

• the last day in January

• the first day of January

• the first Tuesday in November

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

• Africans

• nomads

• peasant classes in Europe

• the nobles who were banished

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Adams

When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

• July 4, 1776

• January 4, 1776

• December 25, 1780

• July 4, 1787

What happened at the Constitutional Convention?

• The Constitution was written.

• The Declaration of Independence was written.

• The first president was elected.

• War was declared against Great Britain.

Who is the “Father of Our Country”?

• George Washington

• Abraham Lincoln

• John Adams

• Patrick Henry

What is the supreme law of the land?

• The Constitution

• The Bill of Rights

• The Ten Commandments

• The Rule of Law

What does the Constitution do?

• Sets up and defines the government

• Gives citizens their rights

• Allows for the President to define laws

• Allows judges to change laws