U.S. Government and History Quiz

The United States used to be part of what country?

• France

• Canada

• England

• Spain

The U.S. government is based on ________________________.

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Constitution

• The Revolutionary War

• Whatever the President wants

Which animal is our national symbol and appears on the seals of the President and many Cabinet departments?

• turkey

• elephant

• eagle

• donkey

The three branches of government are:

• Executive, Legislative, Representative

• President, Senate, Judicial

• Judicial, Legislative, Executive

• Executive, Judicial, Vice President

We vote for President every _______ years.

• 4

• 2

• 6

• 8

Senators and Representatives are both members of which branch of government?

• Legislative

• Judicial

• Executive

• Supreme Court

Which answer shows the correct order of when different groups got the right to vote?

• African-American men, women, white men, Native Americans

• White men, African-American men, Native Americans, women

• Women, Native Americans, white men, African-American men

• White men, African-American men, women, Native Americans

Mark the two answers that are responsibilities of the Legislative Branch.

• Can sign treaties with other countries

• Can veto a bill that they don’t like

• Decides the meaning of our laws

• Decides how our tax money is spent

• Can make new laws

Which of the following is an example of “checks and balances”?

• The President visiting leaders of other countries

• Congress declaring war

• The Supreme Court meeting on the first Monday in October

• The President vetoing a bill that he doesn’t like

Which of the following is NOT an amendment to the Constitution?

• Giving black men the right to vote

• Giving women the right to vote

• Giving Native Americans the right to vote

• Guaranteeing the right to free speech