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WorksheetsSenior Civics Test Part II
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the name of the national anthem?
a)
Star Spangled Banner
b)
Forever She Waves
c)
Land of the Free
d)
Home of the Brave
2.
What are the names of our Senators
a)
Kelly Armstrong and Julie Fedorchak
b)
John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer
c)
John Hoeven and Julie Fedorchak
d)
John Thune and Mike Rounds
3.
What is the name of our Representative in the House?
a)
Jodie Sweeten
b)
Doug Burgum
c)
Julie Fedorchak
d)
Kelly Armstrong
4.
What are 2 National Holidays?
a)
Easter and Valentines
b)
Thanksgiving and Christmas
c)
Arbor Day and Earth Day
d)
Easter and Christmas
5.
Which of these rights are in the 1st amendment? Check all that apply.
a)
Right to bear arms
b)
Right to a Fair Trial
c)
Freedom of speech
d)
Freedom of religion
e)
Right to not house soldiers
6.
The US has a capitalist (or market) economic system.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
What is one reason colonists came to America?
a)
Freedom
b)
To join a civic group.
c)
For the experience of traveling across the ocean
d)
None of these answers
8.
What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
a)
Africans
b)
Dutch
c)
English
d)
Canadians
9.
Who is the "Father of Our Country"?
a)
George Washington
b)
Patrick Henry
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
Abraham Lincoln
10.
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
a)
Freed slaves in most Southern states.
b)
Gave the United States independence from Great Britain.
c)
Gave women the right to vote.
d)
Ended World War I.
11.
What did Susan B. Anthony do?
a)
Fought for women's rights.
b)
Fought for civil rights
c)
Founded the Red Cross.
d)
First woman president
12.
What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?
a)
Fought for civil rights
b)
Fought for women's rights
c)
Ran for president of the U.S.
d)
Ran for senator.
13.
What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States?
a)
Terrorists attacked the U.S.
b)
The accident at Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant
c)
The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
d)
Hurricane Andrew struck the United States.
14.
The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are they?
a)
We the People
b)
Congress shall make
c)
We the British
d)
We the Colonists
15.
What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
a)
The Constitution was written.
b)
The Virginia Declaration of Rights was written.
c)
The Declaration of Independence was written.
d)
The Declaration of Independence was written.
16.
Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the federal government?
a)
To coin money. (Not Rhode Island)
b)
To provide police departments.
c)
To provide police departments.
d)
To provide schooling.
17.
What does the judicial branch do?
a)
All of these answers.
b)
Decides if a law goes against the Constitution.
c)
Reviews laws
d)
Resolves disputes
18.
Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the states?
a)
Provide Schooling and Education
b)
Create an army
c)
Print and coin money
d)
Make treaties.
19.
What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
a)
Life and the Pursuit of Happiness
b)
Life and Death
c)
Life and Justice
d)
Life and the right to own a home
20.
What is one right or freedom granted by the First Amendment?
a)
Speech
b)
Trial by Jury
c)
To vote
d)
To bear arms
21.
What is freedom of religion?
a)
You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion.
b)
You can't choose the time you practice your religion.
c)
You must choose a religion.
d)
No one can practice a religion.
22.
Who does a U.S. Senator represent?
a)
All people of the state in which (s)he was elected.
b)
All people of the state who belong to the Senator's political party.
c)
The state legislatures.
d)
Only the people in the state who voted for the Senator.
23.
Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?
a)
Because of the state's population.
b)
Because the state's Representatives have seniority in the House of Representatives.
c)
Because of the geographical size of the state.
d)
Because of the state's location.
24.
We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?
a)
6
b)
10
c)
4
d)
2
25.
What are the two major political parties in the United States today?
a)
Democratic and Republican.
b)
Reform and Green.
c)
American and Bull-Moose.
d)
Democratic-Republican and Whig.
26.
How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?
a)
Eighteen (18) or older.
b)
Sixteen (16) or older.
c)
Thirty-five (35) or older.
d)
Twenty-one (21) or older.
27.
What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy?
a)
All of these answers.
b)
Vote and join a civic group.
c)
Write to a newspaper and call Senators and Representatives.
d)
Give an elected official your opinion on an issue and join a community group.
28.
Who signs bills to become laws?
a)
The President
b)
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
c)
The Vice President
d)
The Secretary of State
29.
What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
a)
Being a diplomat
b)
Youngest member of the Constitutional Convention.
c)
Inventor of the airplane.
d)
Third President of the United States.
30.
What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?
a)
The United States.
b)
The President.
c)
Congress
d)
The State where you live.
31.
Name one war fought by the U.S. in the 1900's.
a)
American Revolution
b)
Korean War
c)
Civil War
d)
The Mexican War
32.
Who was President during World War I?
a)
Woodrow Wilson
b)
Ronald Reagan
c)
Donald J. Trump
d)
George W. Bush
33.
Who was President during World War II and the Great Depression?
a)
Franklin D Roosevelt
b)
William Jefferson Clinton
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Calvin Coolidge
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