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WorksheetsUs citizens worksheet 1 for 2024 first 40
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 40mins
What is the supreme law of the land?
The Bill of Rights
The Constitution
The Declaration of Independence
Congress
What does the Constitution do?
sets up the government
defines the government
protects basic rights of Americans
All the above
The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?
God we trust
We the people
Life and liberty
Pursuit of happiness
What is an amendment?
An introduction
the Preamble to the Constitution
a change (to the constitution)
the beginning of the Declaration of Independence
What do we call the first ten amendments
to the Constitution?
(a)
What is one freedom from the First Amendment?
to vote
trial by jury
to bear arms
speech
How many amendments does the constitution
(a)
What did the Declaration of Independence
do?
(a)
What are two rights in the Declaration of
Independence?
Life
Power
Liberty
Religion
What is freedom of religion?
Religious leaders are exempt from the law.
States may choose a religion for the people.
Religious institutions do not have to pay taxes.
People may or may not choose to practice a religion.
What is the economic system in the United
States?*
What is the “rule of law”?
Everyone must follow the law.
Leaders must obey the law.
Government must obey the law.
No one is above the law.
All above
Which is one Branch of Government
Judicial
Capitol
Capitalist Economy
Market Economy
What stops one branch of government from
becoming too powerful?
(a)
Who is in charge of the executive branch?
The chief justice of the US
The President
The Senate Majority leader
Who makes federal laws?
What are two parts of the US Congress?
(a)
How many U.S. Senators are there?
We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?
(a)
Who is one of your state’s U.S. Senators
now?*
The House of Representatives has how many voting members?
435
100
200
441
We elect a U.S. Representative for how many
years?
(a)
Name your U.S. Representative.
Who does a U.S. Senator represent?
(a)
Why do some states have more
Representatives than other states?
(because of) power
(because of) the state’s population
(because of) money
(because of) the geographical size of the state
We elect a President for how many years?
2
4
6
10
In what month do US citizens vote for President?
September
October
November
December
What is the name of the President of the
United States now?*
What is the name of the Vice President of the
United States now?
If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
the Vice President
the President Pro Tempore
the Secretary of State
the Speaker of the House
If both the President and the Vice President
can no longer serve, who becomes
President?
the Vice President
the President Pro Tempore
the Secretary of State
the Speaker of the House
Who is the Commander in Chief of the
military?
(a)
Who signs bills to become laws?
(a)
Who vetoes bills?
(a)
What does the President’s Cabinet do?
advises the President
annoy the president
complains about the president
fight the president
Which is two Cabinet-level positions?
Secretary of Education
Health and Human Services
Secretary of Defense
Transportation
What does the judicial branch do?
does the finance
resolves disputes
work with the army and police
None of the above
How many justices are on the Supreme
Court?
Who is the Chief Justice of the United States
now?
