US Citizenship Civic Test – Principles of American Democracy

Question 1

What is the supreme law of the land?

Accepted Answer

The Constitution

Answer

The President

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The Congress

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The Bill of Rights

Question 2

What does the Constitution do?

Accepted Answer

Protects basic rights of Americans

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Give the President total control

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Change the laws

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Petition the government

Question 3

The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?

Accepted Answer

We the People

Answer

God Bless America

Answer

The Bill of Rights

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Pursuit of Hapiness

Question 4

What is an amendment?

Accepted Answer

An addition or change

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A law

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A bill

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A rigth

Question 5

What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?

Accepted Answer

The Bill of Rights

Answer

The Constitution

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The Preamble

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The Rule of Law

Question 6

What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?

Accepted Answer

Freedom of speech

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Right to vote

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Freedom of bearing arms

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Right to own land

Question 7

How many amendments does the Constitution have?

Accepted Answer

Twenty-seven (27)

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Fifty (50 )

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One hundred (100)

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Fourty-two (42)

Question 8

What did the Declaration of Independence do?

Accepted Answer

Declared our independence from Great Britain

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Abolish slavery

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Emancipate women

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Said the United States is a British colony

Question 9

What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?

Accepted Answer

Life and liberty

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Life and the Americam dream

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Liberty and freedom

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Freedom of Assembly and sovereignty

Question 10

What is freedom of religion?

Accepted Answer

You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion

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You cannot pratice a religion

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You have to practice a religion

Answer

You can only practice a religion on Sundays