Preparation for U.S. Citizenship Test
What is the supreme law of the land?
What does the Constitution do?
The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution.
What are these words?
What is an amendment?
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?
How many amendments does the Constitution have?
What did the Declaration of Independence do?
What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
What is freedom of religion?
What is the economic system in the United States?
What is the “rule of law”?
Name one branch or part of the government.
What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
Who is in charge of the executive branch?
What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?
How many U.S. Senators are there?
We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?
Who makes federal laws?
Who is one of your state’s U.S. Senators now?
The House of Representatives has how many voting members?
Who does a U.S. Senator represent?
Name your U.S. House Representative.
We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?
Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?
We elect a President for how many years?
In what month do we vote for President?
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?
What does the President’s Cabinet do?
If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
What are two Cabinet-level positions?
If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
What does the judicial branch do?
Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?
What is the highest court in the United States?
Who signs bills to become laws?
How many justices are on the Supreme Court?
Who vetoes bills?
Who is the latest addtion to the Supreme Court?
Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the federal
government?
Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the states?
Who is the Governor of your state now?
What is the capital of your state?
What are the two major political parties in the United States?
What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives now?
What is the political party of the President now?
What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens?
Name one right only for United States citizens.
What are two rights of everyone living in the United States?