Naturalization Test Civics Quiz

Study Notes

The supreme law of the land is the Constitution.
The Constitution sets up the government, defines the government, and protects basic American rights.
The first three words of the Constitution are "We the People."
An amendment is a change or addition to the Constitution.
The first ten amendments are called the Bill of Rights.
One right from the First Amendment is freedom of speech, religion, assembly, press, and petitioning the government.
The Constitution has 27 amendments.

The government has three branches: Congress (legislative), the President (executive), and the courts (judicial).
Checks and balances prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful.
Congress is made up of the Senate and House of Representatives
The President leads the executive branch.
Congress creates federal laws.
The Senate and House together make up the U.S. Congress.
There are 100 U.S. Senators.
The U.S. House of Representatives has 435 voting members.
The U.S. President is elected for a four-year term.
The Vice President assumes the presidency if the President can no longer serve, followed by the Speaker of the House.

Citizens 18 and older can vote.
Citizens do not have to pay poll taxes to vote.
One responsibility of US citizens is serving on a jury and voting in federal elections.
Two rights of everyone living in the US are freedom of speech and assembly/petitioning the government.
One promise a US citizen makes is to defend the Constitution and obey the laws of the United States.
Americans can show loyalty to the United States by participating in their democracy (voting, political party involvement, campaigns, etc.)

Colonists came to America for freedom, political liberty, religious freedom, and economic opportunity.
Native Americans inhabited America before Europeans arrived.
Africans were brought to America and sold as slaves.
Colonists fought against Great Britain because of taxes/taxation without representation, the presence of British soldiers in their homes, and lack of self-government.
Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation).
The American Civil War was fought between the North and South over states' rights and slavery.
Susan B. Anthony championed women's rights.
Major wars in the 1900s include World War I, World War II, The Korean War, the Vietnam War, and others.
(Woodrow) Wilson and (Franklin) Roosevelt were presidents during significant historical periods in the 1900s.

The Louisiana Territory was bought from France in 1803.
The United States fought wars, with the Civil War notable.
The Supreme Court is the highest federal court.
Parts of the Constitution give power to the federal government, and other parts give power to states.
One symbol of the U.S. is the Star-Spangled Banner.
U.S. citizens observe several national holidays.