Can you pass it? 10 questions from the re-designed citizenship test for immigrants who want to become naturalized Americans.
1. What does the Constitution do?
2. What do we call the first 10 amendments to the Constitution?
3. Name one branch or part of the government.
4. We elect a U.S. representative for how many years?
5. How many justices are on the Supreme Court?
6. How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?
7. When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms?
8. There were 13 original states. Name three.
9. Who was president during World War I?
10. Name one U.S. territory.
Answers
1. Sets up the government, Defines the government, Protects basic rights of Americans
2. Bill of Rights
3. Legislaive, Executive, Judicial, Congress, the President, the courts
4. 2 years
5. 9
6. 18
7. April 15
8. NH, MA, RI, CT, NY, NJ, PA, DE, MD, VA, NC, SC, GA
(Ok, do you know your state abbreviations?)
9. Woodrow Wilson
10.Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam
(I'll give you a gold star if you know where the No Mariana Islands are!)
