Population
A Citizenship Test
When immigrants wanting to be United States citizens are interviewed, they may be asked any of 100 questions. Here are some of them. How many can you answer correctly?
1. What are the colors of our flag?
2. How many stripes are there in the flag?
3. What do the stripes on the flag mean?
4. How many stars are there on our flag?
5. What do the stars on the flag mean?
6. Who was the first president of the United States?
7. Who is president of the United States today?
8. Who elects the president of the United States?
9. In what month do we vote for the president?
10. In what month is the new president inaugurated?
11. Can the Constitution be changed?
12. What are the duties of the Supreme Court?
13. How many Supreme Court justices are there?
14. Who selects the Supreme Court justices?
15. What are the three branches of our government?
16. What is Congress?
17. Who elects Congress?
18. What are the duties of Congress?
19. How many senators are there in Congress?
20. For how long do we elect each senator?
21. What are the two major political parties in the U.S. today?
22. What is the national anthem of the United States?
23. Who becomes president of the United States if the president and the vice president should be unable to serve?
24. Who helped the Pilgrims in America?
25. Why did the Pilgrims come to America?
26. What was the name of their ship?
27. What country did we fight in the Revolutionary War?
28. Who said, "Give me liberty or give me death"?
29. Which president freed the slaves?
30. Who is the chief justice of the Supreme Court?
31. Name one benefit of becoming a citizen of the United States.
32. What are the 49th and 50th states of the Union?
33. How many changes or amendments are there to the Constitution?
34. What is the capital of your state?
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