US Citizenship Civics Test Social Science — practice by topic

1. The supreme law of the land is the law that stands above every other law in the country. 2. In the United States that law is the Constitution. 3. The Bill of Rights is only the first ten amendments, so it is one part of the Constitution and not the whole of it. _Source: USCIS Civics Flash Cards M-623 (rev. 02/12), public domain, official civics question 1_

1. The Constitution has three jobs, and two of them are named in the question. 2. It sets up the government, giving the country its branches and offices. 3. It defines the government, saying what each part may and may not do. 4. The third job is to protect the basic rights of Americans. 5. Voters choose the President, so choosing the President each term is not a job of the Constitution. 6. Congress collects taxes and the President picks judges, so neither of those options belongs here either. _Source: USCIS Civics Flash Cards M-623 (rev. 02/12), public domain, official civics question 2_

1. Self-government means the people themselves hold the power. 2. The Constitution opens with the words We the People, which put that power in the hands of the people. 3. We the States would place the power with state governments instead, so it misses the point of self-government. _Source: USCIS Civics Flash Cards M-623 (rev. 02/12), public domain, official civics question 3_