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US Citizenship Civics Test American Government — practice questions

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What is the supreme law of the land in the United States?Read the answer and worked solution →The Constitution sets up the government and defines the government. What is the third thing it does?Read the answer and worked solution →The idea of self-government sits in the first three words of the Constitution. What are those three words?Read the answer and worked solution →What is an amendment?Read the answer and worked solution →What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these is a right or freedom that comes from the First Amendment?Read the answer and worked solution →Which First Amendment freedom lets people gather together in a group?Read the answer and worked solution →How many amendments does the Constitution have?Read the answer and worked solution →What did the Declaration of Independence do?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these is one of the rights named in the Declaration of Independence?Read the answer and worked solution →What does freedom of religion mean?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the economic system in the United States?Read the answer and worked solution →What does the rule of law mean?Read the answer and worked solution →What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?Read the answer and worked solution →Who is in charge of the executive branch?Read the answer and worked solution →Who makes federal laws?Read the answer and worked solution →What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?Read the answer and worked solution →How many U.S. Senators are there?Read the answer and worked solution →We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?Read the answer and worked solution →The House of Representatives has how many voting members?Read the answer and worked solution →We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?Read the answer and worked solution →Who does a U.S. Senator represent?Read the answer and worked solution →Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?Read the answer and worked solution →We elect a President for how many years?Read the answer and worked solution →In what month do we vote for President?Read the answer and worked solution →If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President?Read the answer and worked solution →If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President?Read the answer and worked solution →Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?Read the answer and worked solution →Who has the power to veto bills?Read the answer and worked solution →What does the President's Cabinet do?Read the answer and worked solution →

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What is the supreme law of the land in the United States?

  1. The Constitution
  2. The Bill of Rights
  3. An act of Congress
  4. A Supreme Court rule
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Correct answer: A. The Constitution

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_

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The Constitution sets up the government and defines the government. What is the third thing it does?

  1. Chooses the President each term
  2. Collects taxes from businesses
  3. Protects basic rights of Americans
  4. Names the judges of the courts
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Correct answer: C. Protects basic rights of Americans

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_

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The idea of self-government sits in the first three words of the Constitution. What are those three words?

  1. We the States
  2. We the People
  3. In the Union
  4. By the People
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Correct answer: B. We the People

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_

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