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US Citizenship Civics Test American History — practice questions

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What is one reason colonists came to America?Read the answer and worked solution →Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?Read the answer and worked solution →What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?Read the answer and worked solution →Why did the colonists fight the British?Read the answer and worked solution →Colonists complained that the British army did what inside their homes?Read the answer and worked solution →Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?Read the answer and worked solution →When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these was one of the 13 original states?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these states was among the original thirteen?Read the answer and worked solution →What happened at the Constitutional Convention?Read the answer and worked solution →When was the Constitution written?Read the answer and worked solution →The Federalist Papers argued for passing the U.S. Constitution. Who was one of their writers?Read the answer and worked solution →What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?Read the answer and worked solution →Who is called the Father of Our Country?Read the answer and worked solution →Who was the first President?Read the answer and worked solution →What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?Read the answer and worked solution →In what year did the United States buy the Louisiana Territory from France?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these wars did the United States fight in the 1800s?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the name of the U.S. war between the North and the South?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these was a problem that led to the Civil War?Read the answer and worked solution →What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?Read the answer and worked solution →What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?Read the answer and worked solution →What did Susan B. Anthony do?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these wars did the United States fight in the 1900s?Read the answer and worked solution →Who was President during World War I?Read the answer and worked solution →Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?Read the answer and worked solution →Who did the United States fight in World War II?Read the answer and worked solution →Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?Read the answer and worked solution →During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?Read the answer and worked solution →What movement tried to end racial discrimination?Read the answer and worked solution →

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What is one reason colonists came to America?

  1. To find gold for the king
  2. To practice their religion
  3. To build a naval base
  4. To join the British army
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Correct answer: B. To practice their religion

1. Colonists crossed the ocean looking for something they could not have at home. 2. One reason was to practice their religion freely and to escape persecution. 3. Freedom, political liberty, and economic opportunity were reasons as well. 4. Joining the British army was not a reason to leave, because the army was already at home in Britain. _Source: USCIS Civics Flash Cards M-623 (rev. 02/12), public domain, official civics question 58_

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Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

  1. Spanish settlers
  2. African traders
  3. English farmers
  4. American Indians
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Correct answer: D. American Indians

1. People were living in America long before any ship arrived from Europe. 2. They are called American Indians, or Native Americans. 3. Spanish settlers came from Europe themselves, so they arrived later and cannot be the answer. _Source: USCIS Civics Flash Cards M-623 (rev. 02/12), public domain, official civics question 59_

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What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?

  1. People from Africa
  2. People from Asia
  3. People from Ireland
  4. People from Mexico
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Correct answer: A. People from Africa

1. Slavery in America was built on people taken from one part of the world by force. 2. Africans were taken to America and sold as slaves. 3. People came from Ireland and other places too, but they were not the group taken and sold as slaves. _Source: USCIS Civics Flash Cards M-623 (rev. 02/12), public domain, official civics question 60_

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