US Citizenship Pretest

What is the supreme law of the land?

• the Constitution

• the Declaration of Independence

• the Bill of Rights

• the Emancipation Proclamation

What does the Constitution do?

• creates state borders, establishes tax rates, appoints the President

• sets up the government, defines the government, protects basic rights of Americans

• determines school curriculums, sets traffic laws, issues driver's licenses

• manages foreign countries, controls the weather, builds all roads

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

• For the Nation

• United We Stand

• Liberty and Justice

• We the People

• One Nation Under

What is an amendment?

• a change (to the Constitution), an addition (to the Constitution)

• a type of government

• a law passed by Congress

• a Supreme Court decision

What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?

• the Bill of Rights

• the Federalist Papers

• the Declaration of Independence

• the Articles of Confederation

What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?

• the right to vote

• the right to bear arms

• the right to a trial by jury

• speech, religion, assembly, press, petition the government

How many amendments does the Constitution have?

• twenty-seven (27)

• ten (10)

• thirty-three (33)

• fifty (50)

What did the Declaration of Independence do?

• announced our independence, declared our independence, said that the United States is free (from Great Britain)

• created the United States Constitution

• ended the Civil War

• established the Bill of Rights

What are three rights in the Declaration of Independence?

• freedom of speech, right to bear arms

• life, liberty, pursuit of happiness

• right to vote, right to a fair trial

• freedom of religion, right to privacy

What is freedom of religion?

• You can only practice one religion.

• You must follow the religion of your country.

• You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion.

• You cannot change your religion.