Correct Responses American Citizenship Exam

1. The Supreme Law of the Land is The United States Constitution

2. The Constitution begins with the words “We the People.”

3. The First ten amendments to the Constitution are known as The Bill of Rights

4.Our Senators are Diane Feinstein and Barbara Boxer.

5. The American economic system is called Capitalism.

6.The three branches of the American government are the Legislative (Congress), Executive (president), and Judicial (Supreme Court) branches.

7. We have nine justices on the Supreme Court.

8. Our Vice-President is Joe Biden

9. You must be eighteen years old to vote for the president.

10. The cabinet positions are: Secretary of Agriculture Secretary of Interior Secretary of Commerce Attorney General (Department of Justice) Secretary of Defense Secretary of Labor Secretary of Education Secretary of State Secretary of Energy Secretary of Health and Human Services Secretary of the Treasury Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Secretary of Veterans’ affairs Secretary of Homeland Security

11.Some reasons why people immigrated to the U.S. are: religious freedom political freedom convicted of a crime cheap land more economic opportunity in search of natural resources

12. The Native Americans lived in North America before the Europeans arrived.

13. Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence.

14. The Declaration of Independence was adopted in 1776

15. The light green represents the original thirteen colonies.

16. Susan B. Anthony was a suffragist/fought for women’s rights

17. In the 1800’s, the United States fought in The War of 1812, Mexican- American War, Civil War, Spanish American War, and Wars with Native Americans.

18.Martin Luther King Jr. fought for rights for African-Americans.

19. The president during the Great Depression and World War II was Franklin Delano Roosevelt

20. During the Cold War, the main concern of the United States was to contain communism

21. Some of the dozens of Native American Tribes in the United States are: Algonquin, Apache, Arapaho, Blackfoot, Chumash, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Comanche, Crow, Hopi, Inuit, Iroquois, Navajo, Nez-Pierce, Pawnee, Pueblo, Seminole, Shawnee, Shoshone, Sioux.

22. The two Longest Rivers in the United States are the Missouri and the Mississippi

23. The ATLANTIC OCEAN is on the East coast of the United States.

24. Some Territories possessed by the United States are: American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Midway Islands, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands

25. The the states that border Canada are: Alaska, Michigan, Maine, Minnesota, Montana, New York, Washington, North Dakota, Ohio, Vermont, New Hampshire, Idaho, and Pennsylvania.

26. The States that border Mexico are: California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.

27. The Statue of Liberty is in New York

28. The flag has thirteen stripes to represent the original thirteen colonies

29. The flag has fifty stars to represent the fifty current states.

30. The national holidays in the United States are: New Year’s Day, inauguration day when a new president is elected, MLK Day, Washington Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas