Questions for the Citizenship Test Quiz: The Constitution & U.S. Beginning Are you ready? Let’s begin! Click here for the first question

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Who was the first President? Benjamin Franklin George Washington Yes! Click here Thomas Jefferson Abraham Lincoln

What is an amendment? Yes! A change to the Constitution Click here A declaration of independence A part of the Federalist Papers

There were 13 original states. Name three. Pennsylvania, Colorado, New Mexico Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee Rhode Island, Virginia, Ohio Yes! Click here New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire

What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for? being a U.S. diplomat Yes! Click here being the first President being the first Vice-President writing the Federalist Papers

What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution? The Declaration of Independence The Bill of Rights Yes! Click here The Federalist Papers

What is the supreme law of the land? The Constitution Yes! Click here The Declaration of Independence The Bill of Rights The Federalist Papers

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? Benjamin Franklin George Washington Yes! Click here Thomas Jefferson Abraham Lincoln

How many amendments does the Constitution have? Three (3) Nine (9) Yes! Click here Twenty-seven (27) Fifty (50)

When was the Constitution written? 1776 1787 Yes! Click here 1792 1887

When was the Declaration of Independence adopted? July 4, 1776 Yes! Click here July 4, 1787 July 4,1976 July 4, 1987

Why did the colonists fight the British? Because of slavery Because of civil rights Because of the right to bear arms Yes! Click here Because of high taxes

What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence? Freedom of speech and freedom of religion Life and liberty Yes! Click here Freedom of assembly and freedom of the press Voting rights and civil rights

What is freedom of religion? Every religion is part of the United States You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion Yes! Click here You must go to a church Religion is taught in schools

Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived? Pilgrims Colonists People from Africa Yes! Click here Native Americans

Who is the “Father of Our Country”? Benjamin Franklin George Washington Yes! Click here Thomas Jefferson Abraham Lincoln

What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves? Pilgrims Colonists Yes! Click here People from Africa Native Americans

The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U. S. Constitution The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers. James Madison Yes! Click here George Washington Benjamin Franklin Thomas Jefferson

What did the Declaration of Independence do? Declared our independence from Great Britain Yes! Click here Freed the slaves Addressed voting rights Established the Bill of Rights

The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words? Freedom of Speech We the People Yes! Click here In our country

What happened at the Constitutional Convention? The Constitution was written Yes! Click here Independence from Great Britain was declared 27 amendments were written The 13 colonies became the United States of America

What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment? Freedom of speech Yes! Click here The right to bear arms Civil rights Independence from Great Britain

What does the Constitution do? Freed the slaves Sets up the government Yes! Click here Declared our independence from Great Britain

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