Some of the information on this part of the website was found in a Kaplan book called "Becoming a U.S. Citizen".  If you are preparing to take the citizenship test I highly recomend this book!!

Sample questions for the test (answers below)

0. When is Independence Day celebrated? 
0. From what country did America become independent? 
0. How many Senators are in Congress? 
0. Howlong is the term of a U.S. Supreme Court Justice?
0. Who made the first U.S. flag?
0. How many representatives are in the House of Representatives?
0. How long is a representative's term?
0. Which president freed the slaves?
0. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
0. What is the capital of your state?
0. Which president is called the "Father of our Country"?
0. What special group advises the president?
0. In what year was the Constitution written?
0. What are the first 10 amendments to the Costitution called?
0. What colors are the America flag?
0. Who are your state's 2 senators?
0. How long is a senator's term?
0. What are Congress's duties?
0. Which president was the 1st commander in cheif of the U.S.military?
0. Can the Constitution be changed?
0. How many stars are on the American flag?
0. What country did the colonists fight in the Revolutionary War?
0. Who was the 1st president of the U.S.?
0. In what month does the country vote for the president?
0. Who is in the executive branch?
0. Name 3 rights or freedoms guaranteed by the Bill of Rights?
0. Who has the power to declare war?
0. What kind of government does the U.S. have?
0. Who elects the members of Congress?
0. What color are the stars on the American flag?
0. What is a change to the Constitution called?
0. Who helped the Pilgrims in America?
0. On what whip did the Pilgrims come to America?
0. What were the 13 original states of the U.S. called before obtaining their independence from England?
0. Who is in the judicial branch?
0. Name one purpose of the United Nations.
0. Where does Congree meet?
0. Whose rights are guaranteed by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights?
0. What do the stars on the America flag represent?
0. Who is your state's governor?
0. How many Constitutional amerndments are there?
0. What is the itroduction to the Constitution called?
0. Name one benefit of being a citizen of the U.S.?
0. What is the most important right granted to U.S. citizens?
0. Who elects the president of the U.S.?
0. What are the Supreme Court's duties?
0. In what month is the newly elected president inaugurated?
0. How many times can a senator be re-elected?
0. How many stripes are on the American flag?
0. Who leads your local government?
0. If the president dies, who becomes president of the U.S.?
0. How many branches are in the government?
0. How many times can a congressman be re-elected?
0. Why did the Pilgrims come to America?
0. What 2 political parties are the major parties in the U.S.?
0. If the president and the vice-president die, who becomes president of the U.S.?
0. What is the supreme law of the U.S.?
0. How many states are the in the U.S.?
0. What colors are the stripes on the American flag?
0. What is the most important belief of the Declaration of Independence?
0. What is one of the requirements a person must meet to be eligible to become president, according to the Constitution?
0. What year did the Civil War begin?
0. What are the 3 branches of government?
0. How old must you be in order to vote in the U.S.?
0. Who is th head of a state government?
0. What states were the 49th & 50th to join the Union?
0. How long is a president's term?
0. What is the Bill of Rights?
0. What do the stripes on the American flag represent?
0. What is the name of the presidents official home?
0. What is the name of the national anthem?
0. Why are there 100 senators in the Senate?
0. What are the original 13 states?
0. What are the responsibilities of the legislative branch?
0. Who signs bills into law?
0. Who is the head of city government?
0. The president can serve how many terms?
0. What is the Constitution?
0. How many states are there in the U.S.?
0. What is one of the rights guaranteed by the 1st Amendment?
0. Who is the U.S. military's commander in chief?
0. Who wrote the "Star Spangled Banner"?
0. Who selects the Supreme Court Justices?
0. Who said "Give me liberty or give me death"?
0. Who can make laws?
0. What is the U.S.'s highest court?
0. The American colonists celebrated what holiday for the first time?
0. Who was Martin Luther King Jr.?
0. What is the 4th of July?
0. What is the capital of the U.S.?
0. What is the White House?
0. Where is the White House?
0. Where does freedom of speech come from?
0. How many Supreme Court Justices are there?
0. During WWII, which countries were our enemies?
0. What is Congress?
0. Who was the president during the Civil War?
0. Who was the lead writer of the Declaration of Independence?
0. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
0. How many powers are specifically set up in the Constituion for the Federal Government to take on?

Answers

0. July Fourth
0. England
0. 100
0. Once appointed to the court, a justice serves for life
0. Betsy Ross
0. 435
0. 2 years
0. Abraham Lincoln
0. freed many slaves
0. Atlanta
0. George Washington
0. the cabinet
0. 1787
0. the Bill of Rights
0. red, white, & blue
0. Saxby Chabliss & Johnny Isakson
0. 6 years
0. to make laws
0. George Washington
0. yes
0. 50
0. England
0. George Washington
0. November
0. the president, the cabinet, and departments under the cabinet members
0. The rights in the Bill of Rights: 1) right of freedom of speech, press, religion, peaceable assembly, and requesting change of government, 2) right to bear arms, 3) the government may not quarter, or house, soldiers in the people's homes during peacetime without the people' consent, 4) the government may not search or take a person's property without a warrant, 5) a person many not be tried twice for the same crime & does not have to testify against himself, 6) A person charged with a crime still has some rights, such as the right to a lawyer and a trial, 7) The right to trial by jury in most cases, 8) protects people against excessive or unreasonable fines or cruel & unusual punishment, 9) The people have rights other than those mentiones in the Constitution, 10) Any power not given to the federal government by the Constituion is a power of either the state or the people.
0. Congress
0. Pepublican
0. The people, voters in each state
0. white
0. amendment
0. Native America; American Indians
0. The Mayflower
0. colonies
0. The Supreme Court
0. As a forum for countries to discuss/resolve problems
0. In the Capitol in Washington D.C.
0. Everyone living in the U.S.
0. One for every state
0. Sonny Perdue
0. 27
0. The Preamble
0. Get federal government jobs, travel aith a U.S. passport, petition for close relatives to come to the U.S. to live
0. The right to vote
0. The Electoral College
0. To interpret the Constitution and review laws
0. January
0. No limit
0. 13
0. Varies by city and town
0. The vice president
0. Three
0. No limit
0. For religious freedom
0. Democratic and Republican
0. Speaker of the House of Representatives
0. The Constitution
0. 50
0. Red & white
0. All men are created equal
0. Be a natural born citizen of the U.S., be at least 35 years old, must have lived in the U.S. for at least 14 years
0. 1861
0. Executive, legislative, & judicial
0. 18
0. Governor
0. Hawaii & Alaska
0. Four years
0. The 1st Ten Amendments to the Constitution
0. The original 13 states
0. The White House
0. "The Star Spangled Banner"
0. Two from each state
0. Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, & Virignia
0. Congress
0. The president
0. The mayor
0. Two 4 year terms
0. The supreme law of the land; a document that explains our form of government and its laws
0. 50
0. Freedom of speech, press, religion, peaceable assembly,& requesting change of the government
0. The president
0. Francis Scott Key
0. Appointed by the president
0. Patrick Henry
0. Congress
0. The Supreme Court
0. Thanksgiving
0. A leader in the civil rights movement
0. Independence Day
0. The building in which Congress meets
0. The president's home while serving his term
0. Washington D.C. (1600 Pennsyvanis Ave)
0. The Bill of Rights
0. Nine
0. Germany, Italy, & Japan
0. The Senate & the House of Representatives
0. Abraham Lincoln
0. Thomas Jefferson
0. July 4, 1776
0. 20

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