Transcript Citizenshipx

THE CITIZENSHIP TEST
REVIEW
PHASE I
NUMBERS 1-10
PHASE I
Questions
Answers
• What is the supreme
law of the land?
• What does the
Constitution do?
• The idea of selfgovernment is in the
first three words of the
Constitution. What are
these words?
• Constitution
• Provides basic rights,
sets up and defines the
government
• We The People
PHASE I
Questions
Answers
• What is an amendment?
• What do we call the first
ten amendments to the
Constitution?
• What is one right or
freedom from the First
Amendment?
• How many amendments
does the Constitution
have?
• Change or addition to
the Constitution
• The Bill of Rights
• Speech, Religion,
Assembly, Press and
Petition Government
• 27
PHASE I
Questions
• What did the
Declaration of
Independence do?
• What are two rights in
the Declaration of
Independence?
• What is freedom of
religion?
Answers
• Declared our
Independence from
Great Britain
• Life, Liberty, and the
Pursuit of Happiness
• You can practice and
religion you choose, or
none at all
PHASE II
NUMBERS 11-20
PHASE II
Questions
Answers
• What is the economic
system in the United
States?
• Name one branch or
part of the
government.
• What stops one branch
of government from
becoming too
powerful?
• Capitalist/Market
• Legislative, Judicial,
Executive
• Checks and Balances;
Separation of Powers
PHASE II
Questions
Answers
• Who is in charge of the
executive branch?
• Who makes federal
laws?
• What are the two parts
of the U.S. Congress?
• How many U.S.
Senators are there?
• The President
• Senate and the House
of Representatives
• Congress and Senate
• 100
PHASE II
Questions
• We elect a U.S. Senator
for how many years?
• Who is one of your
state’s US. Senators?
• The House of
Representatives has
how many voting
members?
Answers
• 6
• Richard Burr, Tom Tillis
• 435
PHASE III
NUMBERS 21-30
PHASE III
Question
Answer
• We elect a U.S.
Representative for how
many years?
• Who does a U.S.
Senator represent?
• Why do some states
have more
Representatives than
other states?
• 2
• All people in their state
• population
PHASE III
Question
• We elect a President
for how many years?
• What is the name of
the national anthem?
• In what month do we
vote for President?
• What is the name of
the President of the
United States?
Answer
• 4
• The Star Spangled
Banner
• November
• Barak Obama
PHASE III
Question
• What is the name of
the Vice President of
the United States now?
• If the President can no
longer serve, who
becomes President?
• If both the President
and Vice President can
no longer serve, who
becomes President
Answer
• Joe Biden
• Vice President
• Speaker of the House
PHASE IV
NUMBERS 31-40
PHASE IV
Question
• Who is the Commander
in Chief of the military?
• Who signs bills to
become law?
• Who vetoes bills?
Answer
• The President
• The President
• The President
PHASE IV
Question
Answer
• What does the
President’s Cabinet
do?
• What are 2 Cabinet
level positions?
• What does the judicial
branch do?
• Advises the President
• Agriculture, Commerce,
Defense, Education, Energy,
Health and Human Services,
Homeland Security, Housing
and Urban Development,
Interior, State,
Transportation, Treasury,
Veteran’s Affairs, Labor,
Attorney General
• Interprets the Law
PHASE IV
Question
• What is the highest
court in the United
States?
• How many justices are
on the Supreme Court?
• What are the two
major political parties?
• What is the political
party of the current
President?
Answer
• Supreme Court
• 9
• Republicans &
Democrats
• Democrat
PHASE V
NUMBERS 41-50
PHASE V
Question
• How old do citizens
have to be to vote for
President?
• Who wrote the
Declaration of
Independence?
• Name 3 of the 13
original colonies.
Answer
• 18
• Thomas Jefferson
• NH, NY, MASS, RO,
CONN, PA, DEL, MD,
VA, NC, SC, GA
PHASE V
Question
Answer
• What happened at the
Constitutional
Convention?
• Who was the “Father of
our Country”?
• Name one war fought
by the US in the 1800s.
• Constitution was written
by our Founding
Fathers
• George Washington
• Spanish-American War,
Mexican-American
War, Civil War.
PHASE V
Question
• Name on important thing
that Abraham Lincoln did.
• What did Susan B. Anthony
do?
• Who was President during
the Great Depression and
WWII?
• Name one of the longest
rivers in the United States.
Answer
• Passing of the 13th
Amendment,
Emancipation
Proclamation, kept the
Union together.
• Fought for civil rights
and women’s rights
• FDR
• Missouri, Mississippi