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US Government Basics
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1
Question
What is the supreme law of the land?
Answer
the Constitution
2
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What does the Constitution do?
Answer
sets up the government, defines the government, protects basic rights of Americans
3
Question
The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?
Answer
We the People
4
Question
What is an amendment?
Answer
a change to the Constitution, an addition to the Constitution
5
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What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
Answer
the Bill of Rights
6
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What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?
Answer
speech, religion, assembly, press, petition the government
7
Question
How many amendments does the Constitution have?
Answer
twenty-seven (27)
8
Question
What did the Declaration of Independence do?
Answer
announced our independence from Great Britain, declared our independence from Great Britain, said that the United States is free from Great Britain
9
Question
What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
Answer
life, liberty, pursuit of happiness
10
Question
What is freedom of religion?
Answer
You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion.
11
Question
What is the economic system in the United States?
Answer
capitalist economy, market economy
12
Question
What is the rule of law?
Answer
Everyone must follow the law. Leaders must obey the law. Government must obey the law. No one is above the law.
13
Question
Name one branch or part of the government.
Answer
Congress, legislative, President (executive), the courts (judicial)
14
Question
What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
Answer
checks and balances, separation of powers
15
Question
Who is in charge of the executive branch?
Answer
the President
16
Question
Who makes federal laws?
Answer
Congress, Senate and House of Representatives (U.S. or national legislature)
17
Question
What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?
Answer
the Senate and House of Representatives
18
Question
How many U.S. Senators are there?
Answer
one hundred (100)
19
Question
We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?
Answer
six (6)
20
Question
Who is one of your state's U.S. Senators now?
Answer
Answers will vary. District of Columbia residents and residents of U.S. territories should answer that D.C. or the territory where the applicant lives has no U.S. Senators.
21
Question
The House of Representatives has how many voting members?
Answer
four hundred thirty-five (435)
22
Question
We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?
Answer
two (2)
23
Question
Name your U.S. Representative.
Answer
Answers will vary. Residents of territories with nonvoting Delegates or Resident Commissioners may provide the name of that Delegate or Commissioner.
24
Question
Who does a U.S. Senator represent?
Answer
all people of the state
25
Question
Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?
Answer
because of the state's population, because they have more people
26
Question
We elect a President for how many years?
Answer
four (4)
27
Question
In what month do we vote for President?
Answer
November
28
Question
What is the name of the President of the United States now?
Answer
Visit uscis.gov/citizenshiptestupdates for the name of the President of the United States.
29
Question
What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now?
Answer
Visit uscis.gov/citizenshiptestupdates for the name of the Vice President of the United States.
30
Question
If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
Answer
the Vice President