Preparing for Naturalization Test

1. What is the supreme law of the land?

• the Constitution

2. What does the Constitution do?

• sets up the government

• defines the government

• protects basic rights of Americans

3. The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?

• We the People

4. What is an amendment?

• a change (to the Constitution)

• an addition (to the Constitution)

5. What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?

The bill of rights

6. What is one right of freedom from the first amendment?

Speech

Religion

Assembly

Press

Petition the government

7. How many amendments does the Constitution have?

Twenty seven (27)

8. What did the Declaration of Independence do?

Announced our independence (from Great Britain)

Declared our independence (from Great Britain)

Said that the United States is free (from Great Britain)

9. What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?

Life

Liberty

Pursuit of happiness

10. What is freedom of religion!

You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion

11. What is the economic system in the United States?

Capitalist economy

Market economy

12. What is the ‘rule of law’?

Everyone must follow the law

Leaders must obey the law

Government must obey the law

No one is above the law

13. Name one branch or part of the government

Congress

Legislative

President

Executive

The courts

Judicial

14. What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?

Checks and balances

Separation of powers

15. Who is in charge of the executive branch?

The president

16. Who makes federal laws

Congress

Senate and House (of Representatives)

(U.S. or national) legislature

17. What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?

The Senate and House (of Representatives)

18. How many U.S. Senators are there?

One hundred (100)

19. We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?

Six (6)

20. Who is one of your state’s U.S. Senators now?

Elizabeth Warren

Ed Markey

21. The House of Representatives has how many voting members?

Four hundred thirty five (435)

22. We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?

Two (2)

23. Name your U.S. Representative

Richard Neal

Jim McGovern

Lori Trahan

Katherine Clark

Ayanna Pressley

24. Who does a U.S. Senator represent?

All people of the state

25. Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?

Because of the state’s population

Because they have more people

Because some states have more people

26. We elect a President for how many years?

Four (4)

27. In what month do we vote for President?

November

What is the name of the President of the United States now?

Donald J Trump

29. What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now?

James David Vance

30. If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President?

The Vice President

31. If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President?

The Speaker of the House

Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?

The President

33. Who signs bills to become laws?

The President

34. Who vetoes bills?

The President