Can you pass the test?

12 questions from the U.S. citizenship exam

By U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

posted Nov 13, 2008 - 8:48:41am

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

1. How many states are there in the Union (the United States)?

2. Who elects the President of the United States?

3. How many changes, or amendments, are there to the Constitution?

4. How many Senators are there in Congress?

5. How many voting members are in the House of Representatives?

6. Who becomes President if both the President and Vice President die?

7. What were the original 13 states?

8. What group has the power to declare war?

9. What kind of government does the United States have?

10. What is the most important right granted to United States citizens?

11. Name one state that borders Mexico.

12. What movement tried to end racial discrimination?

Answers:

1. 50 states

2. The Electoral College

3. 27 amendments

4. 100 Senators; two from each state

5. 435 voting members in the House of Representatives

6. The Speaker of the House

7. Virginia, Massachusetts, Maryland, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Georgia

8. Congress has the power to declare war.

9. A Republic

10. The right to vote.

11. California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas

12. Civil rights

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