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Can you pass the U.S. citizenship test?

The following questions were taken from a sample U.S. citizenship test. Each person applying for citizenship must take a test administered by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Ten questions are taken from a list of 100, and one must provide the correct answer, instead of choosing from a list of choices. Some questions are easy, some are difficult.



1. What do we call the first 10 amendments to the Constitution?

A. The Bill of Rights
B. Owned cherry trees
C. Articles of Confederation

2. What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment to the Constitution?

A. Privacy
B. Citizenship
C. Assembly

3. How many amendments does the Constitution have?

A. 26
B. 27
C. 28

4. Under the Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the federal government?

A. To provide schooling and education
B. To provide protection
C. To create an army

5. Which is a right only for United States citizens?

A. Vote
B. Freedom of expression
C. The right to bear arms

6. A senator is elected for how many years?

A. 2
B. 4
C. 6

7. When was the Constitution written?

A. 1776
B. 1775
C. 1787

8. Which of the following was not one of the original 13 states?

A. Vermont
B. New Hampshire
C. Massachusetts

9. Who of the following helped write the Federalist Papers?

A. Thomas Jefferson
B. John Jay
C. Francis Scott Key

10. Which of the following was not a war the U.S. fought in the 1800s?

A. The Revolutionary War
B. The Mexican-American War
C. The Spanish-American War

11. Who was the president during World War I?

A. Theodore Roosevelt
B. Franklin Roosevelt
C. Woodrow Wilson

12. Which of the following is one of the two longest rivers in the United States?

A. Colorado River
B. Missouri River
C. Rio Grande

13. Which of the following is not a U.S. territory?

A. Northern Mariana Islands
B. Philippines
C. Guam

14. How many stripes does the flag have?

A. 17
B. 14
C. 13

15. Who was the president during the Great Depression?

A. Theodore Roosevelt
B. Franklin Roosevelt
C. Dwight Eisenhower



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