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Sample Citizenship Test #1
ANSWER KEY OF ACCEPTABLE RESPONSES

  1.  What does the Constitution do?
    ▪ sets up the government
    ▪ defines the government
    ▪ protects basic rights of Americans


  2. What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
    ▪ checks and balances
    ▪ separation of powers


  3. What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens?
    ▪ serve on a jury
    ▪ vote in a federal election

     
  4. Why did the colonists fight the British?
    ▪ because of high taxes (taxation without representation)
    ▪ because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering)
    ▪ because they didn’t have self-government


  5. What did Susan B. Anthony do?
    ▪ fought for women’s rights
    ▪ fought for civil rights

     
  6. Who was President during World War I?
    ▪ (Woodrow) Wilson
     
  7. Who did the United States fight in World War II?
    ▪ Japan, Germany, and Italy
     
  8. Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States.
    ▪ Missouri (River)
    ▪ Mississippi (River)

     
  9. Why does the flag have 13 stripes?
    ▪ because there were 13 original colonies
    ▪ because the stripes represent the original colonies

     
  10. Name two national U.S. holidays.
    ▪ New Year’s Day
    ▪ Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
    ▪ Presidents’ Day
    ▪ Memorial Day
    ▪ Independence Day
    ▪ Labor Day
    ▪ Columbus Day
    ▪ Veterans Day
    ▪ Thanksgiving
    ▪ Christmas
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