Question 1

What is the supreme law of the land?

Accepted Answer

(U.S.) Constitution

Question 2

How many amendments does the U.S. Constitution have?

Accepted Answer

Twenty-seven (27)

Question 3

What is the economic system of the United States?

Accepted Answer

Capitalism; Free market economy

Question 4

Name one power of the U.S. Congress.

Accepted Answer

Writes laws; Declares war; Makes the federal budget

Question 5

What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives now?

Accepted Answer

Visit uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates for the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Question 6

The President of the United States is elected for how many years?

Accepted Answer

Four (4) years

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

Visit uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates for the name of the President of the United States. 6 of 19 uscis.gov/citizenship

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

Visit uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates for the name of the Vice President of the United States.

Question 9

Who vetoes bills?

Accepted Answer

The President (of the United States)

Question 10

What is the highest court in the United States?

Accepted Answer

Supreme Court 8 of 19 uscis.gov/citizenship

Question 11

Who is the governor of your state now?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. [District of Columbia residents should answer that D.C. does not have a governor.]

Question 12

What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?

Accepted Answer

The United States; The flag

Question 13

Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

Accepted Answer

American Indians; Native

Question 14

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Accepted Answer

(Thomas) Jefferson

Question 15

George Washington is famous for many things. Name one.

Accepted Answer

“Father of Our Country”; First president of the United States; General of the Continental Army; President of the Constitutional Convention

Question 16

Abraham Lincoln is famous for many things. Name one.

Accepted Answer

Freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation); Saved (or preserved) the Union; Led the United States during the Civil War; 16th president of the United States; Delivered the Gettysburg Address

Question 17

Martin Luther King, Jr. is famous for many things. Name one.

Accepted Answer

Fought for civil rights; Worked for equality for all; Worked to ensure that people would “not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character”

Question 18

What major event happened on September 11, 2001 in the United States?

Accepted Answer

Terrorists attacked the United States; Terrorists took over two planes and crashed them into the World Trade Center in New York City; Terrorists took over a plane and crashed into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia; Terrorists took over a plane originally aimed at Washington, D.C., and crashed in a field in Pennsylvania

Question 19

Why does the flag have 13 stripes?

Accepted Answer

(Because there were) 13 original colonies; (Because the stripes) represent the original colonies

Question 20

Name three national U.S. holidays.

Accepted Answer

New Year’s Day; Martin Luther King, Jr. Day; Presidents Day (Washington’s Birthday); Memorial Day; Juneteenth; Independence Day; Labor Day; Columbus Day; Veterans Day; Thanksgiving Day; Christmas Day