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Naturalization Test Practice – All 100 Questions

What is the supreme law of the land

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1. What is the supreme law of the land?

The Constitution - What does the Constitution do

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2. What does the Constitution do?

The idea of self-government - We The People

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

What is an amendment - a change to the Constitution

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4. What is an amendment?

The Bill of Rights - first ten amendments to the Constitution

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

What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment

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6. What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?

How many amendments does the Constitution have - 27

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7. How many amendments does the Constitution have?

What did the Declaration of Independence do

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8. What did the Declaration of Independence do?

What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence

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

What is freedom of religion

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10. What is freedom of religion?

What is the economic system in the United States - capitalist economy

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

What is the rule of law - Everyone must follow the law

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12. What is the “rule of law”?

Name one branch or part of the government

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13. Name one branch or part of the government

checks and balances - separation of powers

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

Who is in charge of the executive branch - The President

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15. Who is in charge of the executive branch?

Who makes federal laws - Congress - Senate and House of Representatives

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16. Who makes federal laws?

What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress - Senate and House of Representatives

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

How many U.S. Senators are there - 100

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

We elect a US Senator for how many years - 6 - Six

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

US senators and the states they represent

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

The House of Representatives has how many voting members - four hundred thirty-five 435

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

We elect a US Representative for how many years - Two - 2

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

Name your US Representative

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23. Name your U.S. Representative

Who does a US Senator represent - all people of the state

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

Why do some states have more Representatives than other states

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

We elect a President for how many years - Four - 4

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26. We elect a President for how many years?

In what month do we vote for President - November

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27. In what month do we vote for President?

What is the name of the President of the United States now - Donald J Trump

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

What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now - Mike Pence

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

If the President can no longer serve who becomes President - The Vice President

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

If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve who becomes President - The speaker of the house

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

Who is the Commander in Chief of the military - The President

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32. Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?

Who signs bills to become laws - The President

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33. Who signs bills to become laws?

Who vetoes bills - The President

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34. Who vetoes bills?

What does the President’s Cabinet do - advises the President

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35. What does the President’s Cabinet do?

What are two Cabinet-level positions

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36. What are two Cabinet-level positions?

What does the judicial branch do

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37. What does the judicial branch do?

What is the highest court in the United States - the Supreme Court

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38. What is the highest court in the United States?

How many justices are on the Supreme Court - Nine - 9

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39. How many justices are on the Supreme Court?

Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now - John Roberts

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40. Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now?

What is one power of the federal government

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

What is one power of the states

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42. Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the states?

Who is the Governor of your state now

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43. Who is the Governor of your state now?

What is the capital of your state

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44. What is the capital of your state?

What are the two major political parties in the United States - Republican Party - Democratic Party

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45. What are the two major political parties in the United States?

What is the political party of the President now - Republican Party

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46. What is the political party of the President now?

What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives now - Paul D Ryan

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

four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote - citizens eighteen and older

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48. There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them

What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens - serve on a jury - vote in a federal election

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49. What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens?

Name one right only for United States citizens - vote in a federal election - run for federal office

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50. Name one right only for United States citizens

What are two rights of everyone living in the United States

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51. What are two rights of everyone living in the United States?

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

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

What is one promise you make when you become a United States citizen - give up loyalty to other countries

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53. What is one promise you make when you become a United States citizen?

How old do citizens have to be to vote for President - eighteen 18 and older

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54. How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?

What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy

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55. What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy?

When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms - April 15

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56. When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms?

When must all men register for the Selective Service - at age eighteen 18

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57. When must all men register for the Selective Service?

What is one reason colonists came to America - freedom

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58. What is one reason colonists came to America?

Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived - American Indians - Native Americans

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59. Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves - Africans - People from Africa

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60. What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?

Why did the colonists fight the British - Because of high taxes

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61. Why did the colonists fight the British?

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence - Thomas Jefferson

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62. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

When was the Declaration of Independence adopted - July 4 1776

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63. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

There were 13 original states - Name three

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64. There were 13 original states. Name three

What happened at the Constitutional Convention - The Constitution was written

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65. What happened at the Constitutional Convention?

When was the Constitution written - 1787

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66. When was the Constitution written?

The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the US Constitution Name one of the writers

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67. The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers

What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for

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68. What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?

Who is the Father of Our Country - George Washington

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69. Who is the “Father of Our Country”?

Who was the first President - George Washington

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70. Who was the first President?

What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803 - the Louisiana Territory

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71. What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?

Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s - War of 1812

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72. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s

Name the US war between the North and the South - The Civil War

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73. Name the U.S. war between the North and the South

Name one problem that led to the Civil War - Slavery

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74. Name one problem that led to the Civil War

What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did - freed the slaves

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75. What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do - Freed the slaves

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76. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

What did Susan B Anthony do - fought for women rights

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77. What did Susan B. Anthony do?

Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s - World War I

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78. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s

Who was President during World War I - Woodrow Wilson

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79. Who was President during World War I?

Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II - Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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80. Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?

Who did the United States fight in World War II - Japan Germany and Italy

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81. Who did the United States fight in World War II?

Before he was President Eisenhower was a general What war was he in - World War II

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82. Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?

During the Cold War what was the main concern of the United States - Communism

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83. During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?

What movement tried to end racial discrimination - Civil Rights Movement

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84. What movement tried to end racial discrimination?

What did Martin Luther King Jr do - fought for civil rights

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85. What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?

What major event happened on September 11 2001 in the United States - Terrorists attacked the United States

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

Name one American Indian tribe in the United States

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87. Name one American Indian tribe in the United States

Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States - Missouri River - Mississippi River

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88. Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States

What ocean is on the West Coast of the United States - Pacific Ocean

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89. What ocean is on the West Coast of the United States?

What ocean is on the East Coast of the United States - Atlantic Ocean

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90. What ocean is on the East Coast of the United States?

Name one US territory - Puerto Rico - US Virgin Islands - American Samoa - Northern Mariana Islands - Guam

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91. Name one U.S. territory

Name one state that borders Canada - Canada–United States border

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92. Name one state that borders Canada

Name one state that borders Mexico - Mexico–United States border

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93. Name one state that borders Mexico

What is the capital of the United States - Washington DC

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94. What is the capital of the United States?

Where is the Statue of Liberty - New York Harbor - Liberty Island

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95. Where is the Statue of Liberty?

Why does the flag have 13 stripes - because there were 13 original colonies

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96. Why does the flag have 13 stripes?

Why does the flag have 50 stars - because there is one star for each state

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97. Why does the flag have 50 stars?

What is the name of the national anthem - The Star-Spangled Banner

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98. What is the name of the national anthem?

When do we celebrate Independence Day - July 4th

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99. When do we celebrate Independence Day?

Name two national U.S. holidays

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100. Name two national U.S. holidays