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Question 1

What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?*

Answer 1

• speech
• religion
• assembly
• press
• petition the government

Question 2

What is the economic system in the United States?*

Answer 2

• capitalist economy

Question 3

What is the “rule of law”?

Answer 3

• Everyone must follow the law.
• Leaders must obey the law.
• Government must obey the law:
• No one is above the law.

Question 4

Name one branch or part of the government.*

Answer 4

• Congress

• legislative

• President

• executive

• the courts

• judicial

Question 5

are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?*

Answer 5

• the Senate and House (of Representatives)

Question 6

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

Answer 6

• Answers will vary. [District of Columbia residents and residents of U.S. territories should answer that D.C.
(or the territory where the applicant lives) has no U.S. Senators./

Question 7

In what month do we vote for President?

Answer 7

November

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Donald Trump

Question 9

What is the capital of your state?*

Answer 9

Albany

Question 10

What are the two major political parties in the United States?*

Answer 10

• Democratic and Republican

Question 11

What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens?*

Answer 11

• serve on a jury
• vote in a federal election

Question 12

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

Answer 12

18

Question 13

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

Answer 13

April 15

Question 14

Who was the first President?

Answer 14

George Washington

Question 15

What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?*

Answer 15

• freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation)

Question 16

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

Answer 16

• World War I
• World War II
• Korean War
• Vietnam War
• (Persian) Gulf War

Question 17

What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?*

Answer 17

• fought for civil rights
• worked for equality for all Americans

Question 18

What is the capital of the United States?*

Answer 18

• Washington, D.C.

Question 19

Where is the Statue of Liberty?*

Answer 19

• New York (Harbor)
• Liberty Island

[Also acceptable are New Jersey, near New York City, and on the Hudson (River)./

Question 20

Why does the flag have 50 stars?*

Answer 20

• because there is one star for each state

• because each star represents a state

• because there are 50 states

Question 21

When do we celebrate Independence Day?

Answer 21

July 4