C. Rights And Responsibilities

Question 1

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

Answer 1

• Children eighteen (18) and older (can vote)
• You don’t have to pay ( a poll tax) to vote
• Any citizen can vote (Women and men can vote)
• A male citizen of any race (can vote)

Question 2

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

Answer 2

• Serve on a jury

- Vote on a federal election

Question 3

50. Name one right only for the United States citizens?

Answer 3

• vote in a federal election

- Run for federal office

Question 4

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

Answer 4

• freedom of expression
• freedom of speech
• freedom of assembly
• freedom to petition the government
• freedom of religion
• the right to bear arms

Question 5

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

Answer 5

• The United States

- the flag

Question 6

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

Answer 6

• give up loyalty to other countries
• defend the Constitution and laws of the United States
• obey the laws of the United States
• serve in the U. S. Military (if needed)
• serve ( do important work for) the nation ( if needed)
• be loyal to the United States

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Eighteen (18) and older

Question 8

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

Answer 8

• vote
• join a political party
• help with a campaign
• join a civic group
• join a community group
• give an elected official your opinion on an issue
• call Senators and Representatives
• publicly support or oppose an issue or policy
• run for office
• write to a newspaper

Question 9

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

Answer 9

• April 15

Question 10

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

Answer 10

• at age eighteen (18)

- between eighteen (18) and twenty six (26)

Question 11

58. What is one reason colonists came to America?

Answer 11

• freedom
• political liberty
• religious freedom
• economic opportunity
• practice their religion
• escape persecution

Question 12

59. Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

Answer 12

• American Indians

- Native Americans

Question 13

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

Answer 13

• Africans

- people from Africa

Question 14

61. Why did the colonists fight the British?

Answer 14

• because of high taxes (taxation without representation)
• because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering)
• because they didn’t have self-government

Question 15

62. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 15

• Thomas Jefferson

Question 16

63. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

Answer 16

July 4, 1776

Question 17

64. There were 13 original states. Name three

Answer 17

• New Hampshire. - Delaware
• Massachusetts. - Maryland
• Rhode Island. - Virginia
• Connecticut. - North Carolina
• New York. - South Carolina
• New Jersey. - Georgia
• Pennsylvania

Question 18

65. What happened at the Constitutional Convention?

Answer 18

• The Constitution was written

- The founding Fathers wrote the Constitution

Question 19

66. When was the Constitution written?

Answer 19

1787

Question 20

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

Answer 20

• James Madison
• Alexander Hamilto
• John Jay
• Publius

Question 21

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

Answer 21

• U.S. diplomat
• Oldest member of the Constitutional Convention
• first Postmaster General of the United States
• writer of “Poor Richard’s Almanac”
• started the first free libraries

Question 22

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

Answer 22

George Washington

Question 23

70. Who was the first President?

Answer 23

George Washington