U.S. Citizenship Quiz #5

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

Libertarian and Green

Communist and Capitalist

Democratic and Republican

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

Vote and join a political party

Get a job and drive a car

Watch TV and eat at restaurants

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

The Bill of Rights

The Emancipation Proclamation

The Preamble

4. Where is the Statue of Liberty?

In Washington, DC

In New York Harbor

In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

5. Why do some states have more Representatives than others?

Because they were part of the original thirteen colonies

Because they have more money

Because they have more people

6. What does the President's Cabinet do?

It advises the President.

It makes federal laws.

It reviews federal laws to see if they are constitutional.

7. What is one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?

He landed on the Moon in 1969

He led the Union during the Civil War

He was the first Postmaster of the United States

8. What happened at the Constitutional Convention?

Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence

The Constitution was written

There was a war between the North and the South

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

He freed the slaves.

He signed the Declaration of Independence.

He fought for civil rights.