Quizzo Questions!

American Citizenship Test

1. Where does Congress meet? Capitol in Washington DC
2. Who becomes President if the President and Vice President die? Speaker of the house of representatives
3. What country did we fight during the revolutionary war? England
4. Can the constitution be changed? Yes
5. How many times may a senator be reelected? There is no limit
6. What are the two major political parties in the US Today? Republicans Democrats
7. What did the emancipation proclamation do? Outlawed slavery
8. Who selects the supreme court justices? The President
9. Name three rights or freedoms guaranteed by the bill of rights (1 point for each).
   1. The right of freedom of speech, press, religion, peaceable assembly and requesting change of government.
   2. The right to bear arms (the right to have weapons or own a gun, though subject to certain regulations).
   3. The government may not quarter, or house, soldiers in the people’s homes during peacetime without the people’s consent.
   4. The government may not search or take a person’s property without a warrant.
   5. A person may not be tried twice for the same crime and does not have to testify against him/herself.
   6. A person charged with a crime still has some rights, such as the right to a trial and to have a lawyer.
   7. The right to trial by jury in most cases.
   8. Protects people against excessive or unreasonable fines or cruel and unusual punishment.
   9. The people have rights other than those mentioned in the Constitution.
   10. Any power not given to the federal government by the Constitution is a power of either the states or the people.
10. What are the colors of the American Flag? Red White & Blue

TIE BREAKER: how many people became US Citizens in 2010? 675,967