USCIS CIVICS TEST QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
What is the supreme law of the land? - Answer -The Constitution
What does the Constitution do? - Answer -sets up the government, defines the
government, protects basic rights of americans
The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the constitution. What are
these words? - Answer -We the People
What is an amendment? - Answer -a change (to the constitution), an addition (to the
constitution)
what do we call the first ten amendments to the constitution? - Answer -The Bill of
Rights
*What is ONE right or freedom from the First Amendment? - Answer -speech, religion,
assembly, press, petition the government
How many amendments does the Constitution have? - Answer -27
What did the declaration of independence do? - Answer -announced our independence
(from great Britain), declared our independence (from Great Britain, said that the US is
free (from Great Britain)
What are TWO rights in the declaration of independence? - Answer -life, liberty, pursuit
of happiness
What is freedom of religion? - Answer -You can practice any religion, or not practice a
religion.
*What is the economic system in the US? - Answer -capitalist economy, market
economy
What is the "rule of law"? - Answer -everyone must follow the law, leaders must obey
the law, government must obey the law, no one is above the law
Name ONE branch or part of the government - Answer -congress, legislative,
president, executive, the courts, judicial
What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful? - Answer -checks
and balances, separation of powers
Who is in charge of the executive branch? - Answer -the President
, Who makes federal laws? - Answer -Congress, Senate and House (of
Representatives), (US or national) legislature
*What are the TWO parts of the US Congress? - Answer -Senate and House (of
Representatives)
How many US Senators are there? - Answer -100
We elect a US Senator for how many years? - Answer -6
*Who is ONE of your state's US Senators now? - Answer -Barbara Mikulski, Ben
Cardin (as of 11/18)
The House of Representatives has how many voting members? - Answer -435
We elect a US Representative for how many years? - Answer -2
Name your US representative - Answer -MD Congressional Dist 6: John K. Delaney (as
of 10/18)
Who does a US Senator represent? - Answer -all the people of the state
Why do some states have more Representatives than other states? - Answer -
(because of) the state's population
We elect a president for how many years - Answer -4
* In what month do we vote for a president? - Answer -November
*What is the name of the President of the US now? - Answer -Barack Obama (as of
11/18)
What is the name of the Vice President of the US now? - Answer -Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
(as of 11/18)
If the president can no longer serve, who becomes president? - Answer -The vice
president
If both the president and vice president can no longer serve, who becomes president? -
Answer -the Speaker of the House
Who is the Commander in Chief of the military? - Answer -the President
Who signs bills to become laws? - Answer -the president
What is the supreme law of the land? - Answer -The Constitution
What does the Constitution do? - Answer -sets up the government, defines the
government, protects basic rights of americans
The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the constitution. What are
these words? - Answer -We the People
What is an amendment? - Answer -a change (to the constitution), an addition (to the
constitution)
what do we call the first ten amendments to the constitution? - Answer -The Bill of
Rights
*What is ONE right or freedom from the First Amendment? - Answer -speech, religion,
assembly, press, petition the government
How many amendments does the Constitution have? - Answer -27
What did the declaration of independence do? - Answer -announced our independence
(from great Britain), declared our independence (from Great Britain, said that the US is
free (from Great Britain)
What are TWO rights in the declaration of independence? - Answer -life, liberty, pursuit
of happiness
What is freedom of religion? - Answer -You can practice any religion, or not practice a
religion.
*What is the economic system in the US? - Answer -capitalist economy, market
economy
What is the "rule of law"? - Answer -everyone must follow the law, leaders must obey
the law, government must obey the law, no one is above the law
Name ONE branch or part of the government - Answer -congress, legislative,
president, executive, the courts, judicial
What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful? - Answer -checks
and balances, separation of powers
Who is in charge of the executive branch? - Answer -the President
, Who makes federal laws? - Answer -Congress, Senate and House (of
Representatives), (US or national) legislature
*What are the TWO parts of the US Congress? - Answer -Senate and House (of
Representatives)
How many US Senators are there? - Answer -100
We elect a US Senator for how many years? - Answer -6
*Who is ONE of your state's US Senators now? - Answer -Barbara Mikulski, Ben
Cardin (as of 11/18)
The House of Representatives has how many voting members? - Answer -435
We elect a US Representative for how many years? - Answer -2
Name your US representative - Answer -MD Congressional Dist 6: John K. Delaney (as
of 10/18)
Who does a US Senator represent? - Answer -all the people of the state
Why do some states have more Representatives than other states? - Answer -
(because of) the state's population
We elect a president for how many years - Answer -4
* In what month do we vote for a president? - Answer -November
*What is the name of the President of the US now? - Answer -Barack Obama (as of
11/18)
What is the name of the Vice President of the US now? - Answer -Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
(as of 11/18)
If the president can no longer serve, who becomes president? - Answer -The vice
president
If both the president and vice president can no longer serve, who becomes president? -
Answer -the Speaker of the House
Who is the Commander in Chief of the military? - Answer -the President
Who signs bills to become laws? - Answer -the president
