Naturalization Test: Rights and Responsibilities(C) & Colonial Period and Independence(D) & 1800s(E)

a

100

(C) What are two rights of everyone living in the United States?

1)freedom of expression 2)freedom of speech 3)freedom of assembly 4)freedom to petition the government 5)freedom of religion 6)the right to bear arms

200

(C) When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms?

April 15th

300

(D) Why did the colonists fight the British?

1)because of high taxes,taxarion w/o representaion 2)because the British army stayed in their houses, boarding quartering 3)because they didn't have self-government

400

(D) When was the Constitution written?

1787

500

(E) What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?

Louisianna Territory

b

100

(C) What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?

1)the United States 2)the flag

200

(C) When must all men register for the Selective Service?

1)at the age of 18 2)between 18 and 26

300

(D) Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? 

Thomas Jefferson

400

(D) The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the US Constitution. Name one of the writers

1)James Madison 2)Alexander Hamilton 3)John Jay 4)Publius

500

(E) Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s

1)War of 1812 2)Mexican-American War 3)Civil War 4)Spanish-American War

c

100

(C) What is one promise you make when you become a United States citizen? 

1)give up loyalty to another country 2)be loyal to the Unted States

200

(D) What is one reason colonists came to America

1)freedom 2)political liberty 3)religous freedom

300

(D) When was the Declaration of Independence adopted? 

July 4, 1776

400

(D) What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for? 

1)US Diplomat 2)The oldest member of the Constitutional Convention 3)started the first free libraries 

500

(E) Name one war between the North and South 

1)Civil War 2)War between the States

d

100

(C) How old do you have to be to vote for President? 

18

200

(D) Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived? 

1)American Indians 2)Native Americans

300

(D) There were 13 original states. Name 3. 

1)New Hampshire 2)Massachusedtts 3)Rhode Island 4)Connecticut 5)New York 6)New Jersey 7)Pennsylvania 8)Delware 9)Maryland 10)Virginia 11)North Carolina 12)South Carolina 13)Georgia

400

(D) Who is the "Father of our country"?

George Washington

500

(E) Name one problem that lead to the Civil War

1)Slavery 2)economic reasons 3)state's rights

e

100

(C) What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy? 

1)vote 2)join a political party 3)help with a campaign 

200

(D)What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?

1)Africans 2)people from Africa

300

(D) What happened at the Constitutional Convention?

1)the Constitution was written 2)the Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution

400

(D) Who was the first President? 

George Washington 

500

(E) What is one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did? 

1)freed the slaves 2)saved or preserved the union