Can You Make The Grade On This U.S. Citizenship Quiz?

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Question 1

What country borders the United States to the north?

  • A
    Mexico
  • B
    Canada
  • C
    Puerto Rico
  • D
    Greenland

Question 2

What is the name of the famous statue in New York Harbor that has greeted many immigrants to the United States?

  • A
    The Statue of Liberty
  • B
    The Statue of Integrity
  • C
    The Statue of Justice
  • D
    The Statue of Freedom

Question 3

What are the two dominant political parties in the United States?

  • A
    Democrats and Federalists
  • B
    Republicans and Independents
  • C
    Democrats and Republicans
  • D
    Independents and Federalists

Question 4

What somewhat controversial national holiday celebrates the arrival of a famous explorer to the Americas?

  • A
    Columbus Day
  • B
    Viking Day
  • C
    Lewis & Clark Day
  • D
    Magellan Day

Question 5

Who gave the famous “I Have a Dream” speech during the Civil Rights movement?

  • A
    W. E. B. DuBois
  • B
    Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • C
    Malcolm X
  • D
    Rosa Parks

Question 6

Which federal holiday honors retired United States military service men and women?

  • A
    Veterans Day
  • B
    Thanksgiving
  • C
    Easter
  • D
    Christmas

Question 7

What is the capital of the United States?

  • A
    Chicago, Illinois
  • B
    New York City, New York
  • C
    Boston, Massachusetts
  • D
    Washington, D.C.

Question 8

What are the first three words of the U.S. Constitution?

  • A
    “We the people…”
  • B
    “We the rulers…”
  • C
    “We the government…”
  • D
    “We the majority…”

Question 9

What December day is a public holiday in many nations worldwide, including the United States?

  • A
    Veterans Day
  • B
    Christmas Day
  • C
    Boxing Day
  • D
    Thanksgiving

Question 10

On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence stated the American colonies' independence from what country?

  • A
    Great Britain
  • B
    Canada
  • C
    Russia
  • D
    Ireland

Question 11

What two oceans border the east and west coasts of the United States?

  • A
    Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean
  • B
    Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean
  • C
    Pacific Ocean and Southern Ocean
  • D
    Arctic Ocean and North Sea

Question 12

If the President of the United States is unable to serve, who becomes the President?

  • A
    The First Lady
  • B
    The Speaker of the House
  • C
    The Vice President
  • D
    The Prime Minister of Canada

Question 13

Which United States government agency is responsible for space exploration?

  • A
    DASA
  • B
    The Space Program
  • C
    The Department of Space
  • D
    NASA

Question 14

An astronaut walked on this celestial body for the first time in 1969.

  • A
    Mars
  • B
    Venus
  • C
    The Moon
  • D
    Saturn

Question 15

This event prompted rapid expansion on the United States West Coast.

  • A
    The Mine Crawl
  • B
    The Gold Rush
  • C
    The Dust Bowl
  • D
    The Bronze Search

Question 16

Which federal holiday honors the contributions of workers in America?

  • A
    Union Day
  • B
    Workers Day
  • C
    Factory Day
  • D
    Labor Day

Question 17

New York City's Wall Street is most famously the home of what?

  • A
    The Grand Canyon
  • B
    America's Financial Center
  • C
    Walt Disney World
  • D
    The Capitol Building

Question 18

Which war was fought between the U.S. North and South?

  • A
    Mexican-American War
  • B
    The Civil War
  • C
    War of 1812
  • D
    Spanish-American War

Question 19

What is the name of the movement that occurred in the 1950s and 60s to fight racial discrimination?

  • A
    The Civil Rights Movement
  • B
    Manifest Destiny
  • C
    The Great Movement
  • D
    The Right Fighters

Question 20

What two cities suffered devastating attacks from the first ever atomic bombs?

  • A
    Tokyo, Osaka
  • B
    Warsaw, Krakow
  • C
    Berlin, Munich
  • D
    Hiroshima, Nagasaki

Question 21

Who can vote in presidential elections in the United States?

  • A
    Any citizen over the age of 18.
  • B
    Any man over the age of 18.
  • C
    College-educated citizens over the age of 18.
  • D
    Any citizen over the age of 21.

Question 22

Which of these is NOT one of the three branches of the federal government of the United States?

  • A
    Executive
  • B
    Legislative
  • C
    Capitalist
  • D
    Judicial

Question 23

Which of the following mountain ranges is NOT found in the United States?

  • A
    The Appalachian Mountains
  • B
    The Himalayan Mountains
  • C
    The Rocky Mountains
  • D
    The Sierra Nevada Mountains

Question 24

What incident led to United States involvement in World War II?

  • A
    Operation Barbarossa
  • B
    Attack on Pearl Harbor
  • C
    Hitler invading Poland
  • D
    Attack on New York Harbor

Question 25

What is an amendment?

  • A
    A congressional speech
  • B
    A change or addition to the U.S. Constitution
  • C
    A branch of government
  • D
    A Supreme Court verdict

Question 26

What federal holiday celebrates George Washington’s birthday?

  • A
    Presidents' Day
  • B
    Memorial Day
  • C
    Labor Day
  • D
    Independence Day

Question 27

Why does the US flag have exactly 50 stars?

  • A
    50 is the United States' official number
  • B
    This number of stars makes the flag look best
  • C
    There are 50 states in the Union
  • D
    It was the 50th country founded in the world

Question 28

Who was the first president of the United States?

  • A
    Abraham Lincoln
  • B
    Benjamin Franklin
  • C
    Thomas Jefferson
  • D
    George Washington

Question 29

What day is usually Tax Day in the United States?

  • A
    April 15
  • B
    January 15
  • C
    September 15
  • D
    June 15

Question 30

How many colonies were originally part of the United States?

  • A
    10
  • B
    13
  • C
    15
  • D
    18

Question 31

Which of the following is NOT a war in which the United States was directly involved?

  • A
    The American Civil War
  • B
    World War II
  • C
    The Vietnam War
  • D
    The Spanish Civil War

Question 32

Which national holiday traditionally celebrates the fall harvest?

  • A
    Labor Day
  • B
    Christmas
  • C
    Halloween
  • D
    Thanksgiving

Question 33

What are the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution called?

  • A
    The Bill of Wrongs
  • B
    The Amendments
  • C
    The Bill of Rights
  • D
    The Original Ten

Question 34

What month are the U.S. general elections held?

  • A
    January
  • B
    September
  • C
    November
  • D
    December

Question 35

What is the national anthem of the United States?

  • A
    The Pledge of Allegiance
  • B
    The Star-Spangled Banner
  • C
    Born in the USA
  • D
    America the Beautiful

Question 36

Which of the following is NOT a cabinet position?

  • A
    Secretary of Education
  • B
    Secretary of Agriculture
  • C
    Governor of Law
  • D
    Secretary of State

Question 37

Who are the Joint Chiefs of Staff?

  • A
    Military advisers
  • B
    Education advisers
  • C
    Judicial advisers
  • D
    Transportation advisers

Question 38

Which United States president famously said, “Mr. Gorbachev - tear down this wall!”?

  • A
    Bill Clinton
  • B
    Ronald Reagan
  • C
    Barack Obama
  • D
    George H.W. Bush

Question 39

Which of the following is an American Indian tribe in the United States?

  • A
    Cherokee
  • B
    Seminole
  • C
    Apache
  • D
    All of these

Question 40

How many stripes are there on the United States flag?

  • A
    13
  • B
    15
  • C
    12
  • D
    10

Question 41

Which of the following is NOT a right of everyone living in the United States?

  • A
    Freedom of speech
  • B
    Freedom of religion
  • C
    Freedom to assemble
  • D
    The right to vote in federal elections

Question 42

What US government agency, established by President Woodrow Wilson, is responsible for promoting and regulating national parks, monuments, and reservations?

  • A
    National Park Service
  • B
    National Travel Service
  • C
    National Wildlife Service
  • D
    National Outdoor Service

Question 43

What 2,320-mile-long river starts in Lake Itasca in Minnesota and ends in the Gulf of Mexico on the coast of Louisiana?

  • A
    Columbia River
  • B
    Missouri River
  • C
    Rock River
  • D
    Mississippi River

Question 44

What date did terrorists attack the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in the United States?

  • A
    October 11, 2011
  • B
    November 11, 2001
  • C
    September 1, 2000
  • D
    September 11, 2001

Question 45

Which countries did the United States fight in World War II?

  • A
    Italy, China, Japan
  • B
    England, Japan, China
  • C
    Germany, Italy, Japan
  • D
    Germany, England, Italy

Question 46

What document serves as the supreme law of the United States?

  • A
    The Declaration of Independence
  • B
    The Constitution
  • C
    The Emancipation Proclamation
  • D
    The Louisiana Purchase Treaty

Question 47

If there is a tied vote in the United States Senate, who votes to break the tie?

  • A
    Attorney General
  • B
    Supreme Court
  • C
    Vice President
  • D
    Speaker of the House

Question 48

What are the two houses in Congress called?

  • A
    The Supreme Court and the Senate
  • B
    The House of Senators and the Representatives
  • C
    The Senate and the Legislature
  • D
    The House of Representatives and the Senate

Question 49

Who is the leader of the United States government executive branch?

  • A
    The Supreme Court
  • B
    The Speaker of the House
  • C
    The President
  • D
    Congress

Question 50

What was the Underground Railroad?

  • A
    A freedom route North for Southern slaves
  • B
    A way to transport slaves from the North to the South
  • C
    The first railroad built in the United States
  • D
    A railroad built underground

Question 51

What US territory is located in the Caribbean Sea, southeast of Miami, Florida?

  • A
    Cuba
  • B
    Puerto Rico
  • C
    Dominican Republic
  • D
    Guam

Question 52

From what country did the United States purchase the Louisiana Territory in 1803?

  • A
    Great Britain
  • B
    China
  • C
    Canada
  • D
    France

Question 53

What are the eligibility requirements to run for president of the United States?

  • A
    Natural-born U.S. citizen ONLY
  • B
    At least 35 years old ONLY
  • C
    Natural-born U.S. citizen AND at least 35 years old
  • D
    Natural-born U.S. citizen OR at least 45 years old

Question 54

Which former U.S. President was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?

  • A
    Aaron Burr
  • B
    George Washington
  • C
    Alexander Hamilton
  • D
    Thomas Jefferson

Question 55

Which one of these states did NOT start out as one of the original Thirteen Colonies?

  • A
    New Jersey
  • B
    Delaware
  • C
    Louisiana
  • D
    Georgia

Question 56

President Eisenhower was a military general in which war?

  • A
    World War I
  • B
    World War II
  • C
    Vietnam War
  • D
    Korean War

Question 57

This Massachusetts senator narrowly defeated Richard Nixon to become the 35th president of the United States.

  • A
    Bill Clinton
  • B
    Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • C
    John F. Kennedy
  • D
    Jimmy Carter

Question 58

What was the purpose of the US Constitution when it was adopted in 1787?

  • A
    To establish the government of the United States.
  • B
    To define the government of the United States.
  • C
    To protect the basic rights of US citizens
  • D
    All of the above.

Question 59

What is the primary economic system of the United States?

  • A
    Socialism
  • B
    Capitalism
  • C
    Communism
  • D
    Mercantilism

Question 60

Which of these did Abraham Lincoln NOT do during his presidency?

  • A
    Free Slaves via the Emancipation Proclamation
  • B
    Lead the Union during the Civil War
  • C
    Drop an Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima
  • D
    Establish the Department of Agriculture

Question 61

How many justices sit on the Supreme Court?

  • A
    8 justices
  • B
    9 justices
  • C
    10 justices
  • D
    7 justices

Question 62

What man is primarily responsible for the drafting of the Declaration of Independence?

  • A
    George Washington
  • B
    Thomas Jefferson
  • C
    Abraham Lincoln
  • D
    James Madison

Question 63

This United States president enacted The New Deal during The Great Depression.

  • A
    Theodore Roosevelt
  • B
    Franklin Roosevelt
  • C
    Calvin Coolidge
  • D
    Herbert Hoover

Question 64

Which of the following is NOT a presidential power?

  • A
    Sign a bill into law
  • B
    Commander in Chief of the military
  • C
    Issue executive orders and pardons
  • D
    Declare war

Question 65

What are "checks and balances"?

  • A
    Combination of taxes
  • B
    Combination of powers
  • C
    Separation of powers
  • D
    Separation of taxes

Question 66

Who elects the president of the United States?

  • A
    The U.S. Electoral College
  • B
    The U.S. Citizens
  • C
    The U.S. Supreme Court
  • D
    The U.S. Congress

Question 67

On August 21, 1959, what became the last state to join the Union?

  • A
    Alaska
  • B
    Hawaii
  • C
    New Mexico
  • D
    Maine

Question 68

What was the first permanent English colony in America?

  • A
    Plymouth
  • B
    Jamestown
  • C
    Roanoke
  • D
    New England

Question 69

Who was the Confederate president during the Civil War?

  • A
    Thomas Jefferson
  • B
    Robert E. Lee
  • C
    Jefferson Davis
  • D
    Abraham Lincoln

Question 70

Who was President during World War I?

  • A
    Woodrow Wilson
  • B
    William Howard Taft
  • C
    Theodore Roosevelt
  • D
    Franklin Roosevelt

Question 71

How many senators are there in the United States Senate?

  • A
    50
  • B
    200
  • C
    100
  • D
    435

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Fantastic

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Too easy.

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The quiz was fine, maybe a little too easy. But the way it was displayed was seriously defective. The 4-prompt page jumped around, causing me to click on the wrong answer at least twice.

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Only two wrong - and I am a Canadian.

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It is a good thing. This allows the general public to better know the history of this great country

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I just love it keeps me up to par .

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Brain twister

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Brought back a ton of memories from grade school..

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Good history and civics quiz. It would be interesting to see the results from most college students today.

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Very good mental exercise! Need more topics, e.g., music, art, literature, geography, etc. Thx so much!

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Quiz is great but all the in between ads suck

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12 wrong , my favorite subject was American History 83 percent . Was good .

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it was a good quiz for our history

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Guess I was awake in fourth grade.

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76% ,very good!!

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66/72! Pretty good considering I'm under 13. Tough, some questions confused me

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It was hard for me I don't keep up with the US like that

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Pretty decent, & easy.

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I tried to share it on face book and it wouldn't let me. Other wise it was great.

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interesting

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