Citizenship Test Questions

at age eighteen (18)
between eighteen (18) and twenty-six (26)

Colonial Period and Independence

When must all men register for the Selective Service?

57

freedom
political liberty
religious freedom
economic opportunity
practice their religion
escape persecution

Colonial Period and Independence

What is one reason colonists came to America?

58

American Indians
Native Americans

Colonial Period and Independence

Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

59

Africans
people from Africa

Colonial Period and Independence

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

60

because of high taxes (taxation without representation)
because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering)
because they didn't have self-government

Colonial Period and Independence

Why did the colonists fight the British?

61

(Thomas) Jefferson

Colonial Period and Independence

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

62

July 4, 1776

Colonial Period and Independence

When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

63

New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia

Colonial Period and Independence

There were 13 original states. Name three.

64

The Constitution was written.
The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution.

Colonial Period and Independence

What happened at the Constitutional Convention?

65

1787

Colonial Period and Independence

When was the Constitution written?

66

(James) Madison
(Alexander) Hamilton
(John) Jay
Publius

Colonial Period and Independence

The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.

67

U.S. diplomat
oldest member of the Constitutional Convention
first Postmaster General of the United States
writer of "Poor Richard's Almanac"
started the first free libraries

Colonial Period and Independence

What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?

68

(George) Washington

Colonial Period and Independence

When must all men register for the Selective Service?

57

What is one reason colonists came to America?

58

Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

59

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

60

Why did the colonists fight the British?

61

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

62

When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

63

There were 13 original states. Name three.

64

What happened at the Constitutional Convention?

65

When was the Constitution written?

66

The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.

67

What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?

68

Who is the "Father of Our Country"?

69