Citizenship Test Answers
These are the answers that the U.S. Customs and Immigration Service will accept for the ten questions we chose.
- What does the Constitution do?
- sets up the government
- defines the government
- protects basic rights of Americans
- What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
- the Bill of Rights
- How many amendments does the Constitution have?
- 27
- What is the economic system in the United States?
- capitalist economy
- market economy
- Who makes federal laws?
- Congress
- Senate and House (of Representatives)
- (U.S. or national) legislature
- The House of Representatives has how many voting members?
- 435
- We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?
- 6
- Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the states?
- provide schooling and education
- provide protection (police)
- provide safety (fire departments)
- give a driver’s license
- approve zoning and land use
- What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
- The Constitution was written
- The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution
- Name one U.S. territory.
- Puerto Rico
- U.S. Virgin Islands
- American Samoa
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Guam