Civics flash cards for the naturalization test

1: What is the supreme law of the land?

2: What does the Constitution do?

3: Idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution, what are these words?

4: What is an amendment?

5: What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?

6: What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?

7: How many amendments does the Constitution have?

8: What did the Declaration of Independence do?

9: What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?

10: What is freedom of religion?

11: What is the economic system in the United States?

12: What is the "rule of law"?

13: Name one branch or part of the government

14: What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?

15: Who is in charge of the executive branch?

16: Who makes federal laws?

17: What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?

18: How many US Senators are there?

19: We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?

20: Who is one of your state's U.S. Senators now?

21: House of Representatives has how many voting members?

22: We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?

23: Name your U.S. Representative

24: Who does a U.S. Senator represent?

25: Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?

26: We elect a President for how many years?

27: In what month do we vote for President?

28: What is the name of the President of the United States now?

29: What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now?

30: If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President?

31: If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President?

32: Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?

33: Who signs bills to become laws?

34: Who vetoes bills?

35: What does the President's Cabinet do?

36: What are two Cabinet-level positions?

37: What does the judicial branch do?

38: What is the highest court in the United States?

39: How many justices are on the Supreme Court?

40: Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now?

41: Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the federal government?

42: Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the states?

43: Who is the Governor of your state now?

44: What is the capital of your state?

45: What are the two major political parties in the United States?

46: What is the political party of the President now?

47: What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives now?

48: There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote-describe one of them

49: What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens?

50: Name one right only for United States citizens

51: What are two rights of everyone living in the United States

52: What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?

53: What is one promise you make when you become a United States citizen?

54: How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?

55: What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy?

56: When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms?

57: When must all men register for the selective service?

58: What is one reason colonists came to America?

59: Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

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

61: Why did the colonists fight the British?

62: Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

63: When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

64: There were 13 original states-name three

65: What happened at the Constitutional Convention?

66: When was the Constitution written?

67: Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution-name one of the writers

68: What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?

69: Who is the "Father of Our Country"?

70: Who was the first President?

71: What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?

72: Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s?

73: Name the US war between the North and the South

74: Name one problem that led to the Civil War

75: What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?

76: What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

77: What did Susan B. Anthony do?

78: Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s

79: Who was President during World War I?

80: Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?

81: Who did the United States fight in World War II?

82: Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general-what war was he in?

83: During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?

84: What movement tried to end racial discrimination?

85: What did Martin Luther King Jr. do?

86: What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States?

87: Name one American Indian tribe in the United States

88: Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States

89: What ocean is on the West Coast of the United States?

90: What ocean is on the East Coast of the United States?

91: Name one U.S. Territory

92: Name one state that borders Canada

93: Name one state that borders Mexico

94: What is the capital of the United States?

95: Where is the Statue of Liberty?

96: Why does the flag have 13 stripes?

97: Why does the flag have 50 stars?

98: What is the name of the national anthem?

99: When do we celebrate Independence Day?

100: Name two national US holidays

1: What is the supreme law of the land?

2: What does the Constitution do?

3: The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution, what are these words?

4: What is an amendment?

5: What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?

6: What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?

7: How many amendments does the Constitution have?

8: What did the Declaration of Independence do?

9: What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?

10: What is freedom of religion?

11: What is the economic system in the United States?

12: What is the "rule of law"?

13: Name one branch or part of the government

14: What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?

15: Who is in charge of the executive branch?

16: Who makes federal laws?

17: What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?

18: How many US Senators are there?

19: We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?

20: Who is one of your state's U.S. Senators now?

21: House of Representatives has how many voting members?

22: We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?

23: Name your U.S. Representative

24: Who does a U.S. Senator represent?

25: Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?

26: We elect a President for how many years?

27: In what month do we vote for President?

28: What is the name of the President of the United States now?

29: What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now?

30: If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President?

31: If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President?

32: Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?

33: Who signs bills to become laws?

34: Who vetoes bills?

35: What does the President's Cabinet do?

36: What are two Cabinet-level positions?

37: What does the judicial branch do?

38: What is the highest court in the United States?

39: How many justices are on the Supreme Court?

40: Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now?

41: Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government-what is one power of the federal government?

42: Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states-what is one power of the states?

43: Who is the Governor of your state now?

44: What is the capital of your state?

45: What are the two major political parties in the United States?

46: What is the political party of the President now?

47: What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives now?

48: There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote-describe one of them

49: What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens?

50: Name one right only for United States citizens

51: What are two rights of everyone living in the United States

52: What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?

53: What is one promise you make when you become a United States citizen?

54: How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?

55: What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy?

56: When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms?

57: When must all men register for the selective service?

58: What is one reason colonists came to America?

59: Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

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

61: Why did the colonists fight the British?

62: Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

63: When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

64: There were 13 original states-name three.

65: What happened at the Constitutional Convention?

66: When was the Constitution written?

67: Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution-name one of the writers

68: What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?

69: Who is the "Father of Our Country"?

70: Who was the first President?

71: What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?

72: Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s?

73: Name the US war between the North and the South

74: Name one problem that led to the Civil War

75: What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?

76: What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

77: What did Susan B Anthony do?

78: Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s

79: Who was President during World War I?

80: Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?

81: Who did the United States fight in World War II?

82: Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general-what war was he in?

83: During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?

84: What movement tried to end racial discrimination?

85: What did Martin Luther King, Jr do?

86: What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States?

87: Name one American Indian tribe in the Untied States

88: Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States

89: What ocean is on the West Coast of the United States?

90: What ocean is on the East Coast of the United States?

91: Name one US Territory

92: Name one state that borders Canada

93: Name one state that borders Mexico

94: What is the capital of the United States?

95: Where is the Statue of Liberty?

96: Why does the flag have 13 stripes?

97: Why does the flag have 50 stars?

98: What is the name of the national anthem?

99: When do we celebrate Independence Day?

100: Name two national US holidays.

1: What is the supreme law of the land?

2: What does the Constitution do?

3: Idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution, what are these words?

4: What is an amendment?

5: What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?

6: What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?

7: How many amendments does the Constitution have?

8: What did the Declaration of Independence do?

9: What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?

10: What is freedom of religion?

11: What is the economic system in the United States?

12: What is the "rule of law"?

13: Name one branch or part of the government

14: What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?

15: Who is in charge of the executive branch?

16: Who makes federal laws?

17: What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?

18: How many US Senators are there?

19: We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?

20: Who is one of your state's U.S. Senators now?

21: House of Representatives has how many voting members?

22: We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?

23: Name your U.S. Representative

24: Who does a U.S. Senator represent?

25: Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?

26: We elect a President for how many years?

27: In what month do we vote for President?

28: What is the name of the President of the United States now?

29: What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now?

30: If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President?

31: If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President?

32: Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?

33: Who signs bills to become laws?

34: Who vetoes bills?

35: What does the President's Cabinet do?

36: What are two Cabinet-level positions?

37: What does the judicial branch do?

38: What is the highest court in the United States?

39: How many justices are on the Supreme Court?

40: Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now?

41: Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government-what is one power of the federal government?

42: Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states-what is one of the states?

43: Who is the Governor of your state now?

44: What is the capital of your state?

45: What are the two major political parties in the United States?

46: What is the political party of the President now?

47: What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives now?

48: There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote-describe one of them

49: What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens?

50: Name one right only for United States citizens

51: What are two rights of everyone living in the United States

52: What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?

53: What is one promise you make when you become a United States citizen?

54: How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?

55: What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy?

56: When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms?

57: When must all men register for the selective service?

58: What is one reason colonists came to America?

59: Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

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

61: Why did the colonists fight the British?

62: Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

63: When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

64: There were 13 original states-name three

65: What happened at the Constitutional Convention?

66: When was the Constitution written?

67: Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution-name one of the writers

68: What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?

69: Who is the "Father of Our Country"?

70: Who was the first President?

71: What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?

72: Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s?

73: Name the US war between the North and the South

74: Name one problem that led to the Civil War

75: What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?

76: What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

77: What did Susan B Anthony do?

78: Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s

79: Who was President during World War I?

80: Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?

81: Who did the United States fight in World War II?

82: Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general-what war was he in?

83: During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?

84: What movement tried to end racial discrimination?

85: What did Martin Luther King, Jr do?

86: What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States?

87: Name one American Indian tribe in the United States

88: Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States

89: What ocean is on the West Coast of the United States?

90: What ocean is on the East Coast of the United States?

91: Name one US Territory

92: Name one state that borders Canada

93: Name one state that borders Mexico

94: What is the capital of the United States?

95: Where is the Statue of Liberty?

96: Why does the flag have 13 stripes?

97: Why does the flag have 50 stars?

98: What is the name of the national anthem?

99: When do we celebrate Independence Day?

100: Name two national US holidays.