KENTUCKY CIVICS UPDATED EXAM SCRIPT QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔The Speaker of the House - ✔✔If both the President and the Vice President can no
longer serve, who becomes President?
✔✔The President (armed forces) - ✔✔Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?
✔✔The President (agrees with the law) - ✔✔Who signs bills to become laws?
✔✔The President (says no to a law) - ✔✔Who vetoes bills?
✔✔advises the President - ✔✔What does the President's Cabinet do?
✔✔Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Commerce, - ✔✔What are two Cabinet-level
positions?
✔✔▪ decides if a law goes against the Constitution - ✔✔What does the judicial branch
do?
✔✔The US Supreme Court - ✔✔What is the highest court in the United States?
✔✔Nine (9) - ✔✔How many justices are on the Supreme Court?
✔✔John Roberts - ✔✔Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now?
✔✔▪ to make treaties - ✔✔Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal
government. What is one power of the federal government?
✔✔▪ provide schooling and education - ✔✔Under our Constitution, some powers belong
to the states. What is one power of the states?
✔✔Matt Bevin - ✔✔Who is the Governor of Kentucky now?
✔✔Frankfort - ✔✔What city is the capital of Kentucky?
✔✔Democratic and Republican - ✔✔What are the two major political parties in the
United States?
✔✔Republican - ✔✔What is the political party of the President now?
✔✔Paul Ryan - ✔✔What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives
now?
, ✔✔▪ African american males can vote - ✔✔There are four amendments to the
Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them.
✔✔serve on a jury - ✔✔What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens?
✔✔▪ run for federal office - ✔✔Name one right only for United States citizens
✔✔▪ freedom of expression, freedom of speech - ✔✔What are two rights of everyone
living in the United States?
✔✔▪ the United States - ✔✔What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of
Allegiance?
✔✔▪ give up loyalty to other countries - ✔✔What is one promise you make when you
become a United States citizen?
✔✔eighteen (18) and older - ✔✔How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?
✔✔▪ vote
▪ join a political party - ✔✔What are two ways that Americans can participate in their
democracy?
✔✔April 15 - ✔✔When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms?
✔✔between eighteen (18) and twenty-six (26) - ✔✔When must all men register for the
Selective Service?
✔✔▪ economic opportunity - ✔✔What is one reason colonists came to America?
✔✔Native Americans (American Indians) - ✔✔Who lived in America before the
Europeans arrived?
✔✔People from Africa (Africans) - ✔✔What group of people was taken to America and
sold as slaves?
✔✔▪ because of high taxes (taxation without representation) - ✔✔Why did the colonists
fight the British?
✔✔(Thomas) Jefferson - ✔✔Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
✔✔July 4, 1776 - ✔✔When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
✔✔▪ New York
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔The Speaker of the House - ✔✔If both the President and the Vice President can no
longer serve, who becomes President?
✔✔The President (armed forces) - ✔✔Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?
✔✔The President (agrees with the law) - ✔✔Who signs bills to become laws?
✔✔The President (says no to a law) - ✔✔Who vetoes bills?
✔✔advises the President - ✔✔What does the President's Cabinet do?
✔✔Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Commerce, - ✔✔What are two Cabinet-level
positions?
✔✔▪ decides if a law goes against the Constitution - ✔✔What does the judicial branch
do?
✔✔The US Supreme Court - ✔✔What is the highest court in the United States?
✔✔Nine (9) - ✔✔How many justices are on the Supreme Court?
✔✔John Roberts - ✔✔Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now?
✔✔▪ to make treaties - ✔✔Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal
government. What is one power of the federal government?
✔✔▪ provide schooling and education - ✔✔Under our Constitution, some powers belong
to the states. What is one power of the states?
✔✔Matt Bevin - ✔✔Who is the Governor of Kentucky now?
✔✔Frankfort - ✔✔What city is the capital of Kentucky?
✔✔Democratic and Republican - ✔✔What are the two major political parties in the
United States?
✔✔Republican - ✔✔What is the political party of the President now?
✔✔Paul Ryan - ✔✔What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives
now?
, ✔✔▪ African american males can vote - ✔✔There are four amendments to the
Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them.
✔✔serve on a jury - ✔✔What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens?
✔✔▪ run for federal office - ✔✔Name one right only for United States citizens
✔✔▪ freedom of expression, freedom of speech - ✔✔What are two rights of everyone
living in the United States?
✔✔▪ the United States - ✔✔What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of
Allegiance?
✔✔▪ give up loyalty to other countries - ✔✔What is one promise you make when you
become a United States citizen?
✔✔eighteen (18) and older - ✔✔How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?
✔✔▪ vote
▪ join a political party - ✔✔What are two ways that Americans can participate in their
democracy?
✔✔April 15 - ✔✔When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms?
✔✔between eighteen (18) and twenty-six (26) - ✔✔When must all men register for the
Selective Service?
✔✔▪ economic opportunity - ✔✔What is one reason colonists came to America?
✔✔Native Americans (American Indians) - ✔✔Who lived in America before the
Europeans arrived?
✔✔People from Africa (Africans) - ✔✔What group of people was taken to America and
sold as slaves?
✔✔▪ because of high taxes (taxation without representation) - ✔✔Why did the colonists
fight the British?
✔✔(Thomas) Jefferson - ✔✔Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
✔✔July 4, 1776 - ✔✔When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
✔✔▪ New York
