CIVIC LITERACY UPDATED EXAMS TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔How old do you have to be to vote? - ✔✔18
✔✔What is one promise you make when you become a United States citizen? - ✔✔give
up loyalty to other countries
✔✔what are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy - ✔✔vote and
run for office
✔✔What is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms? - ✔✔April 15
✔✔When must all men register for the Selective Service? - ✔✔18
✔✔What is one reason colonists came to America? - ✔✔freedom
✔✔What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves? - ✔✔africans
✔✔who lived in America before the europeans arrived - ✔✔native americans
✔✔Why did the colonists fight the British? - ✔✔taxation without representation,
, boarding, quartering,
no self government
✔✔Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? - ✔✔Thomas Jefferson
✔✔there were 13 original states name three - ✔✔virginia, New York and Pennsylvania
✔✔When was the Declaration of Independence adopted? - ✔✔July 4, 1776
✔✔What happened at the Constitutional Convention? - ✔✔The Constitution was written
✔✔When was the Constitution written? - ✔✔1787
✔✔The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of
the writers. - ✔✔James madison
✔✔What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for? - ✔✔U.S. diplomat
✔✔What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803? - ✔✔Louisiana
✔✔who is the father of our country - ✔✔George Washington
✔✔Who was the first President? - ✔✔George Washington
✔✔name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s - ✔✔war of 1812
✔✔Name one problem that led to the Civil War. - ✔✔slavery
✔✔name the us war between the north and the south - ✔✔civil war
✔✔What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? - ✔✔freed all slaves
✔✔What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did? - ✔✔freed slaves
✔✔what did Susan b Anthony do - ✔✔fought for women's rights
✔✔Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s. - ✔✔world war ii
✔✔Who was President during World War I? - ✔✔Woodrow Wilson
✔✔Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in? -
✔✔world war ii
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔How old do you have to be to vote? - ✔✔18
✔✔What is one promise you make when you become a United States citizen? - ✔✔give
up loyalty to other countries
✔✔what are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy - ✔✔vote and
run for office
✔✔What is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms? - ✔✔April 15
✔✔When must all men register for the Selective Service? - ✔✔18
✔✔What is one reason colonists came to America? - ✔✔freedom
✔✔What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves? - ✔✔africans
✔✔who lived in America before the europeans arrived - ✔✔native americans
✔✔Why did the colonists fight the British? - ✔✔taxation without representation,
, boarding, quartering,
no self government
✔✔Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? - ✔✔Thomas Jefferson
✔✔there were 13 original states name three - ✔✔virginia, New York and Pennsylvania
✔✔When was the Declaration of Independence adopted? - ✔✔July 4, 1776
✔✔What happened at the Constitutional Convention? - ✔✔The Constitution was written
✔✔When was the Constitution written? - ✔✔1787
✔✔The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of
the writers. - ✔✔James madison
✔✔What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for? - ✔✔U.S. diplomat
✔✔What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803? - ✔✔Louisiana
✔✔who is the father of our country - ✔✔George Washington
✔✔Who was the first President? - ✔✔George Washington
✔✔name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s - ✔✔war of 1812
✔✔Name one problem that led to the Civil War. - ✔✔slavery
✔✔name the us war between the north and the south - ✔✔civil war
✔✔What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? - ✔✔freed all slaves
✔✔What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did? - ✔✔freed slaves
✔✔what did Susan b Anthony do - ✔✔fought for women's rights
✔✔Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s. - ✔✔world war ii
✔✔Who was President during World War I? - ✔✔Woodrow Wilson
✔✔Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in? -
✔✔world war ii
