IDAHO CITIZENSHIP CIVICS COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
2026/2027 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔U.S. diplomat
oldest member of the Constitutional Convention
first Postmaster General of the United States
writer of "Poor Richard's Almanac"
started first free libraries
Inventor - ✔✔What is ONE thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
✔✔George Washington - ✔✔Who is the "Father of Our Country"?
✔✔George Washington - ✔✔Who was the first President?
✔✔the Louisiana Territory - ✔✔What territory did the United States buy from France in
1803?
✔✔War of 1812
Mexican-American War
Civil War
Spanish-American War - ✔✔Name ONE war fought by the United States in the 1800s.
✔✔the Civil War
the War between the States - ✔✔Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.
✔✔slavery
economic reasons
states' rights - ✔✔Name ONE problem that led to the Civil War.
✔✔freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation)
saved (or preserved) the Union
led the United States during the Civil War - ✔✔What was ONE important thing that
Abraham Lincoln did?
✔✔freed slaves in the Confederacy - ✔✔What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
✔✔fought for women's rights - ✔✔What did Susan B. Anthony do?
✔✔World War I
World War II
Korean War
Vietnam War
(Persian) Gulf War - ✔✔Name ONE war fought by the United States in the 1900s.
, ✔✔Woodrow Wilson - ✔✔Who was President during World War I?
✔✔Franklin Roosevelt - ✔✔Who was President during the Great Depression and World
War II?
✔✔Japan, Germany, Italy - ✔✔Who did the United States fight in World War II?
✔✔World War II - ✔✔Before he was President, Eisenhower was general. What war was
he in?
✔✔Communism - ✔✔During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United
States?
✔✔civil rights - ✔✔What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
✔✔fought for civil rights and equality for all Americans - ✔✔What did Martin Luther
King, Jr. do?
✔✔Terrorist attacked the United States. - ✔✔What major event happened on
September 11, 2001, in the United States?
✔✔(Sample list) Cherokee, Navajo, Sioux, Chippewa, Choctaw, Pueblo, Apache,
Iroquois, Creek, Blackfeet, Seminole, Cheyenne, Arawak, Shawnee, Mohegan, Huron,
Oneida, Lakota, Crow, Teton, Hopi, Inuit - ✔✔Name ONE American Indian tribe in the
United States.
✔✔Missouri
Mississippi - ✔✔Name ONE of the two longest rivers in the United States.
✔✔Pacific - ✔✔What ocean is on the West Coast of the United States?
✔✔Atlantic - ✔✔What ocean is on the East Coast of the United States?
✔✔Puerto Rico
U.S. Virgin Islands
American Samoa
Northern Mariana Islands
Guam - ✔✔Name ONE U.S. territory.
✔✔Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan,
Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington, Alaska - ✔✔Name ONE state
that borders Canada.
2026/2027 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔U.S. diplomat
oldest member of the Constitutional Convention
first Postmaster General of the United States
writer of "Poor Richard's Almanac"
started first free libraries
Inventor - ✔✔What is ONE thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
✔✔George Washington - ✔✔Who is the "Father of Our Country"?
✔✔George Washington - ✔✔Who was the first President?
✔✔the Louisiana Territory - ✔✔What territory did the United States buy from France in
1803?
✔✔War of 1812
Mexican-American War
Civil War
Spanish-American War - ✔✔Name ONE war fought by the United States in the 1800s.
✔✔the Civil War
the War between the States - ✔✔Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.
✔✔slavery
economic reasons
states' rights - ✔✔Name ONE problem that led to the Civil War.
✔✔freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation)
saved (or preserved) the Union
led the United States during the Civil War - ✔✔What was ONE important thing that
Abraham Lincoln did?
✔✔freed slaves in the Confederacy - ✔✔What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
✔✔fought for women's rights - ✔✔What did Susan B. Anthony do?
✔✔World War I
World War II
Korean War
Vietnam War
(Persian) Gulf War - ✔✔Name ONE war fought by the United States in the 1900s.
, ✔✔Woodrow Wilson - ✔✔Who was President during World War I?
✔✔Franklin Roosevelt - ✔✔Who was President during the Great Depression and World
War II?
✔✔Japan, Germany, Italy - ✔✔Who did the United States fight in World War II?
✔✔World War II - ✔✔Before he was President, Eisenhower was general. What war was
he in?
✔✔Communism - ✔✔During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United
States?
✔✔civil rights - ✔✔What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
✔✔fought for civil rights and equality for all Americans - ✔✔What did Martin Luther
King, Jr. do?
✔✔Terrorist attacked the United States. - ✔✔What major event happened on
September 11, 2001, in the United States?
✔✔(Sample list) Cherokee, Navajo, Sioux, Chippewa, Choctaw, Pueblo, Apache,
Iroquois, Creek, Blackfeet, Seminole, Cheyenne, Arawak, Shawnee, Mohegan, Huron,
Oneida, Lakota, Crow, Teton, Hopi, Inuit - ✔✔Name ONE American Indian tribe in the
United States.
✔✔Missouri
Mississippi - ✔✔Name ONE of the two longest rivers in the United States.
✔✔Pacific - ✔✔What ocean is on the West Coast of the United States?
✔✔Atlantic - ✔✔What ocean is on the East Coast of the United States?
✔✔Puerto Rico
U.S. Virgin Islands
American Samoa
Northern Mariana Islands
Guam - ✔✔Name ONE U.S. territory.
✔✔Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan,
Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington, Alaska - ✔✔Name ONE state
that borders Canada.
