IDAHO CITIZENSHIP CIVICS EXAMS SCRIPT 2026/2027
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔freedom of expression
freedom of speech
freedom of assembly
freedom to petition the government
freedom of worship
the right to bear arms - ✔✔What are TWO rights of everyone living in the United
States?
✔✔the United States
the flag - ✔✔What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?
✔✔give up loyalty to other countries
defend the Constitution and laws of the United States
obey the laws of the United States
serve in the U.S. military
serve the nation (if needed)
be loyal to the United States - ✔✔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 with a campaign
help with a campaign
join a civic group
join a community group
give an elected official your opinion on an issue
call Senators and Representatives
publicly support or oppose an issue or policy
run for office
write to a newspaper - ✔✔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?
✔✔at age eighteen (18)
between eighteen (18) and twenty-six (26) - ✔✔When must all men register for the
Selective Service?
✔✔freedom
political liberty
, religious freedom
economic opportunity
practice their religion
escape persecution - ✔✔What is ONE reason colonists came to America?
✔✔American Indians
Native Americans - ✔✔Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
✔✔Africans - ✔✔What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
✔✔because of high taxes (taxation without representation)
because the British army stayed in their houses
because they didn't have self-government - ✔✔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 Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia - ✔✔There were 13 original states. Name THREE.
✔✔the Constitution was written - ✔✔What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
✔✔1787 - ✔✔When was the Constitution written?
✔✔James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
John Jay
Publius - ✔✔The Federalist papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution.
Name ONE of the writers.
✔✔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?
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔freedom of expression
freedom of speech
freedom of assembly
freedom to petition the government
freedom of worship
the right to bear arms - ✔✔What are TWO rights of everyone living in the United
States?
✔✔the United States
the flag - ✔✔What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?
✔✔give up loyalty to other countries
defend the Constitution and laws of the United States
obey the laws of the United States
serve in the U.S. military
serve the nation (if needed)
be loyal to the United States - ✔✔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 with a campaign
help with a campaign
join a civic group
join a community group
give an elected official your opinion on an issue
call Senators and Representatives
publicly support or oppose an issue or policy
run for office
write to a newspaper - ✔✔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?
✔✔at age eighteen (18)
between eighteen (18) and twenty-six (26) - ✔✔When must all men register for the
Selective Service?
✔✔freedom
political liberty
, religious freedom
economic opportunity
practice their religion
escape persecution - ✔✔What is ONE reason colonists came to America?
✔✔American Indians
Native Americans - ✔✔Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
✔✔Africans - ✔✔What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
✔✔because of high taxes (taxation without representation)
because the British army stayed in their houses
because they didn't have self-government - ✔✔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 Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia - ✔✔There were 13 original states. Name THREE.
✔✔the Constitution was written - ✔✔What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
✔✔1787 - ✔✔When was the Constitution written?
✔✔James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
John Jay
Publius - ✔✔The Federalist papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution.
Name ONE of the writers.
✔✔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?
