CIVIC LITERACY TEST EXAM REVIEW SOLVED QUESTIONS COMPLETE ANSWERS
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Civic Literacy TEST Final Script 2026/2027
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Question:
What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy?
Answer:
-vote join a political party 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
Question:
When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms?
Answer:
April 15
Question:
What is one reason colonists came to America?
Answer:
-freedom political liberty religious freedom economic opportunity practice their religion escape
persecution
Question:
Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
Answer:
- American Indians Native Americans
,Question:
What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
Answer:
-Africans people from Africa
Question:
Why did the colonists fight the British?
Answer:
-because of high taxes (taxation without representation) because the British army stayed in their
houses (boarding, quartering) because they didn't have self-government
Question:
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Answer:
(Thomas) Jefferson
Question:
When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
Answer:
July 4, 1776
Question:
There were 13 original states. Name three.
Answer:
-New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New York New Jersey Pennsylvania
Delaware Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia
, Question:
What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
Answer:
-The Constitution was written. The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution.
Question:
When was the Constitution written?
Answer:
1787
Question:
The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.
Answer:
-(James) Madison (Alexander) Hamilton (John) Jay Publius
Question:
What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
Answer:
-U.S. diplomat oldest member of the Constitutional Convention first Postmaster General of the
United States writer of "Poor Richard's Almanac" started the first free libraries
Question:
Who is the "Father of Our Country"?
Answer:
(George) Washington
Question:
GRADED A PLUS
Civic Literacy TEST Final Script 2026/2027
Questions and Answers Verified Solutions Latest
Update
Question:
What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy?
Answer:
-vote join a political party 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
Question:
When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms?
Answer:
April 15
Question:
What is one reason colonists came to America?
Answer:
-freedom political liberty religious freedom economic opportunity practice their religion escape
persecution
Question:
Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
Answer:
- American Indians Native Americans
,Question:
What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
Answer:
-Africans people from Africa
Question:
Why did the colonists fight the British?
Answer:
-because of high taxes (taxation without representation) because the British army stayed in their
houses (boarding, quartering) because they didn't have self-government
Question:
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Answer:
(Thomas) Jefferson
Question:
When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
Answer:
July 4, 1776
Question:
There were 13 original states. Name three.
Answer:
-New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New York New Jersey Pennsylvania
Delaware Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia
, Question:
What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
Answer:
-The Constitution was written. The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution.
Question:
When was the Constitution written?
Answer:
1787
Question:
The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.
Answer:
-(James) Madison (Alexander) Hamilton (John) Jay Publius
Question:
What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
Answer:
-U.S. diplomat oldest member of the Constitutional Convention first Postmaster General of the
United States writer of "Poor Richard's Almanac" started the first free libraries
Question:
Who is the "Father of Our Country"?
Answer:
(George) Washington
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