CWI Citizenship Test with 100 Practice
Questions and Answers
1. What is the supreme law of the land? - ✔✔The Constitution
2. What does the Constitution do? - ✔✔sets up the government; defines the
government; protects basic rights of Americans
3. The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are
these words? - ✔✔We the People
4. What is an amendment? - ✔✔a change (to the Constitution); an addition (to the
Constitution)
5. What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution? - ✔✔The Bill of Rights
6. What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment? - ✔✔Speech; religion;
assembly; press; petition the government
7. How many amendments does the Constitution have? - ✔✔27
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, 8. What did the Declaration of Independence do? - ✔✔announced our independence
(from Great Britain); declared our independence (from Great Britain); said that the
United States is free (from Great Britain)
9. What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence? - ✔✔life; liberty; pursuit of
happiness
10. What is freedom of religion? - ✔✔You can practice any religion, or not practice a
religion.
11. What is the economic system in the United States? - ✔✔capitalist economy; market
economy
12. What is the "rule of law"? - ✔✔Everyone must follow the law; Leaders must obey the
law; Government must obey the law; No one is above the law.
13. Name one branch or part of the government. - ✔✔Congress; legislative; President;
executive; the courts; judicial
14. What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful? - ✔✔checks
and balances; separation of powers
15. Who is in charge of the executive branch? - ✔✔the President
16. Who makes federal laws? - ✔✔Congress; Senate and House (of Representatives);
(U.S. or national) legislature
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Questions and Answers
1. What is the supreme law of the land? - ✔✔The Constitution
2. What does the Constitution do? - ✔✔sets up the government; defines the
government; protects basic rights of Americans
3. The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are
these words? - ✔✔We the People
4. What is an amendment? - ✔✔a change (to the Constitution); an addition (to the
Constitution)
5. What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution? - ✔✔The Bill of Rights
6. What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment? - ✔✔Speech; religion;
assembly; press; petition the government
7. How many amendments does the Constitution have? - ✔✔27
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, 8. What did the Declaration of Independence do? - ✔✔announced our independence
(from Great Britain); declared our independence (from Great Britain); said that the
United States is free (from Great Britain)
9. What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence? - ✔✔life; liberty; pursuit of
happiness
10. What is freedom of religion? - ✔✔You can practice any religion, or not practice a
religion.
11. What is the economic system in the United States? - ✔✔capitalist economy; market
economy
12. What is the "rule of law"? - ✔✔Everyone must follow the law; Leaders must obey the
law; Government must obey the law; No one is above the law.
13. Name one branch or part of the government. - ✔✔Congress; legislative; President;
executive; the courts; judicial
14. What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful? - ✔✔checks
and balances; separation of powers
15. Who is in charge of the executive branch? - ✔✔the President
16. Who makes federal laws? - ✔✔Congress; Senate and House (of Representatives);
(U.S. or national) legislature
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