Practice test 6

Question 1Not answered

The President of the United States is in charge of which branch of government?

1. Congress's branch
2. Executive branch
3. Armed-forces branch
4. Federal-agency branch

Question 2Not answered

James Madison is famous for many things. Name one.

1. "Father of the Constitution"
2. Issued the Emancipation Proclamation
3. Doubled the size of the United States
4. Served as first Secretary of the Treasury

Question 3Not answered

What part of the federal government writes laws?

1. The Department of Justice
2. The state governors
3. (U.S.) Congress
4. The President alone

Question 4Not answered

What are three rights of everyone living in the United States?

1. Right to vote in federal elections
2. Freedom of expression
3. Right to a U.S. passport
4. Right to run for federal office

Question 5Not answered

What was the Great Depression?

1. A two-year tax revolt
2. A stock market boom in the late 1920s
3. A war between two political parties
4. Longest economic recession in modern history

Question 6Not answered

What are two Cabinet-level positions?

1. Attorney General
2. Chair of the Federal Reserve
3. Mayor of Washington, D.C.
4. Speaker of the House

Question 7Not answered

Name one power of the U.S. Congress.

1. Writes laws
2. Appoints the President
3. Decides Supreme Court cases
4. Commands the armed forces in battle

Question 8Not answered

Why is it important to pay federal taxes?

1. It supports a single political party
2. It pays state employees only
3. Because the President personally requires it
4. Required by law

Question 9Not answered

Alexander Hamilton is famous for many things. Name one.

1. Led the Confederate Army
2. First Secretary of the Treasury
3. Authored the Declaration of Independence
4. Served as the first U.S. president

Question 10Not answered

Abraham Lincoln is famous for many things. Name one.

1. Authored the Federalist Papers
2. First president of the United States
3. Freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation)
4. Wrote the Declaration of Independence

Question 11Not answered

It is important for all men age 18 through 25 to register for the Selective Service. Name one reason why.

1. Required by law
2. Required to get a driver's license
3. Required to receive Social Security
4. Required to leave the country

Question 12Not answered

Why did the United States enter the Vietnam War?

1. To gain Vietnamese territory
2. To support the Soviet Union
3. To free Vietnamese slaves
4. To stop the spread of communism

Question 13Not answered

What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?

1. The U.S. Supreme Court
2. The U.S. military
3. The United States
4. The state governor

Question 14Not answered

What is the form of government of the United States?

1. Plebiscitary democracy
2. Republic
3. Single-party state
4. Religious-state government

Question 15Not answered

Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

1. French traders
2. Pilgrims
3. American Indians
4. Spanish settlers

Question 16Not answered

The Civil War had many important events. Name one.

1. Stock market crash of 1929
2. (Battle of) Fort Sumter
3. Battle of Bunker Hill
4. D-Day landings

Question 17Not answered

The Nation's first motto was "E Pluribus Unum." What does that mean?

1. Out of many, one
2. United we stand, divided we fall
3. Liberty for all
4. From sea to shining sea

Question 18Not answered

Supreme Court justices serve for life. Why?

1. To be independent (of politics)
2. To save money on judicial elections
3. Because they are elected by the people
4. To balance the political parties on the bench

Question 19Not answered

What does the Bill of Rights protect?

1. The federal budget
2. The territory of the United States
3. (The basic) rights of Americans
4. The role of political parties

Question 20Not answered

Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.

1. Maya
2. Apache
3. Zulu
4. Maori