1) What did the Declaration of Independence do? a) Asked France to join our fight with Britain b) Declared independence from Spain c) Declared independence from Great Britain 2) Who is the father of our country? a) Thomas Jefferson b) George Washington c) James Madison 3) What are common reasons colonists came to America? a) political freedom b) religious freedom c) economic opportunity d) escape persecution e) all of the above f) both a and b 4) Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived? a) no one b) Native Americans c) Europeans always lived here d) none of the above 5) What does the Constitution do? a) sets up and defines the government b) declares war on Britain c) asks France to join the war for independence 6) When was the Declaration of Independence adopted? a) July 4, 1776 b) August 1, 1776 c) July 4, 1782 7) Who was the first President? a) George Washington b) James Monroe c) Thomas Jefferson d) John Adams 8) What is the rule of law? a) only the less fortunate must obey the law b) all must obey the law c) only common people must obey the law 9) Who is the Commander in Chief of the military? a) the President b) Secretary of Defense c) Secretary of State 10) Who is the Speaker of the House? a) Hakeem Jeffries b) Nancy Pelosi c) Mike Johnson 11) We elect representatives how many years? a) 2 b) 4 c) 6 d) 10 12) In what month do we vote for President? a) October b) November c) January d) March 13) What year was the Constitution written? a) 1784 b) 1776 c) 1787 14) How many members are in the House of Representatives? a) 400 b) 250 c) 100 d) 435 e) 335 15) Which is not a cabinet level position? a) Secretary of Foreign War b) Secretary of State c) Attorney General d) Secretary of Natural Resources e) A and C f) A and D 16) Who is currently the President? a) Trump b) Obama c) Harris d) Biden e) Clinton f) Bush 17) If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President? a) Speaker of the House b) Senate majority leader c) Vice President d) Chief Supreme Court Justice 18) What are the reasons the colonists chose to fight the British? a) taxes without representation b) British army staying in their homes c) had to join the Anglican church d) no self government e) a, b, d 19) How many justices are on the Supreme Court a) 7 b) 9 c) 12 20) What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence? a) life, liberty b) life, wealth c) liberty, freedom 21) Who makes federal laws? a) the President b) Supreme Court c) Congress 22) Who is in charge of the Executive Branch a) Supreme Court b) Congress c) the President 23) What is the highest court in the United States? a) District Court b) Court of Appeals c) Supreme Court 24) Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? a) John Adams b) James Madison c) Thomas Jefferson 25) Why do some states have more representatives than others? a) state's population b) state's history c) state's valuable resources 26) How many U.S. Senators are there? a) 100 b) 50 c) 435 27) What happened at the Constitutional Convention? a) The Declaration of Independence was written b) The Articles of Confederation were written c) The Constitution was written 28) Who is one of your current state senetors? a) Mark Kelly b) Kyrsten Sinema c) Bruce Wayne d) Kamala Harris e) both a and b 29) What are the two houses of Congress a) Supreme Court and the Senate b) House of Representatives and the Senate c) The Supreme Court and House of Representatives 30) The following are branches of government except? a) Judicial b) Executive c) Defense d) Legislative 31) If the President and Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President? a) Speaker of the House b) President of the Senate c) Chief Supreme Court Justice d) Attorney General e) Secretary of State f) Secretary of Defense 32) What is the supreme law of the land? a) Declaration of Independence b) Magna Carta c) the Constitution 33) Two of Arizona's representatives are?  a) Juan Ciscomanni b) Debbie Lesko c) Mark Kelly d) Kyrsten Sinema e) both a and b 34) We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years? a) 4 b) 8 c) 6 35) What does the Judicial Branch do? a) make laws b) enforce laws c) review and explain laws, settle disputes 36) Who is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court a) John Roberts b) Ketanji Brown Jackson c) Sonia Sotomayor 37) We elect a President for how many years? a) 2 b) 6 c) 4 d) 8 38) Who does a U.S. Senator represent? a) all the people in a region b) all the people in a state c) all the people in a territory 39) Who is the current President a) Kamala Harris b) Donald Trump c) Joe Biden d) J.D. Vance 40) The idea of self-government are in the first three words of the Constitution. What are the words? a) We the people b) In the course c) In order to 41) All of the below were writers of the Federalist Papers that supported the Constitution except a) Thomas Jefferson b) Alexander Hamilton c) John Jay d) James Madison 42) How old does one have to be to vote for President? a) 18 b) 21 c) 16 43) What does the President's Cabinet do? a) advise the President b) set policy c) make laws

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