Interesting: U.S. Citizenship Test

KillarneyRose · #1 09-08-2002, 05:10 PM

I ran across a magazine article that printed ten questions from the United Stated Citizenship exam. American GC'ers, if you had to answer these questions could you get them all correct?

I'll post the answers tonight.

1. What do the stripes on the flag represent?
2. What is the introduction to the Constitution called?
3. How many amendments are there to the Constitution?
4. What are the names of the 13 original states?
5. Who said, "Give me liberty or give me death?"
6. Who was the main writer of the Declaration of Independance?
7. What year was the Constitution written?
8. What kind of government does the United States have?
9. How many representatives are in congress?
10. How many Supreme Court justices are there?

EagleChick19 · #2 09-08-2002, 05:40 PM

1) 13 original colonies
2) the Preamble
3) 26
4) Virginia
Massachusetts
New York
Maryland
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Delaware
New Hampshire
North Carolina
South Carolina
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Georgia
5) Patrick Henry
6) Thomas Jefferson
7) 1776
8) no clue..
9) In Congress, there are 435 reps and 100 senators.
10) 9

CrimsonTide4 · #3 09-08-2002, 05:42 PM

Democracy or representative democracy

EagleChick19 · #4 09-08-2002, 05:47 PM

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Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
Democracy or representative democracy

Thanks...I couldn't remember that! I was having a brain fart!!

aephi alum · #5 09-08-2002, 06:20 PM

#7: The Constitution was written in 1789 (I believe). The Declaration of Independence was written in 1776.

aephi alum · #6 09-08-2002, 07:18 PM

You could be right... maybe it was written in 1787 and ratified in 1789? 1789 is what's sticking in my head...

mrblonde · #7 09-08-2002, 08:01 PM

#8 is actually a republic, not a democracy (theyre different)

Optimist Prime · #8 09-08-2002, 08:51 PM

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Originally posted by mrblonde
#8 is actually a republic, not a democracy (theyre different)

Actully both answeres are right. It is a democratically elected representitive republic. With out the Representative its wrong.

mrblonde · #9 09-08-2002, 08:57 PM

YES! What you said

EagleChick19 · #10 09-08-2002, 08:58 PM

1787...

SATX*APhi · #11 09-09-2002, 01:39 AM

I only knew the answer to # 8

Blah!!

KillarneyRose · #12 09-09-2002, 02:39 AM

1. What do the stripes on the flag represent?
They represent the thirteen original states

2. What is the introduction to the Constitution called?
The Preamble

3. How many amendments are there to the Constitution?
27

4. What are the names of the 13 original states?
CT, NH, NY, NJ, MA, PA, DE, VA, NC, SC, GA, RI, MD

5. Who said, "Give me liberty or give me death?"
Patrick Henry

6. Who was the main writer of the Declaration of Independance?
Thomas Jefferson

7. What year was the Constitution written?
1787

8. What kind of government does the United States have?
Republican (America is a republic, not a democracy) note: I did not add that, it was in the answer key

9. How many representatives are in congress?
435

10. How many Supreme Court justices are there?
Nine

Peaches-n-Cream · #13 09-09-2002, 02:52 AM

I knew it. I was a political science major.

SATX*APhi · #14 09-09-2002, 03:46 AM

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Originally posted by SATX*APhi
I only knew the answer to # 8 Blah!!

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Originally posted by KillarneyRose
8. What kind of government does the United States have?
Republican (America is a republic, not a democracy) note: I did not add that, it was in the answer key

Ummm, apparently I was wrong!! A big, fat ZERO for me!!

moe.ron · #15 09-09-2002, 03:55 AM

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Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
Democracy or representative democracy

Actually, Republic.