Could You Pass The U.S. Citizenship Test On Civics?

Arizona became the first state in the nation last Thursday to enact a
law requiring high school students to pass the U.S. citizenship test
on civics before graduation, giving a boost to a growing nationwide
effort to boost civics education. The Arizona law requires students to
correctly answer 60 of 100 test questions before they can earn a high
school or GED diploma starting in the 2016-2017 school year.
Here are some of the questions.

1. The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the
Constitution. What are these words?
– Ask not what your country can do for you
– I have a dream
– Fourscore and seven years ago
– We the People (correct)

2. What do we call the first 10 amendments to the Constitution?
– The Supreme Laws
– The Bill of Rights (correct)
– The Executive Laws
– The 10 Commandments

3. How many amendments does the Constitution have?
– 37
– 17
– 10
– 27 (correct)
– 20

4. How many U.S. senators are there?
– 50
– 100 (correct)
– 150
– 200

5. How long is the term of the president of the United States?
– 2 years
– 4 years (correct)
– 6 years
– 8 years

6. If both the president and the vice president are incapacitated and
can no longer serve, who becomes president of the United States?
– The Secretary of State
– The Secretary of Homeland Security
– The Speaker of the House (correct)
– The Attorney General

7. How many justices are on the Supreme Court?
– 5
– 7
– 9 (correct)
– 11

8. Who is the current governor of your state?

9. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
– George Washington
– Thomas Jefferson (correct)
– John Hancock
– Benjamin Franklin

10. During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?
– Terrorism
– Communism (correct)
– Facsism
– Nazism