CITIZENSHIP TEST EXAM 2026/2027 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (8pages)

What is the supreme law of the land? - answerConstitution What does the Constitution do? - answersets up the government The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words? - answerWe the People What is an amendment? - answera change or addition to the Constitution What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution? - answerthe Bill of Rights What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment? - answerSpeech, religion, press, assembly, petition How many amendments does the Constitution have? - answer27 What did the Declaration of Independence do? - answerannounced our independence from England What are the natural rights in the Declaration of Independence? - answerlife, liberty and pursuit of happiness What is freedom of religion? - answerYou can practice any religion or none What is the economic system in the United States? - answermarket economy What is the "rule of law"? - answereveryone must follow the law What are the three branches of government? - answerLegislative, executive and judicial What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful? - answerchecks and balances and separation of powers Who is in charge of the executive branch? - answerthe President Who makes laws? - answerthe congress What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress? - answerthe Senate and House of Representatives How many U.S. Senators are there? - answer100 We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years? - answer6 years Who are your state's U.S. Senators? - answerRon Johnson and Tammy Baldwin The House of Representatives has how members? - answer435 members We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years? - answer2 years Name your U.S. Representative. - answerTom Tiffany Who does a U.S. Senator represent? - answerall people of the state Why do some states have more Representatives than other states? - answerbecause of the state's higher population We elect a President for how many years? - answer4 In what month do we vote for President? - answerNovember What is the name of the President of the United States now? - answerJoe Biden What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now? - answerKamala Harris If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President? - answerthe Vice President If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President? - answerSpeaker of the House Who is the Commander in Chief of the military? - answerthe President Who signs bills to become laws? - answerthe President Who has the power to veto bills? - answerThe President What does the President's Cabinet do? - answeradvises the President