10 more citizenship questions

1. The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?

2. How many amendments does the Constitution have?

3. The House of Representatives has how many voting members?

4. If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President?

5. When was the Constitution written?

6. Who was President during World War I?

7. Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?

8. Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.

9. Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States.

10. Name one U.S. territory.

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  1. Answers to 10 more citizenship questions:

    1. We the people

    2. 27

    3. 435

    4. Speaker of the House of Representatives

    5. 1787

    6. Woodrow Wilson

    7. World War II

    8. —

    9. Mississippi or Missouri

    10. Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam

  2. Arg, I missed the House of Representatives questions, and who was President during WWI.

  3. Inspired by this, I went out and found a bunch of sample, questions, some of which seemed kind of vague. One was: “what is the most important benefit of being an American citizen?” The answer, according to the sample test, was the right to vote. I dispute that. I think it’s two-for-one well drinks on Wednesday nights down at Kanoodle’s on Fifth Street.

  4. 70% on twenty questions, passed but not great. But at least I knew how to figure out the percentage! :-/

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