ALABAMA CIVICS TEST STUDY GUIDE
WITH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
[ACTUAL EXAM 100%] GRADED A+ REAL
EXAM
The idea of self-government is in the first three
... [Show More] words of the Constitution.
What are these words? - ANS✔✔---"We the people"
Why do some states have more Representatives than other states? -
ANS✔✔---Because of state population
What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence? - ANS✔✔---
Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness
Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government.
What is a power of the federal government? - ANS✔✔---Print money and
declare war
What document announced our independence from Great Britain? -
ANS✔✔---Declaration of Independence
When was the Constitution written? - ANS✔✔---1787
How many amendments does the Constitution have? - ANS✔✔---27
amendments
What is the "rule of law"? - ANS✔✔---Everyone must follow the law.
Leaders must obey the law.
Government must obey the law.
No one is above the law.
What are two parts of the U.S. Congress? - ANS✔✔---Senate and
House of Representatives
What document announced our independence from Great Britain? -
ANS✔✔---Declaration of Independence
How many U.S. Senators are there? - ANS✔✔---100 senators
We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years? - ANS✔✔---6 years
If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President? -
ANS✔✔---Vice President
What does the President's Cabinet do? - ANS✔✔---Advises the
President
We elect a President for how many years? - ANS✔✔---4 years
In what month do we vote for President? - ANS✔✔---November
Who signs bills to become laws? - ANS✔✔---The President
How many justices are on the Supreme Court? - ANS✔✔---9 justices
Which is a U.S. territory? - ANS✔✔---Puerto Rico, Guam, American
Samoa, Virgin Islands, etc.
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution? - ANS✔✔-
--Bill of Rights
What is the highest court in the United States? - ANS✔✔---Supreme
Court
Name a branch or part of the government? - ANS✔✔---Legislative,
Executive, or Judicial
What is a promise one makes when he or she becomes a United States
Citizen? - ANS✔✔---To be loyal to the United States and give up loyalty
to other countries
Name the U.S. war between the North and the South. - ANS✔✔---Civil
War
When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms? -
ANS✔✔---April 15th
What age must citizens be to vote for President? - ANS✔✔---18 years
old
What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803? - ANS✔✔-
--Louisiana
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? - ANS✔✔ [Show Less]