America!

MPR had a story on today about an increasing number of states requiring high school graduates to know as much about the documents that create the foundation of the US government as immigrants must know to pass the citizenship test.  

An applicant must correctly answer six out of 10 questions, selected from 100 possible questions, to pass the civics portion.  


Can you pass the sample test?  I'll post the answers tomorrow.

1. What does the Constitution do?

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

3. What is an amendment?

4. What do we call the first 10 amendments to the Constitution?

5. How many amendments does the Constitution have?

6. What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?

7. Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the federal government?

8. The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the Constitution. Name one of the writers.

9. There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them.

10. What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?