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American Citizenship Test 2.
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What are some reasons the colonists came to America?
a) Religious Freedom
b) Because they were run out of their other countries
c) They wanted a new life
d) All of the above
Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
a) Native Americans
b) Cowboys
c) Latinos
d) All of the Above
What group of people were taken to America and sold as slaves?
a) Chineses
b) Latinos
c) Africans
d) Indians
Why did the colonists fight the British?
a) Because of high taxes (taxation without representation)
b) Because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering)
c) Because they didn’t have self-government
d) All of the above
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
a) George Washington
b) James Madison
c) John Adams
d) Thomas Jefferson
When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
a) July 2nd, 1776
b) July 4th 1776
c) July 4th, 1789
d) July 8th, 1776
There were 13 original states (13 colonies). Name three.
a) Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico
b) California, Nebraska, Nevada
c) Michigan, Illinois, Ohio
d) Massachusetts, New York, Virginia
What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
a) The first President was elected
b) The Constitution was written
c) The Constitution was destroyed
d) The Declaration of Independence was signed
When was the Constitution written?
a) 1776
b) 1777
c) 1778
d) 1787
The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the US Constitution. Name one of the writers.
a) James Madison
b) Thomas Jefferson
c) John Jay
d) George Washington
What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
a) Declaring war on the South
b) Having started the first free libraries
c) Being a President
d) Inventing the dollar
Who is the “Father of Our Country”?
a) Abraham Lincoln
b) Ben Franklin
c) George Washington
d) James Madison
Who was the first President?
a) Abraham Lincoln
b) Ben Franklin
c) George Washington
d) James Madison
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