Name_________________________________ DATE_____________ CLASS________
Naturalization Test:
In order to become a citizen of the United States, immigrants must answer questions listed below. Now you have a
chance to test your “candidacy for citizenship.”
Instructions: Answer the following questions in the blanks provided. Answer as many as you can without looking up the
answers, then write your total
1. ___________________________________ What are the colors of our flag?
2. ___________________________________ How many stars are there in our flag?
3. ___________________________________ What color are the stars on our flag?
4. ___________________________________ What do the stars on the flag mean?
5. ___________________________________ How many stripes are there in the flag?
6. ___________________________________ The U.S. gained Independence from whom?
7. ___________________________________ What country did we fight during the Revolutionary War? 8.
___________________________________ Who was the first President of the United States? 9.
___________________________________ Who is the President of the United States today?
10.___________________________________ Who is the Vice-President of the United States today?
11.___________________________________ Who elects the President of the United States?
12.___________________________________ Who becomes the President of the United States if the President should die?
13.___________________________________ What is the Constitution?
14.___________________________________ How many changes have been made to the Constitution?
15.___________________________________ What do we call a change to the Constitution?
16.___________________________________ How many branches are there in our government?
17.___________________________________ What are the three branches of our government?
18.___________________________________ What is the legislative branch of our government?
19.___________________________________ Who makes the laws in the United States?
20.___________________________________ What is Congress?
21.___________________________________ What are the duties of Congress?
22.___________________________________ Who elects Congress?
23.___________________________________ How many changes or amendments are there to the Constitution?
24.___________________________________ How many senators are there in Congress?
25.___________________________________ For how long do we elect each senator?
26.___________________________________ How many representatives are there in Congress?
27.___________________________________ For how long do we elect the representatives?
28.___________________________________ What is the executive branch of our government?
29.___________________________________ What is the judiciary branch of our government?
30.___________________________________ What are the duties of the Supreme Court?
31.___________________________________ Can you name the 13 original states?
32.___________________________________ Can you name the two senators from your state?
33.___________________________________ Who said, "Give me liberty or give me death."?
34.___________________________________ What is the supreme law of the United States?
35.___________________________________ Who is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?
36.___________________________________ What are the 49th and 50th states of the Union?
37.___________________________________ What is the Bill of Rights?
38.___________________________________ What is the capital of your state?
39.___________________________________ Who is the current governor of your state?
40.___________________________________ Who becomes President of the United States if the President and the VicePresident should die?
41.___________________________________ Which countries were our enemies during World War II?
42.___________________________________ How many terms can a President serve?
43.___________________________________ Who was Martin Luther King, Jr.?
44.___________________________________ Who presides over your local government?
45.___________________________________ According to the Constitution, a person must meet certain requirements in order
to be eligible to become President. Name one of these requirements.
46.___________________________________ Why are there 100 Senators in the Senate?
47.___________________________________ Who selects the Supreme Court justices?
48.___________________________________ How many Supreme Court justices are there?
49.___________________________________ Who wrote the Star-Spangled Banner?
50.___________________________________ What is the supreme law of the land?
51. ___________________________________ Where does Congress meet?
52. ___________________________________ Why did the Pilgrims come to America?
53. ___________________________________ For how long do we elect the President?
54. ___________________________________ What is the head executive of a state government called? 55.
___________________________________ What is the head executive of a city government called? 56.
___________________________________ What holiday was celebrated for the first time by American colonists? 57.
___________________________________ Who was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence? 58.
___________________________________ When was the Declaration of Independence adopted? 59.
___________________________________ What is the basic belief of the Declaration of Independence? 60.
___________________________________ What is the national anthem of the United States? 61.
___________________________________ Where does freedom of speech come from? 62.
___________________________________ What is the minimum voting age in the United States? 63.
___________________________________ Who signs bills into law?
64. ___________________________________ What is the highest court in the United States? 65.
___________________________________ Who was President during the Civil War?
66. ___________________________________ What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? 67.
___________________________________ What special group advises the President? 68.
___________________________________ Which President is called the "Father of our country?" 69.
___________________________________ What Immigration and Naturalization Service form is used to apply to become a
naturalized citizen?
70. ___________________________________ Who helped the Pilgrims in America?
71. ___________________________________ What is the name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to America? 72.
___________________________________ What were the 13 original states of the U.S. called? 73.
___________________________________ Name 3 rights or freedoms guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. 74.
___________________________________ Who has the power to declare war?
75. ___________________________________ What kind of government does the United States have? 76.
___________________________________ Which President freed the slaves?
77. ___________________________________ In what year was the Constitution written? 78.
___________________________________ What are the first 10 amendments to the Constitution called? 79.
___________________________________ Whose rights are guaranteed by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights? 80.
___________________________________ What is the introduction to the Constitution called? 81.
___________________________________ Name one benefit to being a citizen of the United States? 82.
___________________________________ What is the most important right granted to U.S. citizens? 83.
___________________________________ What is the United States Capitol?
84. ___________________________________ What is the White House?
85. ___________________________________ Where is the White House located?
86. ___________________________________ What is the name of the President's official home? 87.
___________________________________ Name one right guaranteed by the first amendment. 88.
___________________________________ Who is the Commander in Chief of the U.S. military? 89.
___________________________________ Which President was the first Commander in Chief of the U.S. military? 90.
___________________________________ In what month do we vote for President?
91. ___________________________________ In what month is the new President inaugurated? 92.
___________________________________ How many times may a Senator be re-elected? 93.
___________________________________ How many times may a Congressman be re-elected? 94.
___________________________________ What are the 2 major political parties in the U.S. today? 95.
___________________________________ How many states are there in the United States? 96.
___________________________________ Where does the Vice President of the U.S. reside? 97.
___________________________________ Who were the three authors of the Federalist papers? 98.
___________________________________ What position presides over the Supreme Court? 99.
___________________________________ How many members are there in the U.S. House of Representatives? 100.
___________________________________ How much wood could a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck
wood?