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Ct Cop Block's  U.S Constitution and Civil Rights Tests.

 1.What are the colors of our flag?

Red, White, and Blue.

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?
One for each state in the Union.

5. How many stripes are there in the flag?

6. What color are the stripes?
Red and White.

7. What do the stripes on the flag mean?
They represent the original 13 states.

8. How many states are there in the Union?

9. What is the 4th of July?
Independence Day.

10. What is the date of Independence Day?
July 4th

11. Independence from whom?

12. What country did we fight during the Revolutionary War?

13. Who was the first President of the United States?
George Washington

14. Who is the President of the United States today?
Currently Barack Obama

Currently Joseph Biden

16. Who elects the President of the United States?
The electoral college

Vice - President

18. For how long do we elect the President?
Four years

19. What is the Constitution?
The supreme law of the land

20. Can the Constitution be changed?

21. What do we call a change to the Constitution?
An Amendment


23. How many branches are there in our government?

24. What are the three branches of our government?
Legislative, Executive, and Judiciary

25. What is the legislative branch of our government?

26. Who makes the laws in the United States?

27. What is the Congress?
The Senate and the House of Representatives

28. What are the duties of Congress?
To make laws

29. Who elects the Congress?
The people

30. How many senators are there in Congress?

31. Can you name the two senators from your state?
(insert local information)

32. For how long do we elect each senator?
6 years

33. How many representatives are there in Congress?

34. For how long do we elect the representatives?
2 years

35. What is the executive branch of our government?
The President, vice president, cabinet, and departments under the cabinet members

36. What is the judiciary branch of our government?
The Supreme Court

37. What are the duties of the Supreme Court?
To interpret laws

The Constitution

39. What is the Bill of Rights?

What are the first 10 amendments of the Constitution .

40. What is the capital of your state?
(insert local information)

41. Who is the current governor of your state?
(insert local information)

Speaker of the House of Representative

43. Who is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?
William Rehnquist (or whoever is next)

44. Can you name thirteen original states?

Patrick Henry

46. Which countries were our enemies during World War II?
Germany, Italy, and Japan

Alaska and Hawaii

48. How many terms can the President serve?

49. Who was Martin Luther King, Jr.?
A civil rights leader

50. Who is the head of your local government?
(insert local information)


52. Why are there 100 Senators in the Senate?
Two (2) from each state

53. Who selects the Supreme Court justice?
Appointed by the President

54. How many Supreme Court justice are there?
Nine (9)

55. Why did the Pilgrims come to America?
For religious freedom




Thomas Jefferson

60. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
July 4, 1776

That all men are created equal

62. What is the national anthem of the United States?
The Star-Spangled Banner

63. Who wrote the Star-Spangled Banner?
Francis Scott Key

64. Where does freedom of speech come from?
The Bill of Rights

Eighteen (18)

66. Who signs bills into law?
The President

67. What is the highest court in the United States?
The Supreme Court

68. Who was the President during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln

69. What did the Emancipation Declaration do?
Freed many slaves

70. What special group advises the President?
The Cabinet

George Washington

Form N-400, Application to File Petition for Naturalization

73. Who helped the Pilgrims in America?
The American-Indians (Native Americans)

The Mayflower


The right to trial by jury in most cases.
The people have rights other than those mentioned in the Constitution.

77. Who has the power to declare the war?
The Congress

78. What kind of government does the United States have?

79. Which President freed the slaves?
Abraham Lincoln

80. In what year was the Constitution written?

The Bill of Rights

82. Name one purpose of the United Nations?

83. Where does Congress meet?
In the Capitol in Washington, D.C.

Everyone (citizens and non-citizens) living in U.S.

85. What is the introduction to the Constitution called?
The Preamble

Obtain federal government jobs, travel with U.S. passport, petition for close relatives to come to the U.S. to live.

The right to vote

88. What is the United States Capitol?
The place where Congress meets

89. What is the White House?
The President's official home

90. Where is the White House located?
Washington, D.C. (1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.)

91. What is the name of the President's official home?
The White House

92. Name the right guaranteed by the first amendment.

The President

George Washington

95. In what month do we vote for the President?

96. In what month is the new President inaugurated?

There is no limit

There is no limit

Democratic and Republican

Fifty (50)


Multiple Choice: For each question, write the letter on the BEST possible answer on your answer 


1. What document guarantees rights to all Americans?

A. Drivers license

B. Declaration of Independence

C. Constitution

D. Passport

2. What famous court ruling made “Separate but Equal” legal in the United States?

A. Plessy vs. Ferguson

B. Brown vs. Board of Education

C. Roe vs. Wade

D. Edwards vs. Tampa

3. The organization NOW stands for:

A. National Organization for Whites

B. National Organization for Women

C. New Options for Women

D. New Options for Whites

4. When two or more groups are kept separate from each other, they are: A. Integrated

B. Boycotting

C. Protesting

D. Segregated

5. In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech that influenced hundreds of thousands of Americans. 

It was called: 

A. “We will carry on”

B. “I have a dream”

C. “We shall overcome”

D. “Fighting for change”

6. When Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus, she began the:


B. Black Panthers

C. Brown vs. Board of Education

D. Montgomery Bus Boycott

7. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was important because it: 

A. Outlawed segregation in all public facilities

B. Gave all citizens equal voting rights

C. Gave equal educational opportunities for men and women

D. Sent members of the KKK to prison

8. The first African American to integrate professional baseball was:
A. Josh Gibson
B. Satchel Paige
C. Jackie Robinson
D. Eddie Murray

9. Cesar Chavez helped this group of Americans during his years as a civil rights’ activist.
A. Hispanic Americans
B. Native Americans
C. African Americans
D. Women

10. All of these are examples of peaceful protesting except
A. Montgomery bus boycott
B. Greensboro sit-ins
C. Freedom Riders
D. Raids on Harpers Ferry 

11. “Brown vs. The Board of Education” is important because it
A. segregated southern cities
B. desegregated schools
C. gave women the right to earn as much as men
D. protected Hispanic American grape pickers

12. Who created the NAACP?
A. Booker T. Washington
B. Fredrick Douglas
C. Martin Luther King Jr.
D. W.E.B. DuBois

13. What does AIM stand for?
A. American Industry Mechanism
E. American Indian Movement
F. Advanced Interest Market
G. Allow In Males

14. The main goal of the “Civil Rights Movement” was
A. To allow everyone to vote for the president
H. To get equal pay for all workers no matter what race
I. To change laws that segregate American society
J. To outlaw slavery

15. Who was the leader of the Civil Rights movement?
A. Martin Luther King, Jr.
K. Rosa Parks
L. Lyndon Johnson
M. W.E.B. DuBois 

Choose one of the following questions to answer. You must have a TOPIC sentence. Use at least 3 
DETAIL sentences.

If you were alive during the Civil Rights Movement, what kind of protest would you choose to 
participate in? Why?