New Citizenship Test

You are so lucky you were born American! Fail this test and nothing happens. But if you were not born American... Your fate hangs in the balance of answering these ten questions in our new U.S. Citizenship Test. Oh... this is a short version, only ten questions. The actual test has 100 questions.

Do you have what it takes? Get your notepad out and write down your answers. NO googling! Try it fair and square OK? Don't read the answers below until you've answered all ten!

1. What does the Constitution do?


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


3. Name one branch or part of the government.


4. We elect a U.S. representative for how many years?


5. How many justices are on the Supreme Court?


6. How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?


7. When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms?


8. There were 13 original states. Name three.


9. Who was president during World War I?


10. Name one U.S. territory.

How did you do? Can you stay in the country or do you need to move to Canada? Here are the answers:

1. Sets up the government, Defines the government, Protects basic rights of Americans 2. Bill of Rights 3. Legislative, Executive, Judicial, Congress, the President, the courts 4. 2 years 5. 9 6. 18 7. April 15 8. New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia 9. Woodrow Wilson 10. Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam