Las 100 Preguntas Mas Usuales Para Una Cuidadania Americana

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Las 100 Preguntas de Ciudadania

1. What is the supreme law of the land?

▪ the Constitution

2. What does the Constitution do?

▪ sets up the government

▪ defines the government

▪ protects basic rights of Americans

3. The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution.

What are these words?

▪ We the People

4. What is an amendment?

▪ a change (to the Constitution)

▪ an addition (to the Constitution)

5. What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?

▪ the Bill of Rights

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

▪ speech

▪ religion

▪ assembly

▪ press

▪ petition the government

7. How many amendments does the Constitution have?

▪ twenty-seven (27)

8. What did the Declaration of Independence do?

▪ announced our independence (from Great Britain)

▪ declared our independence (from Great Britain)

▪ said that the United States is free (from Great Britain)

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

▪ life

▪ liberty

▪ pursuit of happiness

10. What is freedom of religion?

▪ You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion.

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11. What is the economic system in the United States?*

▪ capitalist economy

▪ market economy

12. What is the “rule of law”?

▪ Everyone must follow the law.

▪ Leaders must obey the law.

▪ Government must obey the law.

▪ No one is above the law.

13. Name one branch or part of the government.*

▪ Congress

▪ legislative

▪ President

▪ executive

▪ the courts

▪ judicial

14. What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?

▪ checks and balances

▪ separation of powers

15. Who is in charge of the executive branch?

▪ the President

16. Who makes federal laws?

▪ Congress

▪ Senate and House (of Representatives)

▪ (U.S. or national) legislature

17. What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?*

▪ the Senate and House (of Representatives)

18. How many U.S. Senators are there?

▪ one hundred (100)

19. We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?

▪ six (6)

20. Who is one of your state’s U.S. Senators now?*

▪Su respuesta depende de su lugar de residencia

21. The House of Representatives has how many voting members?

▪ four hundred thirty-five (435)

22. We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?

▪ two (2)

23. Name your U.S. Representative.

▪Depende de su lugar de residencia

24. Who does a U.S. Senator represent?

▪ all people of the state

25. Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?

▪ (because of) the state’s population

▪ (because) they have more people

▪ (because) some states have more people

26. We elect a President for how many years?

▪ four (4)

27. In what month do we vote for President?*

▪ November

28. What is the name of the President of the United States now?*

▪ Barack Obama

▪ Obama

29. What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now?

▪ Joseph Biden

▪ Joe Biden

▪ Biden

30. If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President?

▪ the Vice President

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