Events and Programs

New Citizenship Test

Answers

1. twenty-seven (27)
2.
▪ checks and balances
▪ separation of powers
3. four hundred thirty-five (435)
4.
▪ Citizens eighteen (18) and older (can vote).
▪ You don’t have to pay (a poll tax) to vote.
▪ Any citizen can vote. (Women and men can vote.)
▪ A male citizen of any race (can vote).
5.
▪ apply for a federal job
▪ vote
▪ run for office
▪ carry a U.S. passport
6.
▪ (James) Madison
▪ (Alexander) Hamilton
▪ (John) Jay
▪ Publius
7.
▪ the Louisiana Territory
▪ Louisiana
8. (Woodrow) Wilson
9.
▪ Puerto Rico
▪ U.S. Virgin Islands
▪ American Samoa
▪ Northern Mariana Islands
▪ Guam
10.
▪ because there were 13 original colonies
▪ because the stripes represent the original colonies