US Basic Civics Test MCQ Multiple Choice Questions - Page 2 for Practice

Q: 18. What is the rule of law

Correct Answer is: Everyone must follow the law

Q: 20. The House of Representatives has how many voting members

Correct Answer is: Four hundred thirty-five (435)

Q: 21. Name one right belonging only to United States citizens.

Correct Answer is: Run for federal office

Q: 22. What are two rights of everyone living in the United States?

Correct Answer is: Freedom of speech and freedom of worship

Q: 23. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do

Correct Answer is: Freed slaves in most Southern states

Q: 24. Who is the Father of Our Country?

Correct Answer is: George Washington

Q: 25. Who was the first President

Correct Answer is: George Washington

Q: 26. What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence

Correct Answer is: Life and pursuit of happiness

Q: 27. What did Susan Anthony do?

Correct Answer is: Fought for womens rights

Q: 28. Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the states?

Correct Answer is: Provide schooling and education

US Basic Civics Test MCQ Questions for Practice

16. We elect a President for how many years?

Eight
Two
Four
Ten

17. What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?

English
Africans
Canadians
Dutch

18. What is the rule of law

Everyone but the President must follow the law
Government does not have to follow the law
All laws must be the same in every state
Everyone must follow the law

19. What is one reason colonists came to America?

For the experience traveling across the ocean
Freedom
To join a civic group
None of these answers

20. The House of Representatives has how many voting members

Four hundred forty-one (441)
Four hundred thirty-five (435)
Two hundred (200)
One hundred (100)

21. Name one right belonging only to United States citizens.

Freedom of religion
Run for federal office
Attend public school
Freedom of speech

22. What are two rights of everyone living in the United States?

Freedom to petition the government and freedom to disobey traffic laws
Freedom of worship and freedom to make treaties with other countries
Freedom of speech and freedom to run for president
Freedom of speech and freedom of worship

23. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do

Gave the United States independence from Great Britain
Ended World War I
Gave women the right to vote
Freed slaves in most Southern states

24. Who is the Father of Our Country?

George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Patrick Henry

25. Who was the first President

George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln

26. What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence

Life and death
Life and pursuit of happiness
Liberty and justice
Life and the right to own a home

27. What did Susan Anthony do?

Made the first flag of the United States
Founded the Red Cross
Was the first woman elected to the House of Representatives
Fought for womens rights

28. Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the states?

Make treaties
Provide schooling and education
Create an army
Coin or print money

29. What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens

Pay taxes
Obey the law
Be respectful of others
Serve on a jury

30. What are the two major political parties in the United States today

Reform and Green
American and Bull-Moose
Democratic-Republican and Whig
Democratic and Republican