Can you pass the US naturalization test?

Test your knowledge of American history and government structure!

 Would you be able to pass the Naturalization test our government offers? The United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) offers a study tool to test your knowledge of U.S. history and the structure of our government.

Take a ten question sample test to see if you have the knowledge expected of a naturalized citizen

1. What is the executive of a state government called?
 Governor
 President
 Senator
 Mayor

2. Who said, “Give me liberty or give me death”?
 Benjamin Franklin
 Patrick Henry
 George Washington
 Thomas Jefferson

3. What is the Executive Branch of our Government?
 The President, the Cabinet, and departments under the cabinet members
 The House of Representatives and the Senate
 The states
 The Supreme Court

4. Who was Martin Luther King, Jr.?
 Writer of the Declaration of Independence
 A civil rights leader
 Presidential candidate in 1984
 President during the Civil War

5. Can the Constitution be changed?
 Yes
 No
 Yes, but only by the Supreme Court
 Yes, but only by the President of the United States

6. What is the Bill of Rights?
 The first part of the Declaration of Independence
 The Pledge of Allegiance
 The Preamble
 The first 10 amendments to the Constitution

7. Who becomes President if the President dies?
 His/her spouse
 The Secretary of State
 The Vice President
 The Speaker of the House

8. Where does freedom of speech come from?
 The President
 The Bill of Rights
 The Emancipation Proclamation
 The Declaration of Independence

9. What is the United States Capitol?
 A suburb of Washington, D.C.
 Where the Supreme Court meets
 The President’s official home
 The place where Congress meets

10. Who nominates judges for the Supreme Court?
 The electoral college
 The Senate
 The President
 The Vice President

See answers here.

Answers to your knowledge of American history and government structure

You had the opportunity in this column to test your knowledge of American history and government structure. Were you able to pass the sample questions on the Naturalization test our government offers?

Here are the answers to the ten question sample test from the quiz.

1. Governor
2. Patrick Henry
3. The President, the Cabinet, and departments under the cabinet members
4. A civil rights leader
5. Yes
6. The first 10 amendments to the Constitution
7. The Vice President
8. The Bill of Rights
9. The place where Congress meets
10. The President

How did you do? Take ten points off for each missed question.
90-100 – Excellent
70-80 – Good
50-60 – Fair
0-40 – Ouch!