American Government Semester 1 Exam Review

Question 1

What are two Cabinet-level positions?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

The Bill of Rights

Question 3

Why did the colonists fight the British?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

Vice President

Question 5

Who is Florida’s 21st District (Westlake/SRHS) U.S. Representative?

Accepted Answer

Brian Mast

Question 6

In what month do we vote for President?

Accepted Answer

November

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 8

Who is the Governor of Florida now?

Accepted Answer

Ron DeSantis

Question 9

What is the political party of the President now?

Accepted Answer

Democrat

Question 10

Who vetoes bills?

Accepted Answer

The President

Question 11

The House of Representatives has how many voting members?

Accepted Answer

435

Question 12

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Jefferson

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

Kamala Harris

Question 14

What is the name of the President of the United States now?

Accepted Answer

Joe Biden

Question 15

What are the two major political parties in the United States?

Accepted Answer

Democratic and Republican

Question 16

What does the President’s Cabinet do?

Accepted Answer

Advises the President

Question 17

What does the Constitution do?

Accepted Answer

Sets up and defines the government

Question 18

We elect a President for how many years?

Accepted Answer

4

Question 19

Who was the first President?

Accepted Answer

George Washington

Question 20

What happened at the Constitutional Convention?

Accepted Answer

The Constitution was written

Question 21

Who is the “Father of Our Country”?

Accepted Answer

George Washington

Question 22

If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President?

Accepted Answer

The Speaker of the House

Question 23

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

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 24

What is the Capital of the United States?

Accepted Answer

Washington D. C.

Question 25

Who makes federal laws?

Accepted Answer

Congress

Question 26

What is the name of the national anthem?

Accepted Answer

The Star-Spangled Banner

Question 27

What is one responsibility only for United States citizens?

Accepted Answer

Both a and b

Question 28

What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives now?

Accepted Answer

Mike Johnson

Question 29

What did the Declaration of Independence do?

Accepted Answer

Declared independence from Britain

Question 30

When was the Constitution written?

Accepted Answer

1787

Question 31

What are five rights or freedoms from the First Amendment?

Accepted Answer

Speech, religion, assembly, press, and petition

Question 32

What is one reason colonists came to America?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 33

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

Accepted Answer

2

Question 34

Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?

Accepted Answer

The President

Question 35

What are the first three words of the Constitution?

Accepted Answer

We the People

Question 36

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

Accepted Answer

18

Question 37

Who are Florida’s U.S. Senators now?

Accepted Answer

Marco Rubio and Rick Scott

Question 38

What are the three branches of government?

Accepted Answer

Executive, legislative, judicial

Question 39

What is one promise you make when you become a United States citizen?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 40

Who does a U.S. Senator represent?

Accepted Answer

All people of the state

Question 41

What is one right only for United States citizens?

Accepted Answer

Both a and b

Question 42

How many U.S. Senators are there?

Accepted Answer

100

Question 43

What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?

Accepted Answer

Checks and balances

Question 44

What is an amendment?

Accepted Answer

A change or addition to the Constitution

Question 45

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

Accepted Answer

6

Question 46

What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 47

Who signs bills to become laws?

Accepted Answer

The President

Question 48

What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?

Accepted Answer

The United States

Question 49

There were 13 original states. Which is one of them?

Accepted Answer

New York

Question 50

What is the supreme law of the land?

Accepted Answer

The Constitution

Question 51

What is the economic system in the United States?

Accepted Answer

Capitalism

Question 52

Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now?

Accepted Answer

John Roberts

Question 53

What is the capital of Florida?

Accepted Answer

Tallahassee

Question 54

What does the judicial branch do?

Accepted Answer

Reviews and explains laws

Question 55

What is freedom of religion?

Accepted Answer

The right to practice or not practice any religion

Question 56

When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

Accepted Answer

July 4, 1776

Question 57

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

Accepted Answer

Senate and House of Representatives

Question 58

How many justices are on the Supreme Court?

Accepted Answer

9

Question 59

What is the "rule of law"?

Accepted Answer

No one is above the law

Question 60

How many amendments does the Constitution have?

Accepted Answer

27

Question 61

Why do some states have more Representatives than others?

Accepted Answer

Because of the state’s population

Question 62

What are the three rights in the Declaration of Independence?

Accepted Answer

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

Question 63

The Federalist Papers supported passage of the U. S. Constitution. Who were the three writers?

Accepted Answer

Hamilton, Jay, Madison

Question 64

What is the highest court in the United States?

Accepted Answer

The Supreme Court

American Government Semester 1 Exam Review

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American Government Semester 1 Exam Review

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