Another cause for celebration

Another cause for celebration

By the way, today is also Citizen- ship Day, when the nation has traditionally welcomed its new citizens

To mark the day, here are six samples of the questions that aspiring citizens must be able to answer before being naturalized:

1) Which of these states does not border Mexico?

A) California

B) Nevada

C) Texas

2) Name one problem that did not lead to the Civil War.

A) Famine

B) Slavery

C) Economic reasons

D) States’ rights

3) Who was president during the Great Depression and World War II?

A) Woodrow Wilson

B) Franklin Delano Roosevelt

C) Theodore Roosevelt

4) Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

A) Thomas Jefferson

B) James Madison

C) William Penn

5) Name one right that is not only for United States citizens.

A) Vote in a federal election

B) Free speech

C) Run for federal office

6) Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power the federal government does not have?

A) To print money

B) To declare war

C) To create an army

D) To make treaties

E) To appoint state governors

How did you do? Answers at right side bottom of the page.