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Civics Test Study Guide

This study guide provides an overview of key topics for the U.S. civics test, including the branches of government, elections, political parties, history, geography and citizenship. It covers the Articles of Confederation, Constitutional Convention, U.S. Constitution and its amendments. Key historical events and figures are explained such as the American Revolution, slavery, Civil War, Civil Rights Movement and 9/11. The three branches of government and their powers are defined. Civic duties, responsibilities and symbols of the U.S. are also summarized.

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Civics Test Study Guide

This study guide provides an overview of key topics for the U.S. civics test, including the branches of government, elections, political parties, history, geography and citizenship. It covers the Articles of Confederation, Constitutional Convention, U.S. Constitution and its amendments. Key historical events and figures are explained such as the American Revolution, slavery, Civil War, Civil Rights Movement and 9/11. The three branches of government and their powers are defined. Civic duties, responsibilities and symbols of the U.S. are also summarized.

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Civics Test Study Guide

1) Articles of Confederation
A) What are the Articles of Confederation?
B) What were the strengths and weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
C) Where did power reside in this document?
2) Constitutional Convention
A) What was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention?
B) What were the provisions of the Virginia Plan
C) What were the provisions of the New Jersey Plan?
D) What were the provisions of the Great Compromise or Connecticut Compromise?
E) What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?
3) U.S. Constitution.
A) What is the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution?
B) What does each article of the U.S. Constitution address?
C) Why is the U.S. Constitution considered the supreme law of the land?
D) What is an amendment?
E) Identify the Bill of Rights. What was the purpose of the Bill of Rights?
F) What freedoms does each of the first ten amendments guarantee?
G) How many times has the U.S. Constitution been amended?
H) Identify the Reconstruction amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
I) What powers does the U.S. Constitution give to the federal government?
J) What powers does the U.S. Constitution give to state governments?
4) Legislative Branch
A) What is the purpose of the Legislative Branch?
B) What two houses make up the Legislative Branch?
C) What are the powers of the Senate?
D) In order to serve as a Senator, the U.S. Constitution sets three requirements. What are
they?
E) What is the length of one term in the Senate?
F) How many members serve in the Senate?
G) Who do Senators represent?
H) Identify the leadership roles in the Senate.
I) What is the Vice-President’s role in the Senate?
J) What are the powers of the House of Representatives?
K) In order to serve as a Representative, the U.S. Constitution sets three requirements. What
are they?
L) What is the length of a term in the House of Representatives?
M) How many members serve in the House of Representatives?
N) Identify the leadership roles in the House of Representatives.
O) What is Congress’s role in the Supreme Court?
5) Executive Branch
A) What is the purpose of the Executive Branch?
B) Who is the head of the Executive Branch?
C) Identify the groups that make up the Executive Branch.
D) What is a veto?
E) Identify the line of succession for the presidency.
F) How is the President elected?
G) What is the length of a term for the presidency?
H) What are the term restrictions for the presidency?
I) Who serves as Commander in Chief of the military?
J) What is the function of the president’s Cabinet?
6) Judicial Branch
A) What is the purpose of the Judicial Branch?
B) What is the highest court of the United States?
C) Identify the number of justices that makeup the Supreme Court.
7) Elections
A) How often are federal elections held?
B) When are Presidential Elections held?
C) When do Presidential Inaugurations take place?
D) What are the federal requirements for vote in a presidential election?
8) Civics
A) What do the stars and stripes on the American flag represent?
B) What is the National Anthem?
C) Identify the difference between duties and responsibilities of U.S. Citizens.
D) What are the required duties of U.S. Citizens?
E) What are the responsibilities of U.S. Citizens?
F) Why is July 4, 1776 significant in the United States?
9) Geography
A) What U.S. States border Canada?
B) What U.S. States border Mexico?
C) What states are not parts of the Continental U.S.?
D) What oceans are on the east and west coast of the Continental U.S.?
E) What are the territories of the United States?
10) Political Parties
A) What are the two dominant parties in the United States?
B) What symbols represent the Republican Party?
C) What symbols represent the Democratic Party?
D) What is the GOP?
11) U.S. History
A) What is the definition of indentured servant?
B) Who occupied North America before the Europeans arrived?
C) Explain the slave trade.
D) What were the causes of the American Revolution?
E) What was the American Revolution?
F) Who was the first U.S. president who was also known as the “Father of the Country?”
G) Who wrote the Federalist Papers?
H) Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
I) Who is known as the “Father of the U.S. Constitution?”
J) When was the U.S. Constitution written?
K) When was the U.S. Constitution ratified?
L) Why was Patrick Henry significant during the American Revolutionary period?
M) What was the Louisiana Purchase?
N) What was the Civil War?
O) What were the causes of the Civil War?
P) What was Abraham Lincoln’s role in abolishing slavery?
Q) Identify the Emancipation Proclamation.
R) Who were the leaders of the women’s suffrage movement?
S) What is capitalism?
T) What is communism?
U) Identify Woodrow Wilson.
V) Identify Franklin D. Roosevelt.
W) Identify Harry Truman.
X) Identify Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Y) Who were the Allied Powers during World War II?
Z) Who were the Axis Powers during World War II?
AA) What was the Cold War? What countries were involved in the Cold War?
BB) How did Jim Crow laws affect voting for African Americans in southern states?
CC) What was the Civil Rights Movement?
DD)What was the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
EE) What was the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
FF) What is the significance of September 11, 2001?

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