Answers to the quiz

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Answers to the questions in the first part of the test from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service:

1. July 4, 1776

2. Thomas Jefferson

3. That all men are created equal

4. 1787

5. The supreme law of the land

6. To make laws

7. 435

8. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell

9. William Rehnquist

10. Nine

11. The Electoral College

12. Must be a natural-born citizen of the United States; must be at least 35 years old by the time he/she will serve; must have lived in the United States for at least 14 years

13. Speaker of the House of Representatives

14. The Congress

15. The Bill of Rights

16. Freedom of: speech, press, religion, peaceable assembly, and requesting change of the government

17. Twenty-seven (27)

18. Freed many slaves

19. For religious freedom

20. The American Indians

21. Thanksgiving

22. Connecticut, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Rhode Island and Maryland

23. Republican

24. Red and white

25. Fifty

26. Obtain federal government jobs; travel with a U.S. passport; petition for close relatives to come to the U.S. to live

27. The right to vote

Answers to the "Bonus Round" of questions from the 2001 Advanced Placement (AP) United States History Exam:

1. C

2. A

3. D

4. B

5. D

6. D

7. A

8. E

9. C

10. C