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What is the Constitution
What is the supreme law of the land?
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What is checks and balances, separation of powers
What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
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What is the United States, the flag
What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?
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What is Thomas Jefferson
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
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If you are a green card holder of at least 5 years:
-Be 18 or older at the time of filing -Be a green card holder for at least 5 years immediately preceding the date of filing the Form N-400, Application for Naturalization -Have lived within the state,
What are the requirements for applying for Naturalization?
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What is sets up the government, defines the government, protects basic rights of Americans
What does the Constitution do?
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What is Congress, Senate and House (of Representatives), (U.S. or national) legislature
Who makes federal laws?
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▪ Citizens eighteen (18) and older (can vote). ▪ You don’t have to pay (a poll tax) to vote. ▪ Any citizen can vote. (Women and men can vote.) ▪ A male citizen of any race (can vote).
There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them.
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What is ▪ because of high taxes (taxation without representation) ▪ because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering) ▪ because they didn’t have self-government
Why did the colonists fight the British?
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What is Speaking test, writing test, reading test, civics test
What are the four parts of the U.S. Citizenship Test?
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What is capitalist economy, market economy
What is the economic system in the United States?
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What is 435
The House of Representatives has how many voting members?
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What is:
vote ▪ join a political party ▪ help with a campaign ▪ join a civic group ▪ join a community group ▪ give an elected official your opinion on an issue ▪ call Senators and Representatives ▪ publicly support or oppose an issue or policy ▪ run for
What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy?
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What is 1787
What year was the Constitution written?
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What is $680.00 (nonrefundable)
How much is the total Naturalization fee?
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What is 27
How many amendments does the Constitution have?
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Richard Neal
James McGovern Niki Tsongas Joseph Kennedy III Ed Markey John Tierney Michael Capuano Stephen Lynch William Keating
Name your U.S. Representative.
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What is:
give up loyalty to other countries, defend the Constitution and laws of the United States obey the laws of the United States serve in the U.S. military (if needed) serve (do important work for) the nation (if needed) be loyal to the United Sta
What is one promise you make when you become a United States citizen?
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What is ▪ (James) Madison ▪ (Alexander) Hamilton ▪ (John) Jay ▪ Publius
The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.
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What is 4.5 million
How many U.S.-born children have at least one unauthorized immigrant parent?
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What is everyone must follow the law, leaders must obey the law, Government must obey the law, No one is above the law.
What is the Rule of the Law?
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What is John Roberts (John G. Roberts, Jr.)
Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now?
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What is April 15
What is the last day you can send in federal income tax form?
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What is Eisenhower
Which President was a general in World War II?
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$10.6 billion in state and local taxes
($1.2 billion in personal income taxes, $1.2 billion in property taxes, and more than $8 billion paid in sales and excise taxes. Immigrants—even legal immigrants—are barred from most social services, meaning that the
How much in state and local taxes did unauthorized immigrants pay in 2010?
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