Immigration Q&A: Naturalization questions and answers
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42. Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the states?
43. Who is the governor of your state now?
44. What is the capital of your state?
45. What are the two major political parties in the United States?
46. What is the political party of the president now?
47. What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives now?
48. There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them.
49. What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens?
50. Name one right only for United States citizens.
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Answers:
1. The Constitution
2. Sets up the government; defines the government; protects basic rights of Americans
3. We the People
4. a change (to the Constitution); an addition (to the Constitution)
5. The Bill of Rights
6. Speech; religion; assembly; press; petition the government
7. Twenty-seven
8. Announced our independence (from Great Britain); declared our independence (from Great Britain); said that the United States is free (from Great Britain)
9. Life; liberty, the pursuit of happiness
10. You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion
11. Capitalist economy; market economy
12. Everyone must follow the law; leaders must obey the law; government must obey the law; no one is above the law.
13. Congress; legislative; president; executive; the courts; judicial
14. Checks and balances; separation of powers
15. The president
16. Congress; Senate and House (of Representatives); (U.S. or national) legislature
17. Senate and House of Representatives
18. One hundred
19. Six.
20. Answers vary according to state. In New York, Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand
21. Four hundred and thirty five
22. Two
23. Answers vary according to state
24. All people of the state
25. (Because of) the state’s population; (because) they have more people; (because) some states have more people
26. Four
27. November
28. Barack Obama
30. The vice president
31. Speaker of the House
32. The president
33. The president
34. The president
35. Advises the president
36. Secretary of agriculture; secretary of commerce; secretary of defense; secretary of education; secretary of energy; secretary of health and human services; secretary of homeland security; secretary of housing and urban development; secretary of the interior; secretary of labor; secretary of state; secretary of transportation; secretary of the treasury; secretary of veterans affairs; attorney general; vice president
