Monday, June 9, 2008

U.S. Citizenship Answers

As promised, here are the answers to the ten citizenship questions I posted earlier today:

1. Independence Day celebrates independence from whom?
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Great Britain

2. Who elects the president of the United States?
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The Electoral College

3. How many voting members are in the House of Representatives?

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435

4. What is the supreme law of the United States?

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The Constitution

5. Who becomes president if both the president and vice president die?

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The Speaker of the House

6. Who said, "Give me liberty or give me death?"

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Patrick Henry

7. In what year was the Constitution written?

- 1787

8. Why did the pilgrims come to America?

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To gain religious freedom

9. What is the Bill of Rights?

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The first 10 amendments to the Constitution

10. Who wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner"?
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Francis Scott Key



Or, as one extremely creative and clever anonymous reader posted earlier...
Answers to your quiz, as told by a Republican and Democrat:

1. Democrat: anyone who would make us accountable for our own actions.
Republican: anyone who would tell us how to run our businesses.

2. Democrat: five Supreme Court justices
Republican: the RIGHT five Supreme Court justices.

3. Democrat: just enough for gridlock
Republican: we'll let you know when we're done gerrymandering

4. Democrat: whatever the ACLU says it is
Republican: whatever GW, Karl Rove, Sean Hannity, or Glenn Beck say it is

5. Democrat: the first WOMAN president
Republican: **failed to answer after passing out at sheer thought of it**

6. Democrat: William Ayers?
Republican: Adam Smith?

7. Democrat: the Constitution is not done being written
Republican: the good ol' days

8. Democrat: to rape, infect, and slaughter Indians
Republican: to have peaceful Thanksgivings with Indians

9. Democrat: the tool to use to force everyone to be like us
Republican: I'm not sure what you're talking about, I've never heard of such "rights"

10. Democrat: probably some gay broadway composer, what diversity!!!
Republican: probably some gay broadway composer, what a shame!!!
I love it! :)



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