Want to become a US citizen? or just curious to see how much you know about your own country?
The following questions are meant for US immigrants applying to become US citizens to help study in preparation for their interview.
This is for education purpose only.
Question 71: What group has the power to declare war?
Question 72: Name the amendments that guarantee or address voting rights.
Question 73: In what year was the Constitution written?
Question 74: What are the first 10 amendments to the Constitution called?
Question 75: Whose rights are guaranteed by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights?
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Answer 71: Congress has the power to declare war.
Congress has formally declared war eleven times. The Senate vote for war was very close two of these times. These close votes took place before the War of 1812 and the Spanish American War. Congress has not declared war since the United States entered World War II, in 1941. However, seven times since then Congress has authorized military action. This step reflects the democratic tradition of the legislative branch approving the President's use of troops.
Answer 72: The 15th, 19th, and 24th amendments
The 19th Amendment gave women the ability to vote. It was a result of decades of hard work by the women's rights movement. This was also known as the women's suffrage movement. The 15th Amendment was written after the Civil War and the end of slavery. It allowed all American men of all races to vote. Some leaders of southern states were upset that the 15th Amendment allowed African-Americans to vote. These leaders designed fees called "poll taxes" to stop them from voting. The 24th Amendment made it illegal to stop someone from voting because he or she did not pay a poll tax.
Answer 73: The Constitution was written in 1787.
Before the U.S. Constitution, the Articles of Confederation was the document that established the U.S. system of government. The Articles were ratified in 1783. By 1786, many American leaders had become unhappy with this document. The national government it set up was simply too weak. In 1787, Congress decided that a convention would meet in Philadelphia to revise the Articles. At this meeting, the leaders quickly decided to go beyond revising the Articles. Instead, they wrote a whole new governing document-the Constitution.
Answer 74: The Bill of Rights
The first ten Amendments to the Constitution, ratified in 1791, became known as the Bill of Rights. The Bill, using principles from the Declaration of Independence, guarantees the rights of individuals and limits government power. The first eight Amendments set out individual rights, such as the freedom of expression, the right to bear arms, freedom from search without warrant, freedom to not be tried twice for the same crime, the right to not testify against yourself, the right to trial by jury of peers, right to an attorney, and protection against excessive fines and unusual punishments. The last two Amendments in the Bill of Rights are concerned with the rights of the people in their relationship with the state and federal governments.
Answer 75: All people living in the United States
One reason that millions of immigrants have come to America is this guarantee of rights. By the 5th Amendment, everyone in the United States is guaranteed equal protection under the law. This is true no matter what color your skin is, what language you speak, or what religion you practice. The 14th Amendment, ratified after the Civil War, expanded this guarantee of rights. No state would be able to abridge, or block, the rights of any of its citizens.
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