BACK SOON: Today is one of two holidays The Era takes every
year. Since Independence Day falls on a Saturday, a day we don’t
normally work, it was decided we would publish an edition today but
skip Monday. See you Tuesday!

PATRIOTS DAY: If there’s one truly patriotic holiday, it’s
today. A couple years ago now we had begun to give readers
questions from a revised U.S. citizenship test. To test your
knowledge of American government, we decided to do a mini-quiz
today. Answers in Tuesday’s RTS.

1. What is the supreme law of the land?

2. What does the Constitution do?

3. The idea of self-government is in the first three words of
the Constitution. What are these words?

4. What is an amendment?

5. What do we call the first ten amendments to the
Constitution?

6. What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?

7. How many amendments does the Constitution have?

8. What did the Declaration of Independence do?

9. What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?

10. What is freedom of religion?

11. What is the economic system in the United States?

12. What is the “rule of law”?

13. Name one branch or part of government.

14. What stops one branch of government from becoming too
powerful?

15. Who is in charge of the executive branch?

16. Who makes federal laws?

17. What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?

18. How many U.S. Senators are there?

19. We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?

20. Who is one of our state’s U.S. Senators?

21. The House of Representatives has how many voting
members?

22. We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?

23. Name your U.S. Representative.

24. Who does a U.S. Senator represent?

25. Why do some states have more Representatives than other
states?

26. We elect a President for how many years?

27. In what month do we vote for President?

28. What is the name of the President of the United States
now?

29. What is the name of the Vice President of the United States
now?

30. If the President can no longer serve, who becomes
President?