Questions

The proposed questions are shown in a table somewhere below this text. For some reason (I suspect a bug in blogger) tables have an unsightly gap above them. This accounts for the blank space between this text and the table of questions. Just scroll down to see the questions.

Also I'd love to know if anywone knows the workaround for this bug.

Ques #	question	Answer	school level
1	What are the colors of our flag?	Red, White, and Blue.	elementary
2	How many stars are there in our flag?	50	elementary
3	What color are the stars on our flag?	White.	elementary
4	What do the stars on the flag mean?	One for each state in the Union.	elementary
5	How many stripes are there in the flag?	13	elementary
6	What color are the stripes?	Red and White.	elementary
7	What do the stripes on the flag mean?	They represent the original 13 states.	elementary
8	How many states are there in the Union?	50	elementary
9	What is the 4th of July?	Independence Day.	elementary
10	What is the date of Independence Day?	July 4th	elementary
11	Independence from whom?	England	elementary
12	What country did we fight during the Revolutionary War?	England	elementary
13	Who was the first President of the United States?	George Washington	elementary
14	Who is the President of the United States today?	Currently George W. Bush	elementary
15	Who is the vice-president of the United States today?	Currently Dick Cheney	elementary
16	Who elects the President of the United States?	The electoral college	middle
17	Who becomes President of the United States if the President should die?	Vice - President	elementary
18	For how long do we elect the President?	Four years	elementary
19	What is the Constitution?	The supreme law of the land	middle
20	Can the Constitution be changed?	Yes	middle
21	What do we call a change to the Constitution?	An Amendment	middle
22	How many changes or amendments are there to the Constitution?	27	high
23	How many branches are there in our government?	3	elementary
24	What are the three branches of our government?	Legislative, Executive, and Judiciary	elementary
25	What is the legislative branch of our government?	Congress	middle
26	Who makes the laws in the United States?	Congress	middle
27	What is the Congress?	The Senate and the House of Representatives	middle
28	What are the duties of Congress?	To make laws	middle
29	Who elects the Congress?	U.S. citizens who are properly registered to vote	middle
30	How many senators are there in Congress?	100	elementary
31	In Federalist Paper Number 78, which branch did Alexander Hamilton identify as the weakest branch of the federal government?	The judicial branch.	high
32	Why did Alexander Hamilton, in Federalist Paper Number 78, believe that the judicial branch would be the weakest branch of government?	Because (a) the judicial branch posses only the power to judge, not to act, and (b) the judicial branch depends the executive branch to carry out its judgments or decisions.	high
33	How were U.S. Senators originally selected?	They were appointed by state Legislatures.	high
34	How are U.S. Senators selected today?	They are popularly elected.	high
35	What was the original purpose of United States Senators?	The Senators were the State governments' representatives in the legislative branch	high
36	What is Habeas Corpus?	A court order challenging the detention of a person. (Is this answer suitable? )	high
37	Which President suspended the Constitution?	No President has suspended the constitution.	high
38	Which President suspended Habeas Corpus?	Abraham Lincoln	high
39	What year was Habeas Corpus suspended?	1861	high
40	What year was Habeas Corpus restored?	1866	high
41	What act established the federal goverment?	the ratification of the constitution.	middle
42	Who consented to the establishment of the U.S. federal government?	The states	middle
43	which amendment reserves all power to the states that the constitution does not grant the government?	the 10th amendment.	middle
44	under the 10th amendment, what powers do the states not have?	The states have neither powers prohibited to them the constitution nor powers delegated to the United States.	middle
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Commentary
The original answer to question 29 was "The people." At a minimum, the answer should be "U.S. citizens." This is because only American citizens are entitled to vote in American elections.

In my view the answer should be more like "U.S. citizens who are properly registered to vote." I reason that the answer to this question should show an understanding that voting is a conditional right (e.g., felons are denied voting privileges.)

Anybody have any comments?

Credits
The US Citizenship & Service Help Center provided questions 1 - 30.

Questions 31 - 40 were derived from questions suggested by Timothy Alvaro. Thanks Tim! I rewrote his questions to follow the suggested question framing guidelines.

Questions 41 - 44 were dereived from questions suggested by Mike Mett