What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?

Explanation

The First Amendment protects freedom of speech, religion, assembly, the press, and the right to petition the government.

Why it matters

These five freedoms are among the most cited rights in American life; naming any one answers the question.

The 65/20 special consideration

Question 6 is one of the 20 questions in the 65/20 set. An applicant who is 65 or older and has been a lawful permanent resident for 20 years or more studies only those 20 questions instead of all 100, and this is one of them.

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Answers that get mixed up with this one

These are the wrong options the practice test puts beside this question. Each one is the correct answer to a different question, which is what makes it tempting.

• announced our independence (from Great Britain)answers Question 8: What did the Declaration of Independence do?
• the Presidentanswers Question 15: Who is in charge of the executive branch?
• all people of the stateanswers Question 24: Who does a U.S. Senator represent?

More Principles of American Democracy questions

Questions the officer draws from the same part of the test. Studying them together is what keeps their answers apart.

• Question 1: What is the supreme law of the land?the Constitution
• Question 2: What does the Constitution do?sets up the government · defines the government · protects basic rights of Americans
• Question 3: The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?We the People
• Question 4: What is an amendment?a change (to the Constitution) · an addition (to the Constitution)
• Question 5: What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?the Bill of Rights