Chapter 25 of 25
The Story Continues
Some answers change whenever a new person takes office, so this guide does not print them. Look them up shortly before your interview. To find the President of the United States nowQ38, click here. To find the Vice President of the United States nowQ39, click here.
If the president can no longer serveQ40, the Vice President becomes president. It has happened nine times, starting with John Tyler in 1841. The most recent was Gerald Ford in 1974, after Richard Nixon resigned.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives nowQ30 leads the House and is next in line for the presidency after the Vice President. To find who it is today, click here.
The Chief Justice of the United States nowQ57 leads the Supreme Court and, like every justice, serves until retirement. To find who it is today, click here.
A few questions depend on where you live: your state's U.S. senators, your governor, your state capital and your representative in the House. Pick your state on the Your state page, just before the answer key, to look them up.
Some rights belong only to citizens. Only U.S. citizens can vote in federal elections, run for federal office and serve on a juryQ64.
In the 1830s, the French visitor Alexis de Tocqueville was amazed by how often Americans formed clubs and groups to solve problems themselves. That habit is still alive. Two examples of civic participationQ69 are to vote and to join a community group.
Every year, hundreds of thousands of people finish the journey that began in 1790 and become citizens. At the ceremony, they raise a right hand and take the Oath of Allegiance. Two promises new citizens makeQ67 are to obey the laws of the United States and to be loyal to the United States.
From a hot room in Philadelphia to that ceremony, the story keeps growing. Every new citizen becomes part of it, and part of the motto: out of many, one.