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Official question #10US Citizenship Test
Name two important ideas from the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.
Correct answer
Equality and liberty
Also accepted: Equality · Liberty · Social contract · Natural rights · Limited government · Self-government
Why
Both documents rest on ideas such as equality, liberty, natural rights, limited government, self-government and the social contract. The question asks for two, so name two.
Answer choices
- AMonarchy and nobility
- BAn official state religion and censorship
- CMilitary rule and a single political party
- DEquality and liberty