USCIS Citizenship Civics Test

What is the supreme law of the land?

What does the Constitution do? 

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

What is a Change to the constitution called?

What is the first ten amendments to the Constitution? 

What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?

How many amendments does the Constitution have? 

What did the Declaration of Independence do? 

What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?

What is the right to practice any religion is known as

What is the economic system in the United States?

What is the “rule of law”?

Which of the following are part of the three branches of government?

What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?

Who makes federal laws?

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

How many U.S. Senators are there?

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

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

 We elect a President for how many years?

Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?

Who does a U.S. Senator represent?

 In what month do we vote for President?

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

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

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

If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President? 

Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?

Who signs bills to become laws?

What are the Cabinet-level positions?

Who vetoes bills?

 What does the judicial branch do?

What is the highest court in the United States?

How many justices are on the Supreme Court?

Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now?

What does the President’s Cabinet do?

Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the federal government?

 Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the states? 

What are the two major political parties in the United States?

Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived? 

What is one reason colonists came to America?

When must all men register for the Selective Service?

When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms?

 What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy?

How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?

What is one promise you make when you become a United States citizen?

What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?

What are rights of everyone living in the United States?

Name one right only for United States citizens.

What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens?

There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them.

What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives now?

What is the political party of the President now?

What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves? ▪

Why did the colonists fight the British?

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

When was the Constitution written?

What happened at the Constitutional Convention?

There were 13 original states. Name three.

What happened at the Constitutional Convention?

When was the Constitution written?

The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.

What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?

Who is the “Father of Our Country”?

Who was the first President?

What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?

Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.

Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.

Name one problem that led to the Civil War.

What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?

What did Susan B. Anthony do?

Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.

 Name one state that borders Canada.

Name one U.S. territory.

What ocean is on the East Coast of the United States? 

What ocean is on the West Coast of the United States?

Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States.

Name one American Indian tribe in the United States

What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States?

What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?

What movement tried to end racial discrimination? 

During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?

Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?

Who did the United States fight in World War II? 

Who was President during World War I?

Name one state that borders Mexico.

What is the capital of the United States?

Where is the Statue of Liberty?

Why does the flag have 13 stripes?

Why does the flag have 50 stars?

Name two national U.S. holidays.

 When do we celebrate Independence Day?

What is the name of the national anthem?