uscis civics Flashcards

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1. What is the supreme law of the land?
2. What does the Constitution do?
3. The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?
4. What is an amendment?
5. What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
6. What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?
7. How many amendments does the Constitution have?
8. What did the Declaration of Independence do?
9. What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
10. What is the economic system in the United States?
11. What is the “rule of law”?
12. What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
13. Who is in charge of the executive branch?
14. Who makes federal laws?
15. What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?
16. How many U.S. Senators are there?
17. We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?
18. The House of Representatives has how many voting members?
19. We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?
20. Who does a U.S. Senator represent?
21. Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?
22. We elect a President for how many years?
23. If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
24. If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
25. Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?
26. Who signs bills to become laws?
27. Who vetoes bills?
28. What does the President’s Cabinet do?
29. What does the judicial branch do?
30. What is the highest court in the United States?
31. What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens?
32. Name one right only for United States citizens.
33. What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?
34. How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?
35. When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms?
36. When must all men register for the Selective Service?
37. What is one reason colonists came to America?
38. Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
39. What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
40. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
41. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
42. When was the Constitution written?
43. The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.
44. Who is the “Father of Our Country”?
45. What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?
46. Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.
47. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
48. What did Susan B. Anthony do?
49. Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?
50. During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?
51. What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States?
52. What is the capital of the United States?
53. Where is the Statue of Liberty?
54. Why does the flag have 13 stripes?
55. Why does the flag have 50 stars?
56. What is the name of the national anthem?
57. On the 2025 naturalization civics test, how many questions does the officer ask, and how many correct answers are needed to pass?
58. On the 2008 naturalization civics test, how many questions does the officer ask, and how many correct answers are needed to pass?
59. Which civics test version is given to an applicant who files Form N-400 before Oct. 20, 2025?
60. When does the officer stop asking questions on the 2025 naturalization civics test?
61. Under the 65/20 special consideration, which applicants may study just the questions marked with an asterisk?

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