United StatesQuestion 122 (2025 list) · Symbols

Why does the flag have 50 stars?

  1. aBecause there is one star for each president
  2. bBecause there are 50 senators
  3. cBecause there were 50 original colonies
  4. dBecause there is one star for each stateCorrect answer

Why?

The flag has 50 stars, one for each state. A star is added when a new state joins the country.

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Questions and answers: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), 128 Civics Questions and Answers (2025 version), M-1778, and Civics Questions and Answers (2008 version), rev. 08/21 — public domain. USCIS accepts other answers too; we show one of them. The wrong options and the explanations are ours. Not affiliated with or endorsed by USCIS.

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