United StatesQuestion 125 (2025 list) · Holidays

What is Independence Day?

  1. aA holiday to honor soldiers who died in service
  2. bA holiday to celebrate the end of slavery
  3. cA holiday to celebrate U.S. independence from BritainCorrect answer
  4. dA holiday to honor American workers

Why?

Independence Day, July 4, celebrates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. You could also say it is the country’s birthday.

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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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