United StatesQuestion 97 (2008 list) · Symbols
Why does the flag have 50 stars?
- aBecause there is one star for each President
- bBecause there is one star for each stateCorrect answer
- cBecause there were 50 original colonies
- dBecause there is one star for each amendment
Why?
The flag has 50 stars because there is one star for each state. You could also say each star represents a state, or there are 50 states.
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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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