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Civics questions and answers: 2025 test

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Question 1 (2025 list)
What is the form of government of the United States?
Correct answer:Republic
Question 2 (2025 list)
What is the supreme law of the land?
Correct answer:The U.S. Constitution
Question 3 (2025 list)
Name one thing the U.S. Constitution does.
Correct answer:Protects the rights of the people
Question 4 (2025 list)
The U.S. Constitution starts with the words “We the People.” What does “We the People” mean?
Correct answer:People should govern themselves
Question 5 (2025 list)
How are changes made to the U.S. Constitution?
Correct answer:Amendments
Question 6 (2025 list)
What does the Bill of Rights protect?
Correct answer:The basic rights of Americans
Question 7 (2025 list)
How many amendments does the U.S. Constitution have?
Correct answer:Twenty-seven (27)
Question 8 (2025 list)
Why is the Declaration of Independence important?
Correct answer:It says America is free from British control.
Question 9 (2025 list)
What founding document said the American colonies were free from Britain?
Correct answer:The Declaration of Independence
Question 10 (2025 list)
Name two important ideas from the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.
Correct answer:Equality and liberty
Question 11 (2025 list)
The words “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness” are in what founding document?
Correct answer:The Declaration of Independence
Question 12 (2025 list)
What is the economic system of the United States?
Correct answer:Capitalism
Question 13 (2025 list)
What is the rule of law?
Correct answer:No one is above the law.
Question 14 (2025 list)
Many documents influenced the U.S. Constitution. Name one.
Correct answer:The Articles of Confederation
Question 15 (2025 list)
There are three branches of government. Why?
Correct answer:So one part does not become too powerful
Question 16 (2025 list)
Name the three branches of government.
Correct answer:Legislative, executive, and judicial
Question 17 (2025 list)
The President of the United States is in charge of which branch of government?
Correct answer:The executive branch
Question 18 (2025 list)
What part of the federal government writes laws?
Correct answer:The U.S. Congress
Question 19 (2025 list)
What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?
Correct answer:The Senate and the House of Representatives
Question 20 (2025 list)
Name one power of the U.S. Congress.
Correct answer:Writes laws
Question 21 (2025 list)
How many U.S. senators are there?
Correct answer:One hundred (100)
Question 22 (2025 list)
How long is a term for a U.S. senator?
Correct answer:Six (6) years
Question 24 (2025 list)
How many voting members are in the House of Representatives?
Correct answer:Four hundred thirty-five (435)
Question 25 (2025 list)
How long is a term for a member of the House of Representatives?
Correct answer:Two (2) years
Question 26 (2025 list)
Why do U.S. representatives serve shorter terms than U.S. senators?
Correct answer:To more closely follow public opinion
Question 27 (2025 list)
How many senators does each state have?
Correct answer:Two (2)
Question 28 (2025 list)
Why does each state have two senators?
Correct answer:Equal representation for small states
Question 30 (2025 list)
What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives now?
Correct answer:Mike Johnson
Question 31 (2025 list)
Who does a U.S. senator represent?
Correct answer:The people of their state
Question 32 (2025 list)
Who elects U.S. senators?
Correct answer:Citizens from their state
Question 33 (2025 list)
Who does a member of the House of Representatives represent?
Correct answer:People from their congressional district
Question 34 (2025 list)
Who elects members of the House of Representatives?
Correct answer:Citizens from their congressional district
Question 35 (2025 list)
Some states have more representatives than other states. Why?
Correct answer:Because some states have more people
Question 36 (2025 list)
The President of the United States is elected for how many years?
Correct answer:Four (4) years
Question 37 (2025 list)
The President of the United States can serve only two terms. Why?
Correct answer:Because of the 22nd Amendment
Question 38 (2025 list)
What is the name of the President of the United States now?
Correct answer:Donald J. Trump
Question 39 (2025 list)
What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now?
Correct answer:JD Vance
Question 40 (2025 list)
If the president can no longer serve, who becomes president?
Correct answer:The Vice President
Question 41 (2025 list)
Name one power of the president.
Correct answer:Signs bills into law
Question 42 (2025 list)
Who is Commander in Chief of the U.S. military?
Correct answer:The President
Question 43 (2025 list)
Who signs bills to become laws?
Correct answer:The President
Question 44 (2025 list)
Who vetoes bills?
Correct answer:The President
Question 45 (2025 list)
Who appoints federal judges?
Correct answer:The President
Question 46 (2025 list)
The executive branch has many parts. Name one.
Correct answer:The Cabinet
Question 47 (2025 list)
What does the President’s Cabinet do?
Correct answer:Advises the President
Question 48 (2025 list)
What are two Cabinet-level positions?
Correct answer:Secretary of State and Attorney General
Question 49 (2025 list)
Why is the Electoral College important?
Correct answer:It decides who is elected president.
Question 50 (2025 list)
What is one part of the judicial branch?
Correct answer:The Supreme Court
Question 51 (2025 list)
What does the judicial branch do?
Correct answer:Decides if a law goes against the U.S. Constitution
Question 52 (2025 list)
What is the highest court in the United States?
Correct answer:The Supreme Court
Question 53 (2025 list)
How many seats are on the Supreme Court?
Correct answer:Nine (9)
Question 54 (2025 list)
How many Supreme Court justices are usually needed to decide a case?
Correct answer:Five (5)
Question 55 (2025 list)
How long do Supreme Court justices serve?
Correct answer:For life
Question 56 (2025 list)
Supreme Court justices serve for life. Why?
Correct answer:To be independent of politics
Question 57 (2025 list)
Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now?
Correct answer:John Roberts
Question 58 (2025 list)
Name one power that is only for the federal government.
Correct answer:Print paper money
Question 59 (2025 list)
Name one power that is only for the states.
Correct answer:Give a driver’s license
Question 60 (2025 list)
What is the purpose of the 10th Amendment?
Correct answer:Powers not given to the federal government belong to the states or to the people.
Question 63 (2025 list)
There are four amendments to the U.S. Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them.
Correct answer:Citizens eighteen (18) and older can vote.
Question 64 (2025 list)
Who can vote in federal elections, run for federal office, and serve on a jury in the United States?
Correct answer:U.S. citizens
Question 65 (2025 list)
What are three rights of everyone living in the United States?
Correct answer:Freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom of assembly
Question 66 (2025 list)
What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?
Correct answer:The United States
Question 67 (2025 list)
Name two promises that new citizens make in the Oath of Allegiance.
Correct answer:Obey the laws of the United States and defend the Constitution
Question 68 (2025 list)
How can people become United States citizens?
Correct answer:Naturalize
Question 69 (2025 list)
What are two examples of civic participation in the United States?
Correct answer:Vote and contact elected officials
Question 70 (2025 list)
What is one way Americans can serve their country?
Correct answer:Serve in the military
Question 71 (2025 list)
Why is it important to pay federal taxes?
Correct answer:Required by law
Question 72 (2025 list)
It is important for all men age 18 through 25 to register for the Selective Service. Name one reason why.
Correct answer:Required by law
Question 73 (2025 list)
The colonists came to America for many reasons. Name one.
Correct answer:Religious freedom
Question 74 (2025 list)
Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
Correct answer:Native Americans
Question 75 (2025 list)
What group of people was taken and sold as slaves?
Correct answer:Africans
Question 76 (2025 list)
What war did the Americans fight to win independence from Britain?
Correct answer:The American Revolution
Question 77 (2025 list)
Name one reason why the Americans declared independence from Britain.
Correct answer:Taxation without representation
Question 78 (2025 list)
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Correct answer:Thomas Jefferson
Question 79 (2025 list)
When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
Correct answer:July 4, 1776
Question 80 (2025 list)
The American Revolution had many important events. Name one.
Correct answer:The Battle of Yorktown
Question 81 (2025 list)
There were 13 original states. Name five.
Correct answer:New York, Virginia, Georgia, Delaware, and Maryland
Question 82 (2025 list)
What founding document was written in 1787?
Correct answer:The U.S. Constitution
Question 83 (2025 list)
The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.
Correct answer:James Madison
Question 84 (2025 list)
Why were the Federalist Papers important?
Correct answer:They supported passing the U.S. Constitution.
Question 85 (2025 list)
Benjamin Franklin is famous for many things. Name one.
Correct answer:First Postmaster General of the United States
Question 86 (2025 list)
George Washington is famous for many things. Name one.
Correct answer:First president of the United States
Question 87 (2025 list)
Thomas Jefferson is famous for many things. Name one.
Correct answer:Writer of the Declaration of Independence
Question 88 (2025 list)
James Madison is famous for many things. Name one.
Correct answer:“Father of the Constitution”
Question 89 (2025 list)
Alexander Hamilton is famous for many things. Name one.
Correct answer:First Secretary of the Treasury
Question 90 (2025 list)
What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?
Correct answer:The Louisiana Territory
Question 91 (2025 list)
Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.
Correct answer:The Civil War
Question 92 (2025 list)
Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.
Correct answer:The Civil War
Question 93 (2025 list)
The Civil War had many important events. Name one.
Correct answer:The Battle of Gettysburg
Question 94 (2025 list)
Abraham Lincoln is famous for many things. Name one.
Correct answer:Led the United States during the Civil War
Question 95 (2025 list)
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
Correct answer:Freed slaves in the Confederate states
Question 96 (2025 list)
What U.S. war ended slavery?
Correct answer:The Civil War
Question 97 (2025 list)
What amendment says all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are U.S. citizens?
Correct answer:The 14th Amendment
Question 98 (2025 list)
When did all men get the right to vote?
Correct answer:After the Civil War
Question 99 (2025 list)
Name one leader of the women’s rights movement in the 1800s.
Correct answer:Susan B. Anthony
Question 100 (2025 list)
Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.
Correct answer:World War II
Question 101 (2025 list)
Why did the United States enter World War I?
Correct answer:Because Germany attacked U.S. civilian ships
Question 102 (2025 list)
When did all women get the right to vote?
Correct answer:1920
Question 103 (2025 list)
What was the Great Depression?
Correct answer:Longest economic recession in modern history
Question 104 (2025 list)
When did the Great Depression start?
Correct answer:Stock market crash of 1929
Question 105 (2025 list)
Who was president during the Great Depression and World War II?
Correct answer:Franklin Roosevelt
Question 106 (2025 list)
Why did the United States enter World War II?
Correct answer:The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor
Question 107 (2025 list)
Dwight Eisenhower is famous for many things. Name one.
Correct answer:General during World War II
Question 108 (2025 list)
Who was the United States’ main rival during the Cold War?
Correct answer:The Soviet Union
Question 109 (2025 list)
During the Cold War, what was one main concern of the United States?
Correct answer:Communism
Question 110 (2025 list)
Why did the United States enter the Korean War?
Correct answer:To stop the spread of communism
Question 111 (2025 list)
Why did the United States enter the Vietnam War?
Correct answer:To stop the spread of communism
Question 112 (2025 list)
What did the civil rights movement do?
Correct answer:Fought to end racial discrimination
Question 113 (2025 list)
Martin Luther King, Jr. is famous for many things. Name one.
Correct answer:Fought for civil rights
Question 114 (2025 list)
Why did the United States enter the Persian Gulf War?
Correct answer:To force the Iraqi military from Kuwait
Question 115 (2025 list)
What major event happened on September 11, 2001 in the United States?
Correct answer:Terrorists attacked the United States
Question 116 (2025 list)
Name one U.S. military conflict after the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Correct answer:The war in Afghanistan
Question 117 (2025 list)
Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.
Correct answer:Cherokee
Question 118 (2025 list)
Name one example of an American innovation.
Correct answer:Airplane
Question 119 (2025 list)
What is the capital of the United States?
Correct answer:Washington, D.C.
Question 120 (2025 list)
Where is the Statue of Liberty?
Correct answer:New York Harbor
Question 121 (2025 list)
Why does the flag have 13 stripes?
Correct answer:Because there were 13 original colonies
Question 122 (2025 list)
Why does the flag have 50 stars?
Correct answer:Because there is one star for each state
Question 123 (2025 list)
What is the name of the national anthem?
Correct answer:The Star-Spangled Banner
Question 124 (2025 list)
The Nation’s first motto was “E Pluribus Unum.” What does that mean?
Correct answer:Out of many, one
Question 125 (2025 list)
What is Independence Day?
Correct answer:A holiday to celebrate U.S. independence from Britain
Question 126 (2025 list)
Name three national U.S. holidays.
Correct answer:Independence Day, Labor Day, and Thanksgiving Day
Question 127 (2025 list)
What is Memorial Day?
Correct answer:A holiday to honor soldiers who died in military service
Question 128 (2025 list)
What is Veterans Day?
Correct answer:A holiday to honor people who have served in the U.S. military

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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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