US Citizenship Test Practice: 2025 Civics Questions

All 128 questions from the 2025 civics test. At your interview the officer asks up to 20 out loud, and you need 12 right. After each answer you see every answer USCIS accepts, so you can say whichever one sticks.

The real test: The officer asks up to 20 of the 128 civics questions out loud. 12 right passes.

Passing score: Citizenship test passing score, the 2008 test, and the retest

Here: 124 questions. USCIS 128 Civics Questions and Answers (2025 version), form M-1778 (09/25), US government work. Current officials from uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates, checked Oct 8, 2026. Free.

What's on the test

10 sample questions

1. What is the form of government of the United States?

   • A.Monarchy
   • B.Republic
   • C.Direct democracy
   • D.Dictatorship
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   B. Republic

   1 · Principles of Government

2. Name the three branches of government.

   • A.President, Vice President, and Speaker
   • B.Legislative, executive, and judicial
   • C.Federal, state, and local
   • D.Senate, House, and Cabinet
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   B. Legislative, executive, and judicial

   16 · System of Government

3. There are four amendments to the U.S. Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them.

   • A.Only property owners can vote.
   • B.You must pay a poll tax to vote.
   • C.Citizens sixteen (16) and older can vote.
   • D.Citizens eighteen (18) and older (can vote).
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   D. Citizens eighteen (18) and older (can vote).

   63 · Rights and Responsibilities

4. The colonists came to America for many reasons. Name one.

   • A.To fight in the French and Indian War
   • B.Freedom
   • C.To find gold for England
   • D.To escape the Civil War
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   B. Freedom

   73 · Colonial Period and Independence

5. What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?

   • A.Oregon Territory
   • B.Alaska
   • C.Florida
   • D.Louisiana Territory
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   D. Louisiana Territory

   90 · The 1800s

6. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.

   • A.Global War on Terror
   • B.War of 1812
   • C.War for (American) Independence
   • D.World War I
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   D. World War I

   100 · Recent American History

7. What is the capital of the United States?

   • A.Boston
   • B.New York City
   • C.Washington, D.C.
   • D.Philadelphia
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   C. Washington, D.C.

   119 · Symbols

8. What is Independence Day?

   • A.A holiday to honor people in the (U.S.) military
   • B.A holiday to honor soldiers who died in military service
   • C.A holiday to honor people who have served (in the U.S. military)
   • D.A holiday to celebrate U.S. independence (from Britain)
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   D. A holiday to celebrate U.S. independence (from Britain)

   125 · Holidays

9. What is the supreme law of the land?

   • A.Articles of Confederation
   • B.14th Amendment
   • C.U.S. Constitution
   • D.Declaration of Independence
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   C. U.S. Constitution

   2 · Principles of Government

10. The President of the United States is in charge of which branch of government?

    • A.Executive branch
    • B.U.S. Congress
    • C.Federal departments and agencies
    • D.The President (of the United States)
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    A. Executive branch

    17 · System of Government

What the study guide does

• Short study rounds and flip cards.
• A practice test built like the real one: 20 questions, 12 to pass.
• Pass Meter: your chance of passing if you sat the test today, worked out from your own answers.
• An explanation for every answer.