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All 100 civics questions (2008 test)

2008 version: for N-400 applications filed before October 20, 2025. Filed later? Use the 2025 test

American Government

Principles of American Democracy

  1. 1What is the supreme law of the land?
  2. 2What does the Constitution do?
  3. 3The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?
  4. 4What is an amendment?
  5. 5What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
  6. 6What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?
  7. 7How many amendments does the Constitution have?
  8. 8What did the Declaration of Independence do?
  9. 9What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
  10. 10What is freedom of religion?
  11. 11What is the economic system in the United States?
  12. 12What is the "rule of law"?

System of Government

  1. 13Name one branch or part of the government.
  2. 14What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
  3. 15Who is in charge of the executive branch?
  4. 16Who makes federal laws?
  5. 17What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?
  6. 18How many U.S. Senators are there?
  7. 19We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?
  8. 20Who is one of your state's U.S. Senators now?
  9. 21The House of Representatives has how many voting members?
  10. 22We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?
  11. 23Name your U.S. Representative.
  12. 24Who does a U.S. Senator represent?
  13. 25Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?
  14. 26We elect a President for how many years?
  15. 27In what month do we vote for President?
  16. 28What is the name of the President of the United States now?
  17. 29What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now?
  18. 30If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
  19. 31If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
  20. 32Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?
  21. 33Who signs bills to become laws?
  22. 34Who vetoes bills?
  23. 35What does the President's Cabinet do?
  24. 36What are two Cabinet-level positions?
  25. 37What does the judicial branch do?
  26. 38What is the highest court in the United States?
  27. 39How many justices are on the Supreme Court?
  28. 40Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now?
  29. 41Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the federal government?
  30. 42Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the states?
  31. 43Who is the Governor of your state now?
  32. 44What is the capital of your state?
  33. 45What are the two major political parties in the United States?
  34. 46What is the political party of the President now?
  35. 47What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives now?

Rights and Responsibilities

  1. 48There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them.
  2. 49What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens?
  3. 50Name one right only for United States citizens.
  4. 51What are two rights of everyone living in the United States?
  5. 52What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?
  6. 53What is one promise you make when you become a United States citizen?
  7. 54How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?
  8. 55What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy?
  9. 56When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms?
  10. 57When must all men register for the Selective Service?

American History

Colonial Period and Independence

  1. 58What is one reason colonists came to America?
  2. 59Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
  3. 60What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
  4. 61Why did the colonists fight the British?
  5. 62Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
  6. 63When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
  7. 64There were 13 original states. Name three.
  8. 65What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
  9. 66When was the Constitution written?
  10. 67The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.
  11. 68What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
  12. 69Who is the "Father of Our Country"?
  13. 70Who was the first President?

1800s

  1. 71What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?
  2. 72Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.
  3. 73Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.
  4. 74Name one problem that led to the Civil War.
  5. 75What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?
  6. 76What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
  7. 77What did Susan B. Anthony do?

Recent American History and Other Important Historical Information

  1. 78Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.
  2. 79Who was President during World War I?
  3. 80Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?
  4. 81Who did the United States fight in World War II?
  5. 82Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?
  6. 83During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?
  7. 84What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
  8. 85What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?
  9. 86What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States?
  10. 87Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.

Integrated Civics

Geography

  1. 88Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States.
  2. 89What ocean is on the West Coast of the United States?
  3. 90What ocean is on the East Coast of the United States?
  4. 91Name one U.S. territory.
  5. 92Name one state that borders Canada.
  6. 93Name one state that borders Mexico.
  7. 94What is the capital of the United States?
  8. 95Where is the Statue of Liberty?

Symbols

  1. 96Why does the flag have 13 stripes?
  2. 97Why does the flag have 50 stars?
  3. 98What is the name of the national anthem?

Holidays

  1. 99When do we celebrate Independence Day?
  2. 100Name two national U.S. holidays.