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Multiple-choice practice on the 2025 civics test, one accepted answer per question, with the usual mix-ups as distractors: senators or representatives, federal or state powers, Memorial or Veterans Day.

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Practice deck · part of US citizenship test (civics) · written against: USCIS 128 Civics Questions and Answers, 2025 version (form M-1778, 09/25), for N-400 applications filed on or after 20 October 2025; answers that change with elections point to uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates. Updated 2026-10-10.

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  1. What is the supreme law of the land?

    A) The Declaration of Independence
    B) The Bill of Rights
    C) The U.S. Constitution
    D) The Articles of Confederation
    C) The U.S. Constitution

    The Constitution is the supreme law; the Bill of Rights is its first ten amendments.
    Principles of American Government
  2. What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?

    A) The Senate and the Supreme Court
    B) The House of Representatives and the Cabinet
    C) The Senate and the House of Representatives
    D) The president and the vice president
    C) The Senate and the House of Representatives

    Congress is the Senate (100 members) and the House of Representatives (435 voting members).
    System of Government › Congress
  3. Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

    A) The British
    B) American Indians
    C) The French
    D) The Spanish
    B) American Indians

    American Indians, also called Native Americans.
    Colonial Period and Independence
  4. What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?

    A) Alaska
    B) Louisiana
    C) Texas
    D) Florida
    B) Louisiana

    The Louisiana Territory, bought from France in 1803.
    The 1800s
  5. Why does the flag have 13 stripes?

    A) One for each state
    B) They represent the original colonies
    C) One for each amendment
    D) One for each president
    B) They represent the original colonies

    The stripes represent the 13 original colonies; the 50 stars represent the states.
    Symbols
  6. What is Memorial Day?

    A) A holiday to honor soldiers who died in military service
    B) A holiday to celebrate U.S. independence
    C) A holiday to honor everyone who served in the military
    D) A holiday to honor the first president
    A) A holiday to honor soldiers who died in military service

    Memorial Day honors those who died in service. Veterans Day honors everyone who served.
    Holidays

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  • Questions and accepted answers: USCIS, "128 Civics Questions and Answers (2025 version)", form M-1778 (09/25), https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf (file last modified 14 October 2025; SHA-256 f280608c0fb6dc1eba344b4746a7ba52d02fe411fba30cedd4371819f0abe11c), checked 2026-10-19; a US government work in the public domain. Each correct option is one of its accepted answers, sometimes shortened or reworded. Source: USCIS. Not affiliated with or endorsed by USCIS.
  • Original multiple-choice questions written for this deck from the official accepted answers; distractors and explanations are our own and were checked against the Constitution and its amendments, the Declaration of Independence and other founding and milestone documents (National Archives, archives.gov), the U.S. Code, the USCIS 2025 civics test study guide (M-1175), Executive Order 14347, and U.S. Senate, National Park Service, Library of Congress, State Department Office of the Historian, Maine Secretary of State, Supreme Court and USPS history pages.

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Not legal advice, and not affiliated with USCIS. These cards prepare you for the civics part of the naturalization interview, using the questions and answers of the 2025 version. Some answers change with elections and appointments: check uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates before your interview, and check uscis.gov/citizenship for which version of the test applies to you.

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