You've Been Searching for a Complete List. Here Are All 128 US Citizenship Test Questions With the Official Answers.
Every question, every accepted answer — organized by section, with a link to the official USCIS printable PDF.
It's 11 p.m. and you've been tabbing through PDFs, government pages, and study sites looking for one complete, organized list of citizenship test questions. Some sites have partial lists. Some have outdated answers. Some want you to sign up or pay before they'll show you anything.
You don't have time for that. Your interview date is coming.
This page has everything: all 128 official USCIS civics questions, organized by section, with every accepted answer. Click "Check Answer" on any question to practice recalling it the way you will at your interview — out loud, from memory, under a little pressure.
How the 2026 Civics Test Works
Before you study, make sure you understand the format. The 2025 USCIS civics test has a pool of 128 questions. At your naturalization interview, the officer will ask you up to 20 of them — drawn from across all topic areas. You need to answer 12 correctly to pass. The officer stops asking the moment you reach 12 correct answers, so you could pass on as few as 12 questions if you're on a roll.
Some answers change based on current elected officials — we flag those below. Know the current names before your interview. For the complete official PDF download, USCIS provides the 128 Questions and Answers PDF free of charge.
Now, let's study.
Section A: Principles of American Democracy (Questions 1–12)
These 12 questions cover the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the foundational ideas behind American government. They appear frequently at interviews — know all of them cold.
USCIS Question 1: What is the supreme law of the land?
USCIS Question 2: What does the Constitution do?
USCIS Question 3: The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?
USCIS Question 4: What is an amendment?
USCIS Question 5: What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
USCIS Question 6: What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?
USCIS Question 7: How many amendments does the Constitution have?
USCIS Question 8: What did the Declaration of Independence do?
USCIS Question 9: What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
USCIS Question 10: What is freedom of religion?
USCIS Question 11: What is the economic system of the United States?
USCIS Question 12: What is the "rule of law"?
Section B: System of Government (Questions 13–47)
This is the largest section and the most likely to come up at your interview. It covers Congress, the President, the courts, and how the three branches of government relate to each other. Know the current names for time-sensitive answers — they're flagged below.
USCIS Question 13: Name one branch or part of the government.
USCIS Question 14: What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
USCIS Question 17: What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?
USCIS Question 18: How many U.S. Senators are there?
USCIS Question 19: We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?
USCIS Question 21: The House of Representatives has how many voting members?
USCIS Question 22: We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?
USCIS Question 26: We elect a President for how many years?
USCIS Question 27: In what month do we vote for President?
USCIS Question 30: If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
USCIS Question 31: If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
USCIS Question 32: Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?
USCIS Question 37: What does the judicial branch do?
USCIS Question 38: What is the highest court in the United States?
USCIS Question 39: How many justices are on the Supreme Court?
USCIS Question 41: Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the federal government?
USCIS Question 42: Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the states?
USCIS Question 45: What are the two major political parties in the United States?
Time-sensitive questions in this section (know the current names): Q20 — your state's U.S. Senators; Q23 — your U.S. Representative; Q28 — the President; Q29 — the Vice President; Q40 — the Chief Justice; Q43 — your state's Governor; Q44 — your state capital; Q46 — the President's political party; Q47 — the Speaker of the House.
Section C: Rights and Responsibilities (Questions 48–57)
Ten questions. Know every one of them — this section comes up often and the answers are specific.
USCIS Question 49: What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens?
USCIS Question 50: Name one right only for United States citizens.
USCIS Question 51: What are two rights of everyone living in the United States?
USCIS Question 53: What is one promise you make when you become a United States citizen?
USCIS Question 54: How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?
USCIS Question 56: When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms?
USCIS Question 57: When must all men register for the Selective Service?
Section D: Colonial Period and Independence (Questions 58–70)
USCIS Question 58: What is one reason colonists came to America?
USCIS Question 61: Why did the colonists fight the British?
USCIS Question 62: Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
USCIS Question 63: When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
USCIS Question 64: There were 13 original states. Name three.
USCIS Question 65: What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
USCIS Question 66: When was the Constitution written?
USCIS Question 67: The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.
USCIS Question 69: Who is the "Father of Our Country"?
USCIS Question 70: Who was the first President?
Section E: The 1800s (Questions 71–77)
USCIS Question 71: What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?
USCIS Question 73: Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.
USCIS Question 74: Name one problem that led to the Civil War.
USCIS Question 75: What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?
USCIS Question 76: What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
USCIS Question 77: What did Susan B. Anthony do?
Section F: Recent American History (Questions 78–100)
USCIS Question 78: Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.
USCIS Question 80: Who was President during World War I?
USCIS Question 81: Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?
USCIS Question 82: Who did the United States fight in World War II?
USCIS Question 85: During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?
USCIS Question 86: What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
USCIS Question 87: What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?
USCIS Question 88: What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States?
Section G: Integrated Civics — Geography (Questions 101–108)
USCIS Question: Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States.
USCIS Question: What ocean is on the West Coast of the United States?
USCIS Question: What ocean is on the East Coast of the United States?
USCIS Question: Name one U.S. territory.
USCIS Question: Name one state that borders Canada.
USCIS Question: Name one state that borders Mexico.
USCIS Question: What is the capital of the United States?
USCIS Question: Where is the Statue of Liberty?
Section H: Integrated Civics — Symbols (Questions 109–116)
USCIS Question: Why does the flag have 13 stripes?
USCIS Question: Why does the flag have 50 stars?
USCIS Question: What is the name of the national anthem?
Section I: Integrated Civics — Holidays (Questions 117–122)
USCIS Question: What is one national U.S. holiday?
USCIS Question: What is Independence Day?
Download the Full 128-Question List
The questions above cover the core categories you'll encounter. For the complete official 128-question list — including all time-sensitive answer slots and the full Integrated Civics section — download the official USCIS study materials:
- Official 128 Questions and Answers PDF — print this and study from it
- USCIS 2025 Civics Test page — includes audio recordings of every question
The audio recordings are genuinely useful. The officer at your interview will read the questions aloud — practicing with the USCIS audio helps you recognize questions by sound, not just by sight.
How to Use This Study Sheet Effectively
Reading through this list is a start. But reading alone won't prepare you for an interview where you're being asked the question out loud and expected to answer immediately, in a foreign language, in a government office. That's a different cognitive task entirely.
Reading through this list is useful — but the naturalization interview tests something different than recognition. The officer asks a question. You answer out loud. No multiple choice. No looking down at notes. The American Immigration Council consistently finds that applicants who practice actively — saying answers aloud before seeing them written — perform significantly better than those who study by reading alone.
The gap between "I know this" and "I can say this under pressure" is real. A lot of people discover it at the interview when a question they've read a hundred times suddenly requires an extra beat to retrieve. That beat costs you.
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