Civics (History and Government) Questions for the Naturalization Test The 100 civics (history and government) questions and answers for the naturalization test are listed below. The civics test is an oral test and the USCIS Officer will ask the applicant

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Welcome to Mygration ESL Tutoring’s practice guide for the U.S. naturalization civics test! Here, you’ll find the 100 official civics questions and answers, covering key history and government topics that may come up during your naturalization interview.

During the civics portion of the test, a USCIS Officer will ask you up to 10 of these questions, and you’ll need to answer at least 6 correctly to pass. Since the test is oral, practicing your listening and speaking skills can be especially beneficial.

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1.What is the supreme law of the land? Choose 1 answerPrinciples of American Democracy
The Constitution
The Government
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2. What does the Constitution do? Choose 3 optionsPrinciples of American Democracy
Sets up the government
Defines the government
Protects basic rights of Americans
Everyone must follow the law
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3. The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words? Choose 1 answerPrinciples of American Democracy
We the people
We the government
We have gold
We know our english
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4. What is an amendment? Choose 2 answersPrinciples of American Democracy
A change (to the Constitution)
An addition (to the Constitution)
A Poem
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5. What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?Principles of American Democracy
Bill Of Arms
Bill of Rights
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6. What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment? Click on arrow to choose an answer . Choose 1 answerPrinciples of American Democracy
Please Select
Please Select
Speech
Religion
Assembly
Press
Petition the government
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7. How many amendments does the Constitution have? Choose 1 answerPrinciples of American Democracy
27
65
100
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8. What did the Declaration of Independence do? Choose 3 answersPrinciples of American Democracy
Announced our independence (from Great Britain)
Declared our independence (from Great Britain)
Announced Gold mines
Said that the United States is free (from Great Britain
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9. What are two (2) rights in the Declaration of Independence? Choose 2 answersPrinciples of American Democracy
Life
Liberty
Pursuit of happiness
We stand by one another
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10. What is freedom of religion? Choose 1 answerPrinciples of American Democracy
You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion
You can NOT practice religion
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11. What is the economic system in the United States? Choose 1 answerPrinciples of American Democracy
Food economy and Market economy
Capitalist economy and Market economy
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12 .What is the “rule of law”? Choose 4 answersPrinciples of American Democracy
Everyone must follow the law.
Leaders must obey the law.
Government must obey the law.
No one is above the law.
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13. Name one (1) branch or part of the government? Choose 1 answerSystem of Government
Congress
Legislative
President
Executive
The courts
Judicial
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14. What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful? Choose 2 answersSystem of Government
A President review ( power of the courts of a country to examine the actions of the legislative, executive)
Checks and balances (a system that allows each branch of a government to amend or veto acts of another branch)
Separation of powers ( the purpose of this separation is to prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful and to establish a system of checks and balances)
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15. Who is in charge of the executive branch? Choose 1 answerSystem of Government
The President
The Speaker of the House
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16. Who makes federal laws? Choose 3 answersSystem of Government
The President, the Vice President and their political party
Congress
Senate and House (of Representatives)
(U.S. or national) legislature
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17. What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress? Choose 1 answerSystem of Government
The Senate and House of Representative
The President and White House
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18. How many U.S. Senators are there? Choose 1 answerSystem of Government
100
120
125
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19. We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years? Choose 1 answerSystem of Government
3 years
6 years
4 years
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20. Who is one of your state’s U.S. Senators now? Answers can vary! Check the link before your interviewSystem of Government https://www.usa.gov/state-governor
I know one senator's name
I don't know but will look it up
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21. The House of Representatives has how many voting members? Choose 1 answerSystem of Government
235
435
535
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22. We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years? Choose 1 answerSystem of Government
2
11
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23. Name your U.S. Representative. Answers will vary ! Go to the link .Answers can vary depending on your State! Check the link before your interviewSystem of Government https://www.house.gov/
I know one senator's name
I don't know but will look it up
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24. Who does a U.S. Senator represent? Choose 1 answerSystem of Government
Leaders only
All people of the state
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25. Why do some states have more Representatives than other states? Choose 3 optionsSystem of Government
(Because of) the state’s population
Leaders must obey the law.
(Because) they have more people
(Because) some states have more people
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26. We elect a President for how many years? Choose 1 answerSystem of Government
8 years
4 years
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27. In what month do we vote for President? Choose 1 answerSystem of Government
October month
November month
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28. What is the name of the President of the United States now? Choose 1 answerSystem of Government
Biden
Trump
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29.What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now? Choose 1 answerSystem of Government
Harris
JD Vance
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30. If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President? Choose 1 answerSystem of Government
Vice President
Speaker of the House
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31. If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President? Choose 1 answerSystem of Government
The Speaker of the House
Your state Senator
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32. Who is the Commander in Chief of the military? Choose 1 answerSystem of Government
The President
The Vice President
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33. Who signs bills to become laws? Click NEXT below after reading the answerSystem of Government
The House speaker
The President
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34. Who vetoes bills?System of Government
The President
The Constitution
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35. What does the President’s Cabinet do? Choose 1 answerSystem of Government
Make Laws
Advises the President
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36. What are two Cabinet-level positions? Choose/ pick 2 positions to memorize for the interview !System of Government
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of Commerce
Secretary of Defense
Secretary of Education
Secretary of Energy
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Secretary of Homeland Security
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of Labor
Secretary of State
Secretary of Transportation
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Attorney General
Vice President
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37. What does the judicial branch do? Choose 1 answerSystem of Government
Reviews laws / Explains laws / Resolves disputes (disagreements) / Decides if a law goes against the Constitution
Present Issues to the media / explains media disputes (disagreements)
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38. Is the Supreme Court the highest court in the United States? Answer YES/NOSystem of Government
YESNO
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39.How many justices are on the Supreme Court? Choose 1 answerSystem of Government
Nine Justices make up the current Supreme Court: one Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices.
15 Justices make up the current Supreme Court: one Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices.
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40.Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now? Choose 1 answerSystem of Government
John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice of the United States,
Barak Obama, Chief Justice of the United States,
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41. Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the federal government? Select 1 answer from the dropdown menu System of Government
Please Select
Please Select
To print money
To declare war
To create an army
To make treaties
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42. Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the states? Choose 1 answerSystem of Government
Provide schooling and education
Provide protection (police)
Provide safety (fire departments)
Approve zoning and land use
Give a driver’s license
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43. Who is the Governor of your state now? Check link for answer ANSWERS MAY VARY . Check website https://www.usa.gov/state-governor for your current Governor
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44. What is the capital of your state? Check link for answerCheck website https://www.usa.gov/state-governments for Updates on your State's capital
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45. What are the two major political parties in the United States? Choose 1 answerSystem of Government
Libertarian Party and Green Party
Democratic and Republican
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46. What is the political party of the President now? Choose 1 answerSystem of Government
Green Party
Republican
Democratic
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47. What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives now? Choose 1 answerVisit uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates for the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives
Mike Johnson
Marjorie Taylor Greene
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48. There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote. Describe/ choose one (1) of themRights and Responsibilities
Citizens eighteen (18) and older (can vote)
You don’t have to pay (a poll tax) to vote
Any citizen can vote. (Women and men can vote.)
A male citizen of any race (can vote)
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49. What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens? Choose 1 answerRights and Responsibilities
Serve on a Jury
Vote in a federal election
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50. Name one right only for United States citizens! Choose 1 answerRights and Responsibilities
Vote in a federal election
Run for federal office
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51. What are two rights of everyone living in the United States? Choose 2 answersRights and Responsibilities
Freedom of expression
Freedom of speech
Freedom of assembly
Freedom to petition the government
Freedom of religion
The right to bear arms
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52. What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance? Pick 2 choicesRights and Responsibilities
The United States
The Flag of United States of America
The President
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53. What is one promise you make when you become a United States citizen? Choose 1 answerRights and Responsibilities
Give up loyalty to other countries
Obey the laws of the United States
Defend the Constitution and laws of the United States
Serve in the U.S. military (if needed)
Serve (do important work for) the nation (if needed)
Be loyal to the United States
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54. How old do citizens have to be to vote for President? Choose 1 answer* This field is required.Rights and Responsibilities
Sixteen (16) and older
Eighteen (18) and older
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55. What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy? Choose 2 answersRights and Responsibilities
Vote
Help with a campaign
Join a political party
Join a civic group
Join a community group
Give an elected official your opinion on an issue
Call Senators and Representatives
Publicly support or oppose an issue or policy
Run for office
Write to a newspaper
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56. When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms? Choose 1 answerRights and Responsibilities
April 15th
January 1st
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57. When must all men register for the Selective Service? Choose 1 answerRights and Responsibilities
At age eighteen (18) and/or between eighteen (18) and twenty-six (26)
At age twenty (20)
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58. What is one reason colonists came to America? Choose 1 answerColonial Period and Independence
Freedom
Political liberty
Religious freedom
Economic opportunity
Practice their religion
Escape persecution (to get away from cruel and unfair treatment or group)
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59. Did the American Indians and Native Americans live in America before the Europeans arrived?Colonial Period and Independence
YESNO
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60. What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves? Choose 1 answerColonial Period and Independence
Africans and/ or people from Africa
French Europeans
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61. Why did the colonists fight the British? Pick 3 answersColonial Period and Independence
Because of high taxes (taxation without representation)
Because of low Taxes
Because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering)
Because they didn’t have self-government
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62. Did Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence?Colonial Period and Independence
YESNO
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63. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted? Choose 1 answerColonial Period and Independence
July 4, 1776
July 4, 1976
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64. There were 13 original states. Name 3 States.Colonial Period and Independence
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
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65. What happened at the Constitutional Convention? Choose 2 answersColonial Period and Independence
The Constitution was written
The Constitution was cancelled
The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution
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66. When was the Constitution written? Choose 1 answerColonial Period and Independence
1787
1987
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67. The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers. Choose 1 answerColonial Period and Independence
(James) Madison
(Alexander) Hamilton
(John) Jay
Publius
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68. What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for? Choose 1 answerColonial Period and Independence
U.S. diplomat
Oldest member of the Constitutional Convention
First Postmaster General of the United States
Writer of “Poor Richard’s Almanac”
Started the first free libraries
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69. Who is the “Father of Our Country”?Colonial Period and Independence
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Type a question
Type option 1
Type option 2
Type option 3
Type option 4
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70. Who was the first President? Image Slide arrow on each corner to see answerColonial Period and Independence
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71. What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803? Choose 1 answer1800s
The Louisiana Territory ▪ Louisiana
The Georgia Territory▪ Georgia
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72. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s. Choose 1 answer1800s.
War of 1812
Civil War
Mexican-American
Spanish-American War
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73. Name the U.S. war between the North and the South. Choose 1 answer1800s.
The Green War for land
The Civil War and/ the War between the States
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74. Name one problem that led to the Civil War. Choose 1 answer1800s.
Slavery
Economic reasons
States’ rights
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75. What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did? Choose 1 answer1800s.
Please Select
Please Select
Freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation)
Saved (or preserved) the Union
Led the United States during the Civil War
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76. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? Choose 4 answers1800s.
Give Right to Woman
Freed the slaves
Freed slaves in the Confederacy
Freed slaves in the Confederate states
Freed slaves in most Southern states
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77. What did Susan B. Anthony do? Click one image below 1800s
Fought for Women's rights
Fought for slavery
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78. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s. Choose 1 answer1800s.
World War I
World War II
Korean War
Vietnam War
(Persian) Gulf War
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79. Was Woodrow Wilson President during World War I? Pick YES or NO * This field is required.1800s.
YESNO
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80. Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II? Choose 1 answer* This field is required.1800s.
(Woodrow )Wilson
(Franklin) Roosevelt
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81. Who did the United States fight in World War II? Choose 1 answer1800s
Japan, Germany, and Italy
Japan, Singapore and China
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82. Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in? Choose 1 answer1800s
World War II
World War I
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83. During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States? Choose 1 answer1800s
Slavery
Communism
Food Supply
Ammunition
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84. What movement tried to end racial discrimination? Click NEXT once you have read the answer1800s.
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85. What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do? Pick two 2 Answers1800s.
Fought for Food supply
Fought for civil rights
Worked for equality for all Americans
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86. What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States? Once you have read the answer, click NEXT .
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87. Name one American Indian tribe in the United States. Choose 1 answer [USCIS Officer will be supplied with a list of federally recognized American Indian tribes.]1800s
Please Select
Please Select
▪ Cherokee
▪ Navajo
▪ Sioux
▪ Chippewa
▪ Choctaw
▪ Pueblo
▪ Apache
▪ Iroquois
▪ Creek
▪ Blackfeet
▪ Seminole
▪ Cheyenne
▪ Arawak
▪ Shawnee
▪ Mohegan
▪ Huron
▪ Oneida
▪ Lakota
▪ Crow
▪ Teton
▪ Hopi
▪ Inuit
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88. Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States? Choose 1 answerGeography
Missouri (River)
Mississippi (River)
Grand Canyon ( River)
Grand Rapis ( River)
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89. What ocean is on the West Coast of the United States? Choose 1 answerGeography
West- Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
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90. What ocean is on the East Coast of the United States? Choose 1 answerGeography
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
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91. Name one U.S. territory! Choose 1 answerGeography
Puerto Rico
U.S. Virgin Islands
American Samoa
Northern Mariana Islands
Guam
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92. Name one state that borders Canada! Choose 1 answerGeography
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
Minnesota
North Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Alaska
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92. Name one state that borders Canada! Choose 1 answerGeography
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
Minnesota
North Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Alaska
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93. Name one state that borders Mexico! Choose 1 answer* This field is required.Geography
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
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94. What is the capital of the United States? Choose 1 answerGeography
Washington
Washington D.C
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95. Where is the Statue of Liberty? Once you have read the answer, Click NEXT in the corner belowGeography
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96. Why does the flag have 13 stripes? Choose 2 answers
Because we have 50 states
Because there were 13 original colonies
Because the stripes represent the original colonies
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97. Why does the flag have 50 stars? Choose 3 answersSymbols
Because there is one star for each state
Because each star represents a state
Because there are 50 states
Because we were first on the moon
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98. Is The Star-Spangled Banner the name of the US national anthem? Pick YES/NOSymbols
YESNO
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99. When do we celebrate Independence Day? Choose 1 answerHolidays
September 4th
July 4th
June 4th
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100. Name two national U.S. holidays. Choose 2 answersHolidays
New Year’s Day
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Presidents’ Day
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Columbus Day
Veterans Day
Thanksgiving
Boxing Day
Christmas
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