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899 practice questions across 13 topics, based on official USCIS source material. Every answer includes a detailed explanation.
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1 What is the supreme law of the land? 2 What does the Constitution do? 3 The first ten amendments to the Constitution are called what? 4 What is an amendment? 5 How many amendments does the Constitution have? 6 What did the Declaration of Independence declare? 7 What is the main idea of the Declaration of Independence? 8 What year was the Declaration of Independence adopted? 9 What is federalism? 10 What is the separation of powers? 11 What are the three branches of government? 12 What is popular sovereignty? 13 What does limited government mean? 14 What is the rule of law? 15 What is the social contract? 16 What is checks and balances? 17 What does judicial review mean? 18 What is the supremacy clause? 19 What is the elastic clause? 20 What are enumerated powers? 21 What are reserved powers? 22 What are concurrent powers? 23 What did the Articles of Confederation do? 24 Why was the Constitution written? 25 What is the Preamble to the Constitution? 26 What are the six purposes stated in the Preamble? 27 What is a republic? 28 What is democracy? 29 How did Enlightenment ideas influence the Constitution? 30 What does due process mean? 31 What is equal protection? 32 What are natural rights? 33 What does the Constitution protect? 34 What does consent of the governed mean? 35 What is civic participation? 36 Why is the Constitution important? 37 What is a constitutional republic? 38 What principle means the people have ultimate power? 39 How does the Constitution limit government power? 40 What is the purpose of the Bill of Rights? 41 Why is separation of powers important? 42 What is the primary purpose of checks and balances? 43 How does the amendment process work? 44 What does it mean to amend the Constitution? 45 What are individual rights? 46 What is the difference between rights and responsibilities? 47 What does unalienable mean? 48 What are unalienable rights mentioned in the Declaration? 49 What is the purpose of government according to the Declaration? 50 What right do people have if government becomes destructive? 51 What is the Magna Carta? 52 How did the Magna Carta influence the Constitution? 53 What are common law rights? 54 What is a bill of rights? 55 Why did the Founders include the Bill of Rights? 56 What is the Tenth Amendment? 57 What does ratification mean? 58 How many states were needed to ratify the Constitution? 59 What does promote general welfare mean? 60 What does provide for common defense mean? 61 What is the relationship between liberty and responsibility? 62 What is constitutional government? 63 Why is the Constitution written? 64 What makes a good citizen? 65 What is the role of the people in a democracy? 66 What is a constitutional amendment? 67 What does it mean the Constitution is a living document? 68 What is the purpose of government? 69 How do citizens influence government? 70 What does it mean government derives power from the people? 71 What is the principle of limited government? 72 How many branches of government are there? 73 What is the legislative branch? 74 What is Congress? 75 How many senators are there? 76 How many representatives are there in the House? 77 How long is a senator's term? 78 How long is a representative's term? 79 What are the requirements to be a senator? 80 What are the requirements to be a representative? 81 What does Congress do? 82 What is the Senate? 83 What is the House of Representatives? 84 How is representation in the House determined? 85 How is representation in the Senate determined? 86 What are the powers of Congress? 87 Who is the leader of the Senate? 88 Who is the leader of the House? 89 What is the Speaker of the House? 90 What is the President Pro Tempore? 91 What is the majority leader? 92 What is the minority leader? 93 What is a committee? 94 Why are there committees in Congress? 95 What is the executive branch? 96 Who is the head of the executive branch? 97 How long is a president's term? 98 How many terms can a president serve? 99 What are the requirements to be president? 100 What does the President do? 101 What is the President's role as Commander in Chief? 102 What are the President's domestic powers? 103 What are the President's foreign policy powers? 104 What is the Cabinet? 105 Who is in the Cabinet? 106 What is the Department of State? 107 What is the Department of the Treasury? 108 What is the Department of Defense? 109 What is the Department of Justice? 110 What is the Department of the Interior? 111 What is the Department of Agriculture? 112 What is the Department of Commerce? 113 What is the Department of Labor? 114 What is the Department of Health and Human Services? 115 What is the Department of Housing and Urban Development? 116 What is the Department of Transportation? 117 What is the Department of Energy? 118 What is the Department of Education? 119 What is the Department of Veterans Affairs? 120 What is the Department of Homeland Security? 121 What is a presidential veto? 122 How can Congress override a presidential veto? 123 What is an executive order? 124 What is the President's power of appointment? 125 What is the President's pardon power? 126 What is the judicial branch? 127 What does the judicial branch do? 128 What is the Supreme Court? 129 How many justices are on the Supreme Court? 130 How long do Supreme Court justices serve? 131 Who appoints Supreme Court justices? 132 What does the Supreme Court do? 133 What is judicial review? 134 Which court established judicial review? 135 What are circuit courts? 136 What are district courts? 137 How many district courts are there? 138 What is the role of federal judges? 139 What is a state government? 140 What is the governor? 141 How long is a governor's term? 142 What does a governor do? 143 What is a state legislature? 144 What are state courts? 145 What is local government? 146 What is a mayor? 147 What is a city council? 148 What is a county government? 149 What is a school board? 150 What is the Federal Bureau of Investigation? 151 What is the Central Intelligence Agency? 152 What is the Federal Reserve? 153 What is the Internal Revenue Service? 154 What is the Environmental Protection Agency? 155 What is NASA? 156 What is the Federal Emergency Management Agency? 157 What is the Secret Service? 158 What is Immigration and Customs Enforcement? 159 What is the U.S. Border Patrol? 160 What is a political party? 161 How many major political parties are there? 162 What is the Democratic Party? 163 What is the Republican Party? 164 What is the role of political parties? 165 What is a primary election? 166 What is a general election? 167 What is the Electoral College? 168 How many electoral votes are there? 169 How many electoral votes are needed to win? 170 How are electoral votes distributed? 171 What are swing states? 172 What is voter registration? 173 What are voting requirements? 174 When do federal elections occur? 175 What is a midterm election? 176 What is a special election? 177 What is the census? 178 Why is the census important? 179 What is redistricting? 180 What is gerrymandering? 181 What is a filibuster? 182 How can a filibuster be ended? 183 What is a bill? 184 How does a bill become a law? 185 What happens if the President does not sign a bill? 186 What is a pocket veto? 187 What is lobbying? 188 What is a lobbyist? 189 What is the separation of powers designed to do? 190 What does checks and balances allow? 191 What is the President's veto power? 192 What happens when Congress overrides a veto? 193 How many votes are needed to override a veto? 194 What is the treaty-making power? 195 What does the Senate do in appointments? 196 What is impeachment? 197 What is the House's role in impeachment? 198 What is the Senate's role in impeachment? 199 What is the First Amendment? 200 What does freedom of speech mean? 201 What does freedom of religion mean? 202 What does freedom of the press mean? 203 What does freedom of assembly mean? 204 What does freedom of petition mean? 205 What is the Second Amendment? 206 What does the Second Amendment protect? 207 What is the Third Amendment? 208 What is the Fourth Amendment? 209 What does the Fourth Amendment require? 210 What is the Fifth Amendment? 211 What does self-incrimination mean? 212 What does double jeopardy mean? 213 What is the Sixth Amendment? 214 What rights does the Sixth Amendment protect? 215 What is the Seventh Amendment? 216 What is the Eighth Amendment? 217 What is the Ninth Amendment? 218 What is the Thirteenth Amendment? 219 What is the Fourteenth Amendment? 220 What does the Fourteenth Amendment establish? 221 What is the Fifteenth Amendment? 222 What is the Nineteenth Amendment? 223 What is the Twenty-Fourth Amendment? 224 What is the Twenty-Sixth Amendment? 225 What are civil rights? 226 What are civic responsibilities? 227 What is the responsibility to vote? 228 What is jury duty? 229 What is the responsibility to pay taxes? 230 What is selective service? 231 What is the Pledge of Allegiance? 232 What are the words of the Pledge? 233 Why do we recite the Pledge? 234 What does indivisible mean in the Pledge? 235 What does liberty mean in the Pledge? 236 What does justice mean in the Pledge? 237 What is the history of the Pledge? 238 When was 'under God' added to the Pledge? 239 What is a responsible citizen? 240 What is freedom of conscience? 241 What rights do prisoners keep? 242 What is the right to privacy? 243 What rights come with citizenship? 244 What does it mean to have rights? 245 What responsibilities come with freedom? 246 What is freedom of association? 247 What is a fair trial? 248 What is the right to an attorney? 249 What is the right to remain silent? 250 What is the right to face witnesses? 251 What amendment protects religious freedom? 252 What amendments protect voting rights? 253 What does naturalized citizenship give you? 254 What rights do non-citizens have? 255 What is naturalization? 256 What is an oath of allegiance? 257 What does allegiance mean? 258 Why are civic responsibilities important? 259 What is volunteer service? 260 What is public service? 261 What does it mean to be a participating citizen? 262 What does the Fourteenth Amendment prohibit? 263 What does the Fifteenth Amendment say? 264 What does the Nineteenth Amendment say? 265 What fundamental rights are protected? 266 What is a fundamental right? 267 What are the 13 original states? 268 What was the main reason colonists came to America? 269 What was the Stamp Act? 270 Why did colonists oppose the Stamp Act? 271 What were the Intolerable Acts? 272 What was the Boston Tea Party? 273 Why did colonists dump tea into Boston Harbor? 274 What was the Boston Massacre? 275 Why was the Boston Massacre significant? 276 What was the First Continental Congress? 277 What did the First Continental Congress do? 278 What were the battles of Lexington and Concord? 279 Why did the battles start? 280 What was the purpose of the Second Continental Congress? 281 When was the Declaration of Independence adopted? 282 Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? 283 What rights does the Declaration mention? 284 Who was George Washington? 285 What was Washington's role in the Revolution? 286 Who was Thomas Jefferson? 287 Who was Benjamin Franklin? 288 What was Benjamin Franklin's role? 289 Who was John Adams? 290 Who was James Madison? 291 Who was Alexander Hamilton? 292 Who was the Marquis de Lafayette? 293 What was the Continental Army? 294 When did the American Revolution end? 295 What was the Treaty of Paris? 296 What is the Declaration of Independence? 297 Why is the Declaration important? 298 What government was formed first? 299 What were the Articles of Confederation? 300 Why did the Articles fail? 301 What happened at the Constitutional Convention? 302 Where was the Constitutional Convention held? 303 What was the Great Compromise? 304 What did the Great Compromise solve? 305 What was the Three-Fifths Compromise? 306 Why is the Three-Fifths Compromise controversial? 307 Who were Anti-Federalists? 308 Who were Federalists? 309 What is the Federalist Papers? 310 Who wrote the Federalist Papers? 311 Why were the Federalist Papers written? 312 What was the ratification debate? 313 When was the Constitution ratified? 314 What was the first state to ratify? 315 What was the last state to ratify? 316 What was the Bill of Rights? 317 Why were amendments added? 318 Who were the Founding Fathers? 319 What were the main arguments for independence? 320 How did colonists govern themselves? 321 What did King George III do? 322 What was the Townshend Acts? 323 Why were colonists against taxation without representation? 324 Who said 'No taxation without representation'? 325 What was the Tea Act? 326 What was the purpose of the Tea Act? 327 What happened after the Boston Tea Party? 328 How did the Declaration explain natural rights? 329 What did the Declaration establish? 330 Why was the Declaration revolutionary? 331 What is the significance of 1776? 332 Who wrote the most famous part of the Declaration? 333 What did the Revolutionary War accomplish? 334 What was the Louisiana Purchase? 335 How much did the Louisiana Purchase cost? 336 What did the Louisiana Purchase accomplish? 337 Why was the Louisiana Purchase important? 338 Who led the Lewis and Clark Expedition? 339 What was the purpose of the Lewis and Clark Expedition? 340 What was Manifest Destiny? 341 What problem did Manifest Destiny create? 342 What was the Trail of Tears? 343 Which Native Americans were affected? 344 When did the Trail of Tears occur? 345 What was the Indian Removal Act? 346 What was westward expansion? 347 What did settlers want moving west? 348 What was the Homestead Act? 349 How much land could settlers claim? 350 What was the Gold Rush? 351 When did the California Gold Rush occur? 352 What was the Mexican-American War? 353 What was the result of the Mexican-American War? 354 What was the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo? 355 What did the treaty establish? 356 What was the Missouri Compromise? 357 What did the Missouri Compromise do? 358 What was the Compromise of 1850? 359 What was the Fugitive Slave Act? 360 What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act? 361 What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act do? 362 What was Bleeding Kansas? 363 Who was Harriet Tubman? 364 What was the Underground Railroad? 365 Who was Frederick Douglass? 366 What did abolitionists want? 367 What was the Dred Scott decision? 368 Why was the Dred Scott decision significant? 369 What was the Emancipation Proclamation? 370 When did the Civil War begin? 371 When did the Civil War end? 372 Why did the Civil War start? 373 What was the major cause of the Civil War? 374 Who was President during the Civil War? 375 What was the significance of Gettysburg? 376 What was the Gettysburg Address? 377 When was the Gettysburg Address delivered? 378 What did the Gettysburg Address emphasize? 379 When did Lee surrender? 380 Who was Robert E. Lee? 381 What was the Thirteenth Amendment? 382 When was the Thirteenth Amendment ratified? 383 What was the Fourteenth Amendment? 384 When was the Fourteenth Amendment ratified? 385 What was the Fifteenth Amendment? 386 When was the Fifteenth Amendment ratified? 387 What was Reconstruction? 388 What was Jim Crow? 389 What was Reconstruction supposed to accomplish? 390 What was the Transcontinental Railroad? 391 Why was it important? 392 What was the period of industrialization? 393 What changes did industrialization bring? 394 What were waves of immigration? 395 Why did people immigrate? 396 What was the Spanish-American War? 397 What territories did the U.S. gain? 398 What was the result of the war? 399 What was the primary cause of the Civil War? 400 Who were slave abolitionist supporters? 401 What was plantation slavery? 402 What was World War I? 403 When did the U.S. enter World War I? 404 Why did the U.S. enter World War I? 405 What was the outcome of World War I? 406 What was the Treaty of Versailles? 407 What was the League of Nations? 408 What was the Great Depression? 409 When did the Great Depression begin? 410 What caused the Great Depression? 411 What was the Roaring Twenties? 412 What happened in the 1920s? 413 What was prohibition? 414 Why was alcohol prohibited? 415 What was the New Deal? 416 Who created the New Deal? 417 What did the New Deal accomplish? 418 What was World War II? 419 When did the U.S. enter World War II? 420 What was the attack on Pearl Harbor? 421 How many died at Pearl Harbor? 422 What was D-Day? 423 What was the significance of D-Day? 424 What was the Holocaust? 425 Who was Adolf Hitler? 426 What was Nazi Germany? 427 When did World War II end? 428 How did it end in Europe? 429 How did it end in the Pacific? 430 What were the atomic bombs? 431 Who was President during World War II? 432 Who became President after Roosevelt? 433 What was the United Nations? 434 What is the purpose of the United Nations? 435 What was the Cold War? 436 What was containment? 437 What was NATO? 438 What countries are members of NATO? 439 What was the Korean War? 440 Why did the U.S. get involved in Korea? 441 What was the Cuban Missile Crisis? 442 What was the Berlin Wall? 443 What did it represent? 444 When did the Berlin Wall fall? 445 What was the space race? 446 When did the U.S. land on the moon? 447 Who were the first on the moon? 448 What was the Vietnam War? 449 When did the U.S. get heavily involved? 450 How many Americans died? 451 What was the Tet Offensive? 452 When did the Vietnam War end? 453 What was the civil rights movement? 454 Who was Martin Luther King Jr.? 455 What was the March on Washington? 456 What was Brown v. Board of Education? 457 What was its significance? 458 Who was Rosa Parks? 459 What was the Montgomery Bus Boycott? 460 What was the Civil Rights Act of 1964? 461 What was the Voting Rights Act of 1965? 462 What was the Great Society? 463 What was Watergate? 464 What was the scandal? 465 Who was President during Watergate? 466 What did Watergate demonstrate? 467 Who became President after Nixon? 468 What was the women's movement? 469 When did women gain voting rights? 470 What was the fall of the Berlin Wall? 471 What was the fall of the Soviet Union? 472 Who was Mikhail Gorbachev? 473 What was the end of the Cold War? 474 What was the Gulf War? 475 What was 9/11? 476 What happened on 9/11? 477 How many died in 9/11? 478 What was the response? 479 What was the War on Terror? 480 What was Hurricane Katrina? 481 What was the 2008 financial crisis? 482 Who was the first African American President? 483 What is the capital of the United States? 484 Where is Washington, D.C. located? 485 What is the largest state by area? 486 What is the smallest state? 487 What is the most populous state? 488 What state did the U.S. buy from France? 489 What country is south of the United States? 490 What country is north of the United States? 491 What ocean is on the east coast? 492 What ocean is on the west coast? 493 What is the longest river in the United States? 494 What is the second longest river? 495 What do the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers do? 496 What is the Colorado River? 497 What is the Rio Grande? 498 What is the Hudson River? 499 What are the Great Lakes? 500 Name the Great Lakes. 501 What are the Rocky Mountains? 502 What are the Appalachian Mountains? 503 What is the Grand Canyon? 504 What is Niagara Falls? 505 What is Yellowstone? 506 What is the Statue of Liberty? 507 What is Mount Rushmore? 508 What is the Liberty Bell? 509 What is the Washington Monument? 510 What is the Lincoln Memorial? 511 What is the Jefferson Memorial? 512 What region is the Midwest? 513 What region is the Southwest? 514 What region is the Northeast? 515 What region is the Southeast? 516 What region is the West? 517 What is the capital of California? 518 What is the capital of Texas? 519 What is the capital of New York? 520 What is the capital of Florida? 521 What is the capital of Pennsylvania? 522 What is the capital of Illinois? 523 What is the capital of Ohio? 524 What is the capital of Georgia? 525 What is the capital of North Carolina? 526 What is the capital of Virginia? 527 What is the capital of Washington? 528 What is the capital of Arizona? 529 What is the capital of Colorado? 530 What is the capital of Massachusetts? 531 What is the capital of New Jersey? 532 What is Puerto Rico? 533 What is Guam? 534 What are the U.S. Virgin Islands? 535 What is American Samoa? 536 How many states are there? 537 When did the 50th state join? 538 When did the 49th state join? 539 What was the westernmost point of the original 13 states? 540 What is the Mississippi River valley? 541 What does the U.S. border? 542 How many states border Canada? 543 How many states border Mexico? 544 What is the Great Plains? 545 What is the Dust Bowl? 546 What geographic feature divides East from West? 547 What is the continental divide? 548 What is the Everglades? 549 What is Death Valley? 550 What is the flag of the United States? 551 What do the 13 stripes represent? 552 What do the 50 stars represent? 553 What are the colors of the flag? 554 What does red represent? 555 What does white represent? 556 What does blue represent? 557 What is Flag Day? 558 What does Flag Day celebrate? 559 When was the Pledge written? 560 Who wrote the Pledge? 561 What is the national anthem? 562 Who wrote the Star-Spangled Banner? 563 When was it written? 564 What event inspired it? 565 When is Independence Day? 566 What does Independence Day celebrate? 567 When is Thanksgiving? 568 Why do Americans celebrate Thanksgiving? 569 When is Memorial Day? 570 What does Memorial Day honor? 571 When is Veterans Day? 572 What does Veterans Day honor? 573 When is Martin Luther King Jr. Day? 574 When is Presidents Day? 575 Who does Presidents Day honor? 576 When is Labor Day? 577 What does Labor Day celebrate? 578 When is Columbus Day? 579 What does Columbus Day commemorate? 580 What is a national holiday? 581 What is the bald eagle? 582 Why is the bald eagle important? 583 What is the Great Seal? 584 What is on the Great Seal? 585 What does the olive branch represent? 586 What do the arrows represent? 587 What is the national motto? 588 What does the motto mean? 589 What is E Pluribus Unum? 590 What does it represent? 591 What is Uncle Sam? 592 What does Uncle Sam represent? 593 Where is the Liberty Bell? 594 Where is it? 595 What does the Statue of Liberty represent? 596 What is on the back of a penny? 597 Whose image is on the penny? 598 Whose image is on the dollar bill? 599 Whose image is on the dime? 600 What word means the leader of a nation? 601 What word refers to the lawmaking body? 602 What word means the city where government meets? 603 What word means a member of a country? 604 What word refers to the national symbol? 605 What word means the highest court? 606 What word means a formal agreement between nations? 607 What word means to make a law? 608 What word means to reject a bill? 609 What word refers to the study of government? 610 What word means a formal promise? 611 What word means loyalty to one's country? 612 What word means a change to the Constitution? 613 What word means the basic laws of government? 614 What word means the right to vote? 615 What word means to approve or confirm? 616 What word means a proposed law? 617 What word means a group of voters? 618 What word means to govern or control? 619 What word means a person elected to represent others? 620 What word means a formal decision by a court? 621 What word means a person who commits a crime? 622 What word means the legal process? 623 What word means to arrest or capture? 624 What word means written laws? 625 What word means fair and impartial? 626 What word means to witness or see? 627 What word means the act of voting? 628 What word means a formal written statement? 629 What word means to keep or maintain? 630 What word means the right to speak? 631 What word means beliefs or principles? 632 What word means basic rights of all people? 633 What word means to serve in the military? 634 What word means a formal public statement? 635 What word means to follow or obey? 636 What word means a formal gathering? 637 What word means a position or place? 638 What word means to defend or protect? 639 What word means a rule or regulation? 640 What word means the body of citizens? 641 What word means to ask formally for something? 642 What is the correct spelling for the nation's leader? 643 How do you spell the lawmaking body? 644 What is the correct spelling for the government's city? 645 How do you spell a country's member? 646 What is the correct spelling of the national symbol? 647 How do you spell the highest court? 648 What is the correct spelling of an official promise? 649 How do you spell the word meaning loyalty? 650 What is the correct spelling for a government change? 651 How do you spell the basic government laws? 652 What is the correct spelling of the right to vote? 653 How do you spell the word meaning to approve? 654 What is the correct spelling of a proposed law? 655 How do you spell the word for a formal decision? 656 What is the correct spelling of written laws? 657 How do you spell the word for fair treatment? 658 What is the correct spelling for military service? 659 How do you spell a formal public statement? 660 What is the correct spelling of a formal gathering? 661 How do you spell the word for a rule? 662 Can you state your full name? 663 What is your date of birth? 664 What is your current address? 665 How long have you lived in the United States? 666 Have you ever left the United States? 667 When did you arrive in the United States? 668 What is your immigration status? 669 Why did you come to the United States? 670 What is your employment? 671 Where do you work? 672 Have you ever been arrested? 673 Have you ever committed a crime? 674 Are you willing to bear arms for the United States? 675 Are you willing to take the oath of allegiance? 676 Do you believe in the U.S. Constitution? 677 What is your marital status? 678 Do you have any children? 679 What is your spouse's name? 680 What is your spouse's occupation? 681 Do you have any dependents? 682 What is your country of origin? 683 When did you become a permanent resident? 684 Have you held any other jobs? 685 Have you been to school in the United States? 686 What is your education level? 687 Can you read and write English? 688 Are you a member of any organizations? 689 Have you ever served in the military? 690 Have you ever been a polygamist? 691 Do you support the Constitution? 692 Would you fight for the United States? 693 Would you take the oath of allegiance? 694 Do you believe in democratic principles? 695 Have you ever violated any laws? 696 Do you pay your taxes? 697 Have you received government benefits? 698 Are you employed? 699 What are your sources of income? 700 How did you support yourself? 701 Have you owned any property? 702 Do you have any debts? 703 Have you filed taxes? 704 What years have you filed taxes? 705 Do you have a driver's license? 706 What is your driver's license number? 707 Have you ever been in trouble with the law? 708 Why do you want to become a U.S. citizen? 709 What does the Constitution mean to you? 710 What are your rights as a citizen? 711 What are your responsibilities as a citizen? 712 Have you ever refused to take an oath? 713 Do you believe in religious freedom? 714 Do you support the U.S. government? 715 Have you ever been to the U.S. before? 716 What is your intention after naturalization? 717 Do you speak English? 718 What is your first language? 719 Have you ever been denied a visa? 720 Have you ever been deported? 721 Do you have a valid passport? 722 What is your passport number? 723 Have you ever used an alias? 724 What is your religious preference? 725 Are you a member of any political party? 726 Have you ever served in a foreign military? 727 Do you understand the oath you will take? 728 What form do you use to apply for citizenship? 729 What does N-400 stand for? 730 What is the filing fee? 731 Is there a biometrics fee? 732 Can the filing fee be waived? 733 How long must you be a permanent resident? 734 What is continuous residence? 735 What is physical presence? 736 How many months must you be physically present? 737 Can you take the test in another language? 738 How many civics questions are asked? 739 Can you retake the civics test? 740 How many English reading questions? 741 How many English writing questions? 742 What documents do you need? 743 Do you need a birth certificate? 744 Do you need marriage documents? 745 Do you need divorce documents? 746 What is biometric collection? 747 Where do you go for biometrics? 748 How long does the process take? 749 What is an interview? 750 Where is the interview? 751 What should you bring? 752 Can you have an interpreter? 753 What language is the oath in? 754 Can the oath be modified? 755 What happens after you pass your interview? 756 What is the oath ceremony? 757 Do you have to attend the ceremony? 758 What do you receive after the oath? 759 What is a Certificate of Naturalization? 760 Is the N-400 available online? 761 What is the USCIS? 762 Can you file by mail? 763 Can you file online? 764 What is the required reading level? 765 What is required for tax filing? 766 Do you need an attorney? 767 Can USCIS help with the application? 768 What is a typical interview length? 769 Are interviews confidential? 770 Can you bring family? 771 What if you fail the civics test? 772 What if you fail the English test? 773 What happens if you don't pass the interview? 774 How much does naturalization cost? 775 Is naturalization mandatory? 776 Can you renounce your previous citizenship? 777 What is dual citizenship? 778 Do you lose your green card? 779 Can you work after naturalization? 780 What rights do you gain? 781 Can non-citizens vote? 782 When is the oath ceremony? 783 What should you wear? 784 Do you need to bring documents? 785 What is the oath of allegiance? 786 What do you promise in the oath? 787 What does renounce mean? 788 What does abjure mean? 789 What does fidelity mean? 790 Do you have to take the oath? 791 What is a conscientious objector? 792 What is the modified oath? 793 How long must you wait before taking the oath? 794 What is the ceremony like? 795 Who administers the oath? 796 Do you have to raise your hand? 797 Do you have to swear on the Bible? 798 Can the oath be in another language? 799 What happens when you take the oath? 800 Do you receive a certificate? 801 Can you refuse the oath? 802 What if you cannot attend? 803 What does support the Constitution mean? 804 What does defend the Constitution mean? 805 What laws must you promise to follow? 806 Do you give up your native language? 807 Do you have to change your name? 808 Do you have to change your religion? 809 What happens to your previous passport? 810 Do you still have rights after the oath? 811 Can your oath be revoked? 812 What is the significance of the oath? 813 What does the Constitution establish? 814 What is the purpose of the Preamble? 815 What do we call a system where government power comes from the people? 816 What is the purpose of the judicial branch? 817 What does it mean that rights are unalienable? 818 What are the three types of powers in our system? 819 What is the relationship between citizens and their government? 820 What is the role of the Vice President? 821 What does the Senate Majority Leader do? 822 What is the Senate Minority Leader's role? 823 What do committees do? 824 What is a subcommittee? 825 How many members serve on the House? 826 What determines House representation? 827 What happens during a filibuster? 828 What is cloture? 829 What must happen for a bill to become law? 830 What is an appropriations bill? 831 What does the Ways and Means Committee do? 832 What is the role of the President's Press Secretary? 833 What is the National Security Council? 834 What does the Joint Chiefs of Staff do? 835 What is the role of federal agencies? 836 What is regulatory authority? 837 What is an independent agency? 838 What is the census used for? 839 What happens after the census? 840 What is a voter precinct? 841 What is a polling place? 842 What is voter turnout? 843 What are swing voters? 844 What is a political caucus? 845 What is the Preamble of the Bill of Rights? 846 What does the First Amendment protect? 847 What limits exist on free speech? 848 What is defamation? 849 What is libel? 850 What is slander? 851 What is obscenity? 852 Where in the Constitution is the right to privacy found? 853 What is due process of law? 854 What is substantive due process? 855 What is procedural due process? 856 What were the main colonial regions? 857 Why did colonists object to the Stamp Act? 858 What was the Sons of Liberty? 859 Who was Samuel Adams? 860 What was the purpose of the Continental Congress? 861 Who was a key figure at the Constitutional Convention? 862 What was the Virginia Plan? 863 What was the New Jersey Plan? 864 What was the Federalist Papers? 865 Why did some oppose the Constitution? 866 What was the significance of John Marshall? 867 What was McCulloch v. Maryland? 868 What was Gibbons v. Ogden? 869 Who was Andrew Jackson? 870 Who was John Brown? 871 What was the election of 1860? 872 What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan? 873 What was the purpose of the Peace Corps? 874 What was the Civil Rights Act of 1968? 875 What was the Voting Rights Act of 1968? 876 What was busing? 877 What was affirmative action? 878 What is the significance of the Mississippi River? 879 What state is west of the Continental Divide? 880 What are the Great Plains used for? 881 What is the national bird? 882 What does the eagle on the Great Seal hold? 883 What is Thanksgiving? 884 When is New Year's Day? 885 When is Christmas? 886 What do the colors of the flag symbolize? 887 What is a national symbol? 888 What oath do new citizens take? 889 What does the oath promise? 890 What is the significance of the oath ceremony? 891 What was the significance of the 1850 Compromise? 892 What were Know-Nothing political views? 893 What happens at a naturalization oath ceremony? 894 What were colonial grievances? 895 What is Arbor Day? 896 What is Earth Day? 897 What is Juneteenth? 898 What is a patriotic symbol? 899 What does the flag represent?
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