{ "packId": "us-citizenship-civics", "packName": "U.S. Citizenship Civics — 2025 Test", "packVersion": "1.0.3", "icon": "🗽", "shortName": "Civics 2025", "description": "A non-government study pack for the 2025 USCIS naturalization civics test, for Form N-400 filings on or after October 20, 2025. It teaches accepted oral responses, connected civic understanding, and safe interview-date lookups; it is not affiliated with or endorsed by USCIS.", "author": "Flash Feed", "language": "en", "tagsVocabulary": [ "american-government", "american-history", "citizenship-and-civic-duty", "civics", "civil-rights", "cold-war-and-communism", "colonies-and-conflict", "congress-and-lawmaking", "constitutional-government", "depression-and-world-war-two", "electing-the-president", "emancipation-and-reconstruction", "executive-leadership", "expansion-and-civil-war", "federal-and-state-powers", "founding-documents-cluster", "founding-principles", "framers-and-federalists", "judicial-review", "modern-events-and-innovation", "mottos-and-holidays", "national-symbols", "presidential-powers", "representation-and-lookups", "revolution-and-independence", "rights-and-amendments", "rights-and-rule-of-law", "senators-and-representatives", "separation-of-powers", "state-government-and-place", "supreme-court", "symbols-and-holidays", "terms-and-constituencies", "world-war-one" ], "items": [ { "id": "uscc-constitutional-government-fact-1", "shape": "fact", "title": "Government Forms", "body": "A republic uses elected representatives chosen by the people to exercise government power.\n\n**One accepted response:** Republic **Other printed responses:** Constitution-based federal republic; Representative democracy", "tags": [ "constitutional-government", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q1", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "13e195glo681a" }, { "id": "uscc-constitutional-government-fact-2", "shape": "fact", "title": "Supreme Law", "body": "It is the supreme law of the land, and every official and branch of government acts under its authority.\n\n**One accepted response:** (U.S.) Constitution", "tags": [ "constitutional-government", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q2", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "Constitution parchment", "imagePrompt": "Documentary photograph of the engrossed United States Constitution displayed in a conservation case, accurately identified and historically appropriate, to support the lesson on Supreme Law. No generated likenesses, staged politicians, added words, labels, logos, or partisan messaging.", "alt": "The engrossed United States Constitution displayed in a conservation case, a visual reference for supreme law." }, "uid": "10r92bb1jyf42d" }, { "id": "uscc-constitutional-government-concept-1", "shape": "concept", "conceptKind": "thing", "name": "Forms the government", "clues": [ "This is one accepted function of the Constitution.", "It describes creating the national framework, not protecting one named liberty.", "It answers what the Constitution does." ], "tags": [ "constitutional-government", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q3; USCIS study guide", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/brochures/USCIS-2025-Civics-Test-Study-Guide.pdf" }, "uid": "n1klwptpn8uh" }, { "id": "uscc-constitutional-government-concept-2", "shape": "concept", "conceptKind": "thing", "name": "Self-government", "clues": [ "This is one accepted meaning of ‘We the People.’", "It places public authority in the people.", "It is also described as popular sovereignty." ], "tags": [ "constitutional-government", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q4; USCIS study guide", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/brochures/USCIS-2025-Civics-Test-Study-Guide.pdf" }, "uid": "13ax58fapib2h" }, { "id": "uscc-constitutional-government-concept-3", "shape": "concept", "conceptKind": "thing", "name": "Protects the rights of the people", "clues": [ "This is one accepted response to: Name one thing the U.S. Constitution does.", "It concerns liberties the government must respect, not a new institution it creates.", "It is distinct from forming the government or defining its powers." ], "tags": [ "constitutional-government", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q3; USCIS study guide", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/brochures/USCIS-2025-Civics-Test-Study-Guide.pdf" }, "uid": "k17mycx4jiti" }, { "id": "uscc-constitutional-government-concept-4", "shape": "concept", "conceptKind": "thing", "name": "Declaration of Independence", "clues": [ "This is the one accepted response to: What founding document said the American colonies were free from Britain?", "It announced the colonies' independence from British rule.", "It is distinct from the Constitution, which creates the government's institutions." ], "tags": [ "constitutional-government", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q9; USCIS study guide", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/brochures/USCIS-2025-Civics-Test-Study-Guide.pdf" }, "uid": "133rfh8tpli4k" }, { "id": "uscc-constitutional-government-concept-5", "shape": "concept", "conceptKind": "thing", "name": "Equality; natural rights", "clues": [ "These are two accepted ideas from the Declaration.", "One rejects inherited rank; the other includes life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.", "Together they satisfy a prompt asking for two ideas." ], "tags": [ "constitutional-government", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q10; USCIS study guide", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/brochures/USCIS-2025-Civics-Test-Study-Guide.pdf" }, "uid": "894t2ykt90d8" }, { "id": "uscc-constitutional-government-concept-6", "shape": "concept", "conceptKind": "thing", "name": "Defines government powers", "clues": [ "This is one accepted function of the Constitution.", "It identifies what institutions may do.", "It is different from naming the branches themselves." ], "tags": [ "constitutional-government", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q3; USCIS study guide", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/brochures/USCIS-2025-Civics-Test-Study-Guide.pdf" }, "uid": "oiw89m1qyrosa" }, { "id": "uscc-constitutional-government-mcq-1", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: “What is the form of government of the United States?”" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Monarchy" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Confederation" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Republic" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Dictatorship" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "Key: **Republic**. Not Monarchy; Confederation; Dictatorship.", "tags": [ "constitutional-government", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q1", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "1ci0ao91xxzkzl" }, { "id": "uscc-constitutional-government-mcq-2", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "What is the supreme law of the land?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "U.S. Constitution" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Declaration of Independence" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "U.S. Code" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Articles of Confederation" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Key: **U.S. Constitution**. Not Declaration of Independence; U.S. Code; Articles of Confederation.", "tags": [ "constitutional-government", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q2", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "m1emz81vl87l6" }, { "id": "uscc-founding-principles-fact-1", "shape": "fact", "title": "Protected Rights", "body": "The Bill of Rights adds protections against government interference with the people's basic liberties.\n\n**One accepted response:** (The basic) rights of Americans **Other printed responses:** (The basic) rights of people living in the United States", "tags": [ "founding-principles", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q6", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "Bill of Rights National Archives", "imagePrompt": "Documentary photograph of the Bill of Rights in an archival display, accurately identified and historically appropriate, to support the lesson on Protected Rights. No generated likenesses, staged politicians, added words, labels, logos, or partisan messaging.", "alt": "The Bill of Rights in an archival display, a visual reference for protected rights.", "credit": "Wikimedia Commons · Runner1928 · CC BY-SA 4.0", "creditUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:National_Archives_of_the_United_States_-_Bill_of_Rights.jpg", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-founding-principles-fact-1.webp" }, "uid": "14i83r61shgyjc" }, { "id": "uscc-founding-principles-fact-2", "shape": "fact", "title": "Constitutional Amendments", "body": "The Constitution can be changed only through the formal amendment process, and each change is called an amendment.\n\n**One accepted response:** Twenty-seven (27)", "tags": [ "founding-principles", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q7", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "U.S. Constitution amendment page National Archives", "imagePrompt": "Documentary photograph of a page of the U.S. Constitution or an amendment document in an archival display, accurately identified and historically appropriate, to support the lesson on Constitutional Amendments. No generated likenesses, staged politicians, added words, labels, logos, or partisan messaging.", "alt": "A page of the U.S. Constitution in an archival display, a visual reference for constitutional amendments." }, "uid": "sfcbnccev9o0" }, { "id": "uscc-founding-principles-fact-3", "shape": "fact", "title": "Declaration's Importance", "body": "The Declaration explains why the colonies separated from Britain and states ideals about equality and inherent rights.\n\n**One accepted response:** It says America is free from British control. **Other printed responses:** It says all people are created equal.; It identifies inherent rights.; It identifies individual freedoms.", "tags": [ "founding-principles", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q8", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "Declaration parchment", "imagePrompt": "Documentary photograph of the engrossed Declaration of Independence in its National Archives display case, accurately identified and historically appropriate, to support the lesson on Declaration's Importance. No generated likenesses, staged politicians, added words, labels, logos, or partisan messaging.", "alt": "The engrossed Declaration of Independence in its National Archives display case, a visual reference for declaration's importance." }, "uid": "1viaigv1npk06h" }, { "id": "uscc-founding-principles-mcq-1", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: “What does the Bill of Rights protect?”" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "The stated duties of Americans" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The basic rights of Englishmen" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The basic rights of Americans" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The listed powers of Congress" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "Key: **The basic rights of Americans**. Not The stated duties of Americans; The basic rights of Englishmen; The listed powers of Congress.", "tags": [ "founding-principles", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q6", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "16jks19prz7kd" }, { "id": "uscc-founding-principles-mcq-2", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "How many amendments does the U.S. Constitution have?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Twenty-five 25" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Thirty-three 33" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Twenty-one 21" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Twenty-seven 27" } ], "correctIndex": 3, "explanation": "Key: **Twenty-seven 27**. Not Twenty-five 25; Thirty-three 33; Twenty-one 21.", "tags": [ "founding-principles", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q7", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "7bdf9n1fnyagt" }, { "id": "uscc-founding-principles-procedure-1", "shape": "procedure", "goal": "Evaluate an Article V amendment path", "steps": [ "Identify which single proposal route the account uses: Congress or a proposing convention.", "Verify proposal: two-thirds of both houses, or convention calls from two-thirds of state legislatures.", "Identify which single ratification mode Congress selected: state legislatures or state conventions.", "Verify approval by three-fourths of the states through that selected mode.", "Reject any account that treats both proposal routes or both ratification modes as consecutive requirements.", "Conclude that adoption requires one valid proposal route followed by one valid ratification mode." ], "notes": "This is a decision checklist for alternative branches, not a claim that four routes happen in sequence.", "tags": [ "founding-principles", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q5; U.S. Constitution Article V", "url": "https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution-transcript" }, "uid": "1vokkm3ujium9" }, { "id": "uscc-founding-principles-definition-1", "shape": "definition", "term": { "modality": "text", "value": "Amendment" }, "definition": { "modality": "text", "value": "A formal change or addition to the Constitution." }, "tags": [ "founding-principles", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q5", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "fqhash9ceqbd" }, { "id": "uscc-founding-principles-definition-2", "shape": "definition", "term": { "modality": "text", "value": "Bill of Rights" }, "definition": { "modality": "text", "value": "The first ten amendments, which protect basic rights and liberties." }, "tags": [ "founding-principles", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q6", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "ei1c10ucdqy" }, { "id": "uscc-rights-and-rule-of-law-fact-1", "shape": "fact", "title": "Life and Liberty Document", "body": "An early founding document announced independence from Britain and listed unalienable rights, including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.\n\n**One accepted response:** Declaration of Independence", "tags": [ "rights-and-rule-of-law", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q11", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "1ipwj2i10c3w4i" }, { "id": "uscc-rights-and-rule-of-law-fact-2", "shape": "fact", "title": "U.S. Economic System", "body": "The United States runs on private enterprise and free markets rather than a government-planned economy.\n\n**One accepted response:** Capitalism **Other printed responses:** Free market economy", "tags": [ "rights-and-rule-of-law", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q12", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "vendors and shoppers at a busy open-air market", "imagePrompt": "Documentary-style photograph: Vendors and shoppers at a busy open-air market lined with stalls of goods. Natural light, no readable text, no logos, no watermarks.", "alt": "Vendors and shoppers at a busy open-air market lined with stalls of goods.", "credit": "Unsplash · Wietse Jongsma · Unsplash License", "creditUrl": "https://unsplash.com/photos/bustling-outdoor-market-with-vendors-and-shoppers--OAYEZu641U", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-rights-and-rule-of-law-fact-2.webp" }, "uid": "175r0n21am010q" }, { "id": "uscc-rights-and-rule-of-law-fact-3", "shape": "fact", "title": "Rule of Law", "body": "The rule of law means that people and government are accountable to law — it is not simply a slogan about obeying rules.\n\n**One accepted response:** Everyone must follow the law. **Other printed responses:** Leaders must obey the law.; Government must obey the law.; No one is above the law.", "tags": [ "rights-and-rule-of-law", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q13", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "iahts7ntsq4z" }, { "id": "uscc-rights-and-rule-of-law-mcq-1", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "The words “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness” are in what founding document?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Declaration of Independence" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Constitution of Massachusetts" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Declaration of Rights" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Articles of Confederation" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Key: **Declaration of Independence**. Not Constitution of Massachusetts; Declaration of Rights; Articles of Confederation.", "tags": [ "rights-and-rule-of-law", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q11", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "gmigevf9gd1n" }, { "id": "uscc-rights-and-rule-of-law-definition-1", "shape": "definition", "term": { "modality": "text", "value": "Federalist Papers" }, "definition": { "modality": "text", "value": "Essays that explained the Constitution and supported its ratification." }, "tags": [ "rights-and-rule-of-law", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q14", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "9w7btvypi59z" }, { "id": "uscc-rights-and-rule-of-law-definition-2", "shape": "definition", "term": { "modality": "text", "value": "Rule of law" }, "definition": { "modality": "text", "value": "The principle that everyone, including government leaders, must follow the law." }, "tags": [ "rights-and-rule-of-law", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q13", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "eh61mtw5nv8n" }, { "id": "uscc-rights-and-rule-of-law-pair-1", "shape": "pair", "sideA": { "modality": "text", "value": "U.S. market economy" }, "sideB": { "modality": "text", "value": "Capitalism" }, "tags": [ "rights-and-rule-of-law", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q12", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "163rqxv1lf6f7v" }, { "id": "uscc-separation-of-powers-fact-1", "shape": "fact", "title": "Divided Government Power", "body": "The two ideas work together, but they are not identical: separation assigns work; checks create controls.\n\n**One accepted response:** So one part does not become too powerful **Other printed responses:** Checks and balances; Separation of powers", "tags": [ "separation-of-powers", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q15", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "United States Capitol chamber", "imagePrompt": "Documentary photograph of a verified chamber of the United States Congress, accurately identified and historically appropriate, to support the lesson on Divided Government Power. No generated likenesses, staged politicians, added words, labels, logos, or partisan messaging.", "alt": "A verified chamber of the United States Congress, a visual reference for divided government power.", "credit": "Wikipedia — United States Senate chamber · See Wikimedia Commons", "creditUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_chamber", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-separation-of-powers-fact-1.webp" }, "uid": "lerkga1t81ma" }, { "id": "uscc-separation-of-powers-fact-2", "shape": "fact", "title": "Three Branches", "body": "The three branches divide public power by function.\n\n**One accepted response:** Legislative, executive, and judicial **Other printed responses:** Congress, president, and the courts", "tags": [ "separation-of-powers", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q16", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "White House exterior", "imagePrompt": "Documentary photograph of the White House exterior, accurately identified and historically appropriate, to support the lesson on Three Branches. No generated likenesses, staged politicians, added words, labels, logos, or partisan messaging.", "alt": "The White House exterior, a visual reference for three branches.", "credit": "Wikipedia — White House · See Wikimedia Commons", "creditUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-separation-of-powers-fact-2.webp" }, "uid": "7567z21n65qn6" }, { "id": "uscc-separation-of-powers-fact-3", "shape": "fact", "title": "Executive Branch", "body": "Congress writes federal laws, the executive branch enforces them, and courts interpret and review law in cases.\n\n**One accepted response:** Executive branch", "tags": [ "separation-of-powers", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q17", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "White House", "imagePrompt": "Documentary photograph of the White House exterior from a public viewpoint, accurately identified and historically appropriate, to support the lesson on Executive Branch. No generated likenesses, staged politicians, added words, labels, logos, or partisan messaging.", "alt": "The White House exterior from a public viewpoint, a visual reference for executive branch.", "credit": "Wikipedia — White House · See Wikimedia Commons", "creditUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-separation-of-powers-fact-3.webp" }, "uid": "129mjit1bblntx" }, { "id": "uscc-separation-of-powers-fact-4", "shape": "fact", "title": "Federal Lawmakers", "body": "This separation reduces the risk that one actor can make, enforce, and judge the same rule alone.\n\n**One accepted response:** (U.S.) Congress **Other printed responses:** (U.S. or national) legislature; Legislative branch", "tags": [ "separation-of-powers", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q18", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "United States Capitol chamber", "imagePrompt": "Documentary photograph of a verified chamber of the United States Congress, accurately identified and historically appropriate, to support the lesson on Federal Lawmakers. No generated likenesses, staged politicians, added words, labels, logos, or partisan messaging.", "alt": "A verified chamber of the United States Congress, a visual reference for federal lawmakers.", "credit": "Wikipedia — United States Senate chamber · See Wikimedia Commons", "creditUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_chamber", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-separation-of-powers-fact-4.webp" }, "uid": "1mu7e591pjdxmt" }, { "id": "uscc-separation-of-powers-mcq-1", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Supreme Court and Court of Appeals" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Treasury and Department of Homeland Security" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Governors and House of Delegates" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Senate and House of Representatives" } ], "correctIndex": 3, "explanation": "Key: **Senate and House of Representatives**. Not Supreme Court and Court of Appeals; Treasury and Department of Homeland Security; Governors and House of Delegates.", "tags": [ "separation-of-powers", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q19", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "x7jywynjdapu" }, { "id": "uscc-separation-of-powers-mcq-2", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: “Name the three branches of government.”" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Congress, president, and the Cabinet" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Congress, governors, and the courts" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Congress, president, and the courts" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Congress, president, and the states" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "Key: **Congress, president, and the courts**. Not Congress, president, and the Cabinet; Congress, governors, and the courts; Congress, president, and the states.", "tags": [ "separation-of-powers", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q16", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "1tpl9k715g3tqj" }, { "id": "uscc-separation-of-powers-definition-1", "shape": "definition", "term": { "modality": "text", "value": "Separation of powers" }, "definition": { "modality": "text", "value": "The division of government authority among legislative, executive, and judicial branches." }, "tags": [ "separation-of-powers", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q15", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "9c0in177sh0h" }, { "id": "uscc-separation-of-powers-fact-5", "shape": "fact", "title": "Congress's Two Chambers", "body": "Checks and balances add ways for one branch to limit another.\n\n**One accepted response:** Senate and House (of Representatives)", "tags": [ "separation-of-powers", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q19", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "United States Capitol", "imagePrompt": "Documentary-style photograph: The United States Capitol building with its white dome, in Washington, D.C. Natural light, no readable text, no logos, no watermarks.", "alt": "The United States Capitol building with its white dome, in Washington, D.C.", "credit": "Wikimedia Commons — United States Capitol west front edit2.jpg · See Wikimedia Commons (per-file)", "creditUrl": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54109", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-separation-of-powers-fact-5.webp" }, "uid": "1atw47a1vcnq6c" }, { "id": "uscc-separation-of-powers-pair-1", "shape": "pair", "sideA": { "modality": "text", "value": "President's branch" }, "sideB": { "modality": "text", "value": "Executive branch" }, "tags": [ "separation-of-powers", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q17", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "7v9vnu1qmg4xe" }, { "id": "uscc-congress-and-lawmaking-fact-1", "shape": "fact", "title": "Your Senator", "body": "A senator represents an entire state and is elected statewide. D.C. and U.S. territory residents use the printed no-senator response. **Do not memorize a name or place from this pack.** Follow the printed instruction: Answers will vary. [District of Columbia residents and residents of U.S. territories should answer that D.C. (or the territory where the applicant lives) has no U.S. senators.]", "tags": [ "congress-and-lawmaking", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q23", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "163y86fp41mtl" }, { "id": "uscc-congress-and-lawmaking-fact-2", "shape": "fact", "title": "Congressional Powers", "body": "The two chambers have different sizes and election cycles, which makes comparison useful for oral recall.\n\n**One accepted response:** Writes laws **Other printed responses:** Declares war; Makes the federal budget", "tags": [ "congress-and-lawmaking", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q20", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "United States Capitol rotunda", "imagePrompt": "Documentary photograph of the United States Capitol Rotunda, accurately identified and historically appropriate, to support the lesson on Congressional Powers. No generated likenesses, staged politicians, added words, labels, logos, or partisan messaging.", "alt": "The United States Capitol Rotunda, a visual reference for congressional powers.", "credit": "Wikipedia · This image or media was taken or created by Matt H. Wade. To see his entire · CC BY-SA 3.0", "creditUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Capitol_rotunda", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-congress-and-lawmaking-fact-2.webp" }, "uid": "9n2q2t19g8hv3" }, { "id": "uscc-congress-and-lawmaking-fact-3", "shape": "fact", "title": "Senate Membership", "body": "Congress is the legislative branch and has two chambers: the Senate and the House of Representatives.\n\n**One accepted response:** One hundred (100)", "tags": [ "congress-and-lawmaking", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q21", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "United States Senate chamber", "imagePrompt": "Documentary photograph of the United States Senate chamber, accurately identified and historically appropriate, to support the lesson on Senate Membership. No generated likenesses, staged politicians, added words, labels, logos, or partisan messaging.", "alt": "The United States Senate chamber, a visual reference for senate membership.", "credit": "Wikipedia — United States Senate chamber · See Wikimedia Commons", "creditUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_chamber", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-congress-and-lawmaking-fact-3.webp" }, "uid": "vfctdyd1smmo" }, { "id": "uscc-congress-and-lawmaking-mcq-1", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: “Name one power of the U.S. Congress.”" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Signs bills" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Interprets laws" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Nominates judges" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Writes laws" } ], "correctIndex": 3, "explanation": "Key: **Writes laws**. Not Signs bills; Interprets laws; Nominates judges.", "tags": [ "congress-and-lawmaking", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q20", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "ck66idwhuxyh" }, { "id": "uscc-congress-and-lawmaking-mcq-2", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "How many U.S. senators are there?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Two hundred 200" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "One hundred 100" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Four hundred thirty-five 435" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Fifty 50" } ], "correctIndex": 1, "explanation": "Key: **One hundred 100**. Not Two hundred 200; Four hundred thirty-five 435; Fifty 50.", "tags": [ "congress-and-lawmaking", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q21", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "d38ay3g3j4z1" }, { "id": "uscc-congress-and-lawmaking-procedure-1", "shape": "procedure", "goal": "Move a federal bill toward law", "steps": [ "Introduce the bill in the House or Senate.", "Refer it to committee for study and possible revision.", "Have the first chamber debate and pass its version.", "In the second chamber, either pass that identical version or amend it and return it for reconciliation.", "If the versions differ, resolve them and have both chambers approve the identical final text.", "Only after both chambers approve identical text, send the enrolled bill to the president.", "The president signs it, vetoes it, or allows the constitutional process to run." ], "notes": "The reconciliation step is conditional. A veto may be overridden by two-thirds of both houses.", "tags": [ "congress-and-lawmaking", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q20; U.S. House legislative process", "url": "https://www.house.gov/the-house-explained/the-legislative-process" }, "uid": "6lwuewuiirii" }, { "id": "uscc-congress-and-lawmaking-definition-1", "shape": "definition", "term": { "modality": "text", "value": "Congress" }, "definition": { "modality": "text", "value": "The national legislature made up of the Senate and House of Representatives." }, "tags": [ "congress-and-lawmaking", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q18", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "frtu6u61sjbi" }, { "id": "uscc-congress-and-lawmaking-pair-1", "shape": "pair", "sideA": { "modality": "text", "value": "U.S. senator" }, "sideB": { "modality": "text", "value": "Six (6) years" }, "tags": [ "congress-and-lawmaking", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q22", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "8i7ccl98yppd" }, { "id": "uscc-senators-and-representatives-fact-1", "shape": "fact", "title": "House Membership", "body": "Do not say that the Constitution fixes the modern House at 435; federal statute governs that number.\n\n**One accepted response:** Four hundred thirty-five (435)", "tags": [ "senators-and-representatives", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q24", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "United States House of Representatives chamber", "imagePrompt": "Documentary-style photograph: The interior of the chamber of the United States House of Representatives. Natural light, no readable text, no logos, no watermarks.", "alt": "The interior of the chamber of the United States House of Representatives.", "credit": "Wikimedia Commons · United States House of Representatives or Office of the Speaker of the House · Public domain", "creditUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:United_States_House_of_Representatives_chamber.jpg", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-senators-and-representatives-fact-1.webp" }, "uid": "1ouikwg17279l0" }, { "id": "uscc-senators-and-representatives-fact-2", "shape": "fact", "title": "House Terms", "body": "The Senate gives every state equal representation, while House seats are apportioned by population.\n\n**One accepted response:** Two (2) years", "tags": [ "senators-and-representatives", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q25", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "United States Senate chamber", "imagePrompt": "Documentary photograph of the United States Senate chamber, accurately identified and historically appropriate, to support the lesson on House Terms. No generated likenesses, staged politicians, added words, labels, logos, or partisan messaging.", "alt": "The United States Senate chamber, a visual reference for house terms." }, "uid": "vfc6bmq9yvvs" }, { "id": "uscc-senators-and-representatives-fact-3", "shape": "fact", "title": "Shorter House Terms", "body": "A representative serves a two-year term, set in Article I separately from the Great Compromise's apportionment rules, so representatives stay closer to changing public opinion than senators with six-year terms.\n\n**One accepted response:** To more closely follow public opinion", "tags": [ "senators-and-representatives", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q26", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "audience members raising hands at a town hall meeting", "imagePrompt": "Documentary-style photograph: Audience members seated in rows raising their hands at a public meeting. Natural light, no readable text, no logos, no watermarks.", "alt": "Audience members seated in rows raising their hands at a public meeting.", "credit": "Pexels · Matheus Amaral · Pexels License", "creditUrl": "https://www.pexels.com/photo/engaging-seminar-in-large-auditorium-35064535/", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-senators-and-representatives-fact-3.webp" }, "uid": "bla19g8sa07s" }, { "id": "uscc-senators-and-representatives-mcq-1", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "How many voting members are in the House of Representatives?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Five hundred thirty-five 535" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Four hundred thirty-five 435" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Four hundred thirty-one 431" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Four hundred forty-one 441" } ], "correctIndex": 1, "explanation": "Key: **Four hundred thirty-five 435**. Not Five hundred thirty-five 535; Four hundred thirty-one 431; Four hundred forty-one 441.", "tags": [ "senators-and-representatives", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q24", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "zku7ve1ulov6e" }, { "id": "uscc-senators-and-representatives-mcq-2", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "How long is a term for a member of the House of Representatives?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Three 3 years" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Four 4 years" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Two 2 years" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Six 6 years" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "Key: **Two 2 years**. Not Three 3 years; Four 4 years; Six 6 years.", "tags": [ "senators-and-representatives", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q25", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "1dyxjlm247iy6" }, { "id": "uscc-senators-and-representatives-fact-4", "shape": "fact", "title": "Senators Per State", "body": "A senator serves a state and has a six-year term.\n\n**One accepted response:** Two (2)", "tags": [ "senators-and-representatives", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q27", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "United States Senate chamber", "imagePrompt": "Documentary photograph of the United States Senate chamber, accurately identified and historically appropriate, to support the lesson on Senators Per State. No generated likenesses, staged politicians, added words, labels, logos, or partisan messaging.", "alt": "The United States Senate chamber, a visual reference for senators per state.", "credit": "Wikipedia — United States Senate chamber · See Wikimedia Commons", "creditUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_chamber", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-senators-and-representatives-fact-4.webp" }, "uid": "1vn3ecpfbwt2v" }, { "id": "uscc-senators-and-representatives-pair-1", "shape": "pair", "sideA": { "modality": "text", "value": "Short House terms" }, "sideB": { "modality": "text", "value": "To more closely follow public opinion" }, "tags": [ "senators-and-representatives", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q26", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "41g8wad8sdz2" }, { "id": "uscc-senators-and-representatives-pair-2", "shape": "pair", "sideA": { "modality": "text", "value": "Each state" }, "sideB": { "modality": "text", "value": "Two (2) senators" }, "tags": [ "senators-and-representatives", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q27", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "13l842olvee3s" }, { "id": "uscc-representation-and-lookups-fact-1", "shape": "fact", "title": "Your Representative", "body": "A House member represents one congressional district. Some territories have a nonvoting Delegate or Resident Commissioner. **Do not memorize a name or place from this pack.** Follow the printed instruction: Answers will vary. [Residents of territories with nonvoting Delegates or Resident Commissioners may provide the name of that Delegate or Commissioner. Also acceptable is any statement that the territory has no (voting) representatives in Congress.]", "tags": [ "representation-and-lookups", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q29", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "1o5vb9y14kcp26" }, { "id": "uscc-representation-and-lookups-fact-2", "shape": "fact", "title": "House Speaker", "body": "The House elects its Speaker, who presides over the chamber. The current name can change. **Do not memorize a name or place from this pack.** Follow the printed instruction: Visit uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates for the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives.", "tags": [ "representation-and-lookups", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q30", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "18rbzic1u3kql2" }, { "id": "uscc-representation-and-lookups-fact-3", "shape": "fact", "title": "Senate Constituency", "body": "Representation questions mix durable offices with answers that change.\n\n**One accepted response:** Citizens of their state **Other printed responses:** People of their state", "tags": [ "representation-and-lookups", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q31", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "United States Capitol Senate chamber", "imagePrompt": "Documentary photograph of the Senate chamber where senators serve, accurately identified and historically appropriate, to support the lesson on Senate Constituency. No generated likenesses, staged politicians, added words, labels, logos, or partisan messaging.", "alt": "The Senate chamber where senators serve, a visual reference for senate constituency.", "credit": "Wikipedia — United States Senate chamber · See Wikimedia Commons", "creditUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_chamber", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-representation-and-lookups-fact-3.webp" }, "uid": "elxopg176po7y" }, { "id": "uscc-representation-and-lookups-mcq-1", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: “Who does a U.S. senator represent?”" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "People of their state" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "People of their district" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Citizens of their country" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Voters of their town" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Key: **People of their state**. Not People of their district; Citizens of their country; Voters of their town.", "tags": [ "representation-and-lookups", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q31", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "1dxxmr41hrig3w" }, { "id": "uscc-representation-and-lookups-mcq-2", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Who elects U.S. senators?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Citizens from their state" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Landowners from their county" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Legislators from their state" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Mayors from their city" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Key: **Citizens from their state**. Not Landowners from their county; Legislators from their state; Mayors from their city.", "tags": [ "representation-and-lookups", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q32", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "vbofb316o101f" }, { "id": "uscc-representation-and-lookups-mcq-3", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: “Why does each state have two senators?”" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Equal representation for small states" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Equal population in every state" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Balanced representation for each party" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Proportional representation for large states" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Key: **Equal representation for small states**. Not Equal population in every state; Balanced representation for each party; Proportional representation for large states.", "tags": [ "representation-and-lookups", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q28", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "1gdnj5t1wyqvr3" }, { "id": "uscc-representation-and-lookups-procedure-1", "shape": "procedure", "goal": "Find interview-date civic answers", "steps": [ "Open the USCIS Check for Test Updates page: https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/find-study-materials-and-resources/check-for-test-updates", "Use its 2025-test section for senators, representative, Speaker, president, vice president, Chief Justice, and governor.", "Follow the USCIS-sanctioned links for state or district officials.", "For a state capital, use the separate official state-and-territory route.", "Apply the exact D.C. or territory carve-out printed for that question.", "Recheck the answers close to the naturalization interview.", "Answer with the official serving on the interview date." ], "notes": "USCIS covers seven volatile questions on one page; the state-capital question needs the separate route.", "tags": [ "representation-and-lookups", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q23/Q29/Q30/Q38/Q39/Q57/Q61/Q62; USCIS Check for Test Updates", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/find-study-materials-and-resources/check-for-test-updates" }, "uid": "1m4o7vkqe93g4" }, { "id": "uscc-terms-and-constituencies-fact-1", "shape": "fact", "title": "House Constituency", "body": "Voters from the relevant state or district elect them.\n\n**One accepted response:** Citizens in their (congressional) district **Other printed responses:** Citizens in their district; People from their (congressional) district; People in their district", "tags": [ "terms-and-constituencies", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q33", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "voters marking ballots at a row of polling booths", "imagePrompt": "Documentary-style photograph: Voters standing at a row of polling booths, marking their ballots. Natural light, no readable text, no logos, no watermarks.", "alt": "Voters standing at a row of polling booths, marking their ballots.", "credit": "Pexels · Edmond Dantès · Pexels License", "creditUrl": "https://www.pexels.com/photo/people-doing-voting-7103170/", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-terms-and-constituencies-fact-1.webp" }, "uid": "105xtmh15vzsmb" }, { "id": "uscc-terms-and-constituencies-fact-2", "shape": "fact", "title": "House Voters", "body": "Population affects how many House members a state has, but every state has two senators.\n\n**One accepted response:** Citizens from their (congressional) district", "tags": [ "terms-and-constituencies", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q34", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "hand placing a paper ballot into a ballot box", "imagePrompt": "Documentary-style photograph: A hand placing a folded paper ballot into the slot of a ballot box. Natural light, no readable text, no logos, no watermarks.", "alt": "A hand placing a folded paper ballot into the slot of a ballot box.", "credit": "Pexels · Element5 Digital · Pexels License", "creditUrl": "https://www.pexels.com/photo/person-dropping-paper-on-box-1550337/", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-terms-and-constituencies-fact-2.webp" }, "uid": "1wupui7734oqx" }, { "id": "uscc-terms-and-constituencies-fact-3", "shape": "fact", "title": "House Apportionment", "body": "These contrasts are durable and safe to test.\n\n**One accepted response:** (Because of) the state’s population **Other printed responses:** (Because) they have more people; (Because) some states have more people", "tags": [ "terms-and-constituencies", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q35", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "crowd of pedestrians filling a busy city crossing seen from above", "imagePrompt": "Documentary-style photograph: A dense crowd of pedestrians filling a busy city crossing, seen from above. Natural light, no readable text, no logos, no watermarks.", "alt": "A dense crowd of pedestrians filling a busy city crossing, seen from above.", "credit": "Unsplash · Grzegorz Kaliciak · Unsplash License", "creditUrl": "https://unsplash.com/photos/people-walking-on-street-during-daytime-YK3uwwChxbA", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-terms-and-constituencies-fact-3.webp" }, "uid": "xiipvs1mpl0nk" }, { "id": "uscc-terms-and-constituencies-mcq-1", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: “Who does a member of the House of Representatives represent?”" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Taxpayers in their county" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "People in their district" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Citizens in their state" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "People in their party" } ], "correctIndex": 1, "explanation": "Key: **People in their district**. Not Taxpayers in their county; Citizens in their state; People in their party.", "tags": [ "terms-and-constituencies", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q33", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "61iqjg1ez6g96" }, { "id": "uscc-terms-and-constituencies-mcq-2", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Who elects members of the House of Representatives?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Legislators from their state assembly" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Citizens from their congressional district" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Delegates from their national party convention" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Landowners from their county precinct" } ], "correctIndex": 1, "explanation": "Key: **Citizens from their congressional district**. Not Legislators from their state assembly; Delegates from their national party convention; Landowners from their county precinct.", "tags": [ "terms-and-constituencies", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q34", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "irsn0k1mj77jk" }, { "id": "uscc-terms-and-constituencies-cloze-1", "shape": "cloze", "template": "Some states have more House representatives ___ .", "answer": "(Because) they have more people", "distractors": [ "Every state receives equal House seats", "House terms last six years", "The Senate sets each delegation" ], "explanation": "Key: **(Because) they have more people**. Not Every state receives equal House seats; House terms last six years; The Senate sets each delegation; each states a different constitutional rule or rationale.", "tags": [ "terms-and-constituencies", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q35", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "o2i86nz9qcwh" }, { "id": "uscc-electing-the-president-fact-1", "shape": "fact", "title": "Current President", "body": "The president leads the executive branch and serves a four-year term. The current name can change. **Do not memorize a name or place from this pack.** Follow the printed instruction: Visit uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates for the name of the President of the United States.", "tags": [ "electing-the-president", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q38", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "2vz6hyz69194" }, { "id": "uscc-electing-the-president-fact-2", "shape": "fact", "title": "Current Vice President", "body": "The vice president is next in presidential succession and presides over the Senate. The current name can change. **Do not memorize a name or place from this pack.** Follow the printed instruction: Visit uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates for the name of the Vice President of the United States.", "tags": [ "electing-the-president", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q39", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "8g89f5avykdd" }, { "id": "uscc-electing-the-president-fact-3", "shape": "fact", "title": "Presidential Term", "body": "Current names are deliberately absent from this pack; the durable learning target is the office, the term, the limit, and the order of succession.\n\n**One accepted response:** Four (4) years", "tags": [ "electing-the-president", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q36", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "presidential oath Capitol", "imagePrompt": "Documentary photograph of a historical presidential oath ceremony at the United States Capitol, accurately identified and historically appropriate, to support the lesson on Presidential Term. No generated likenesses, staged politicians, added words, labels, logos, or partisan messaging.", "alt": "A historical presidential oath ceremony at the United States Capitol, a visual reference for presidential term.", "credit": "InSapphoWeTrust (Openverse) · by-sa 2.0", "creditUrl": "https://www.flickr.com/photos/56619626@N05/8403967894", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-electing-the-president-fact-3.webp" }, "uid": "1ap5ahaxsyxgc" }, { "id": "uscc-electing-the-president-mcq-1", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "The President of the United States is elected for how many years?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Four 4 years" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Two 2 years" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Eight 8 years" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Six 6 years" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Key: **Four 4 years**. Not Two 2 years; Eight 8 years; Six 6 years.", "tags": [ "electing-the-president", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q36", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "h695mqplwx8" }, { "id": "uscc-electing-the-president-mcq-2", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: “The President of the United States can serve only two terms. Why?”" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Because of the 2nd Amendment" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Because of the 23rd Amendment" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Because of the 22nd Amendment" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Because of the 20th Amendment" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "Key: **Because of the 22nd Amendment**. Not Because of the 2nd Amendment; Because of the 23rd Amendment; Because of the 20th Amendment.", "tags": [ "electing-the-president", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q37", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "lbkwkq1kmw1au" }, { "id": "uscc-electing-the-president-procedure-1", "shape": "procedure", "goal": "Follow presidential succession", "steps": [ "The vice president becomes president if the presidency is vacant.", "If both offices are vacant, the Speaker of the House is next under federal law.", "The president pro tempore of the Senate follows the Speaker.", "Eligible Cabinet officers follow in the statutory order.", "Apply the constitutional eligibility rules to every successor." ], "notes": "This card tests the durable order, not the current name of any officeholder.", "tags": [ "electing-the-president", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q40; Constitution and presidential succession law", "url": "https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution-transcript" }, "uid": "1yrb9qm6qmufe" }, { "id": "uscc-electing-the-president-definition-1", "shape": "definition", "term": { "modality": "text", "value": "Veto" }, "definition": { "modality": "text", "value": "The president’s rejection of a bill passed by Congress." }, "tags": [ "electing-the-president", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q44", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "uc8rvo6ihhnq" }, { "id": "uscc-electing-the-president-fact-4", "shape": "fact", "title": "Presidential Term Limit", "body": "The president and vice president are elected for four-year terms through the constitutional electoral process.\n\n**One accepted response:** (Because of) the 22nd Amendment **Other printed responses:** To keep the president from becoming too powerful", "tags": [ "electing-the-president", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q37", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "Electoral College certificates National Archives", "imagePrompt": "Documentary photograph of official Electoral College certificates in an archival display, accurately identified and historically appropriate, to support the lesson on Presidential Term Limit. No generated likenesses, staged politicians, added words, labels, logos, or partisan messaging.", "alt": "Official Electoral College certificates in an archival display, a visual reference for presidential term limit." }, "uid": "9y4s0xmkwfer" }, { "id": "uscc-electing-the-president-pair-1", "shape": "pair", "sideA": { "modality": "text", "value": "Vacant presidency" }, "sideB": { "modality": "text", "value": "The Vice President (of the United States)" }, "tags": [ "electing-the-president", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q40", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "fik9lfvo88qp" }, { "id": "uscc-presidential-powers-fact-1", "shape": "fact", "title": "Presidential Powers", "body": "The president's powers use different verbs: sign, veto, enforce, command, appoint, and negotiate.\n\n**One accepted response:** Signs bills into law **Other printed responses:** Vetoes bills; Enforces laws; Commander in Chief (of the military); Chief diplomat; Appoints federal judges", "tags": [ "presidential-powers", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q41", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "White House", "imagePrompt": "Documentary-style photograph: The White House in Washington, D.C., with its white columned facade. Natural light, no readable text, no logos, no watermarks.", "alt": "The White House in Washington, D.C., with its white columned facade.", "credit": "Wikimedia Commons — WhiteHouseSouthFacade.JPG · See Wikimedia Commons (per-file)", "creditUrl": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35525", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-presidential-powers-fact-1.webp" }, "uid": "cdatv9b38jt3" }, { "id": "uscc-presidential-powers-fact-2", "shape": "fact", "title": "Commander in Chief", "body": "These powers do not let the president write federal statutes alone.\n\n**One accepted response:** The President (of the United States)", "tags": [ "presidential-powers", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q42", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "White House Oval Office", "imagePrompt": "Documentary photograph of the Oval Office in the White House, accurately identified and historically appropriate, to support the lesson on Commander in Chief. No generated likenesses, staged politicians, added words, labels, logos, or partisan messaging.", "alt": "The Oval Office in the White House, a visual reference for commander in chief.", "credit": "Wikipedia — Oval Office · See Wikimedia Commons", "creditUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oval_Office", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-presidential-powers-fact-2.webp" }, "uid": "h10hzis7z1cg" }, { "id": "uscc-presidential-powers-fact-3", "shape": "fact", "title": "Signing Bills", "body": "A veto rejects a bill; a signature turns a passed bill into law.\n\n**One accepted response:** The President (of the United States)", "tags": [ "presidential-powers", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q43", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "close-up of a hand signing a document with a fountain pen", "imagePrompt": "Documentary-style photograph: A close-up of a hand signing a paper document with a fountain pen. Natural light, no readable text, no logos, no watermarks.", "alt": "A close-up of a hand signing a paper document with a fountain pen.", "credit": "Pexels · Pixabay · Pexels License", "creditUrl": "https://www.pexels.com/photo/person-signing-in-documentation-paper-48148/", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-presidential-powers-fact-3.webp" }, "uid": "1lps9a1pn1mdd" }, { "id": "uscc-presidential-powers-mcq-1", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: “Name one power of the president.”" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Vetoes bills" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Confirms nominees" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Writes laws" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Interprets laws" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Key: **Vetoes bills**. Not Confirms nominees; Writes laws; Interprets laws.", "tags": [ "presidential-powers", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q41", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "1tffhrb1idzgmf" }, { "id": "uscc-presidential-powers-mcq-2", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Who is Commander in Chief of the U.S. military?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The Chief Justice of the United States" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The President of the United States" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The Secretary of the Navy" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "Key: **The President of the United States**. Not The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs; The Chief Justice of the United States; The Secretary of the Navy.", "tags": [ "presidential-powers", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q42", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "1eyyisz100ljar" }, { "id": "uscc-presidential-powers-truefalse-1", "shape": "trueFalse", "statement": "“The President (of the United States)” correctly answers: Who signs bills to become laws?", "isTrue": true, "why": "For **Signing Bills**, **The President (of the United States)** is one accepted response.", "tags": [ "presidential-powers", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q43", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "symc7ior7tuw" }, { "id": "uscc-presidential-powers-truefalse-2", "shape": "trueFalse", "statement": "“The Speaker of the House” correctly answers: Who vetoes bills?", "isTrue": false, "why": "For **The President**, **The Speaker of the House** is incorrect because it names a different public office. One accepted response is **The President (of the United States)**.", "tags": [ "presidential-powers", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q44", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "4tk4mv1r6dn6t" }, { "id": "uscc-presidential-powers-truefalse-3", "shape": "trueFalse", "statement": "“The President (of the United States)” correctly answers: Who appoints federal judges?", "isTrue": true, "why": "For **The President**, **The President (of the United States)** is one accepted response.", "tags": [ "presidential-powers", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q45", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "1qs8lcw1tv8to0" }, { "id": "uscc-executive-leadership-fact-1", "shape": "fact", "title": "Executive Branch Parts", "body": "The executive branch includes the president, vice president, Cabinet, departments, and agencies.\n\n**One accepted response:** President (of the United States) **Other printed responses:** Cabinet; Federal departments and agencies", "tags": [ "executive-leadership", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q46", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "White House Cabinet Room", "imagePrompt": "Documentary photograph of the Cabinet Room in the White House, accurately identified and historically appropriate, to support the lesson on Executive Branch Parts. No generated likenesses, staged politicians, added words, labels, logos, or partisan messaging.", "alt": "The Cabinet Room in the White House, a visual reference for executive branch parts.", "credit": "Wikipedia — Cabinet Room (White House) · See Wikimedia Commons", "creditUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_Room_(White_House)", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-executive-leadership-fact-1.webp" }, "uid": "rrybpk126upte" }, { "id": "uscc-executive-leadership-fact-2", "shape": "fact", "title": "Cabinet's Role", "body": "The Cabinet advises the president.\n\n**One accepted response:** Advises the President (of the United States)", "tags": [ "executive-leadership", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q47", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "federal department headquarters Washington", "imagePrompt": "Documentary photograph of a verified headquarters building of a federal executive department, accurately identified and historically appropriate, to support the lesson on Cabinet's Role. No generated likenesses, staged politicians, added words, labels, logos, or partisan messaging.", "alt": "A verified headquarters building of a federal executive department, a visual reference for cabinet's role.", "credit": "Unsplash · Andy Feliciotti · Unsplash License", "creditUrl": "https://unsplash.com/photos/the-u-s-department-of-education-building-in-washington-d-c-4DLiLaGGK9I", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-executive-leadership-fact-2.webp" }, "uid": "2wr9ox1vxcuf" }, { "id": "uscc-executive-leadership-fact-3", "shape": "fact", "title": "Cabinet-Level Positions", "body": "The Cabinet advises the president. **Give two printed responses.** Examples include **Attorney General; Secretary of State; Secretary of War (Defense); Vice-President; Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency**. The guide prints all 22 accepted positions.", "tags": [ "executive-leadership", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q48", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "White House Cabinet Room", "imagePrompt": "Documentary photograph of the Cabinet Room in the White House, accurately identified and historically appropriate, to support the lesson on Cabinet-Level Positions. No generated likenesses, staged politicians, added words, labels, logos, or partisan messaging.", "alt": "The Cabinet Room in the White House, a visual reference for cabinet-level positions.", "credit": "Wikipedia — Cabinet Room (White House) · See Wikimedia Commons", "creditUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_Room_(White_House)", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-executive-leadership-fact-3.webp" }, "uid": "37jk64cjt3m8" }, { "id": "uscc-executive-leadership-mcq-1", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: “The executive branch has many parts. Name one.”" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Judiciary" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Governor" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Cabinet" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Senate" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "Key: **Cabinet**. Not Judiciary; Governor; Senate.", "tags": [ "executive-leadership", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q46", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "9f6hujfyhpx1" }, { "id": "uscc-executive-leadership-mcq-2", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: “Why is the Electoral College important?”" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "It decides who is elected president" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "It decides who becomes chief justice" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "It decides which cases are heard" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "It decides how federal money is spent" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Key: **It decides who is elected president**. Not It decides who becomes chief justice; It decides which cases are heard; It decides how federal money is spent.", "tags": [ "executive-leadership", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q49", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "h7id393cp7qd" }, { "id": "uscc-executive-leadership-definition-1", "shape": "definition", "term": { "modality": "text", "value": "Cabinet" }, "definition": { "modality": "text", "value": "The group of senior executive officials who advise the president." }, "tags": [ "executive-leadership", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q47", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "1pha5321hv64ty" }, { "id": "uscc-executive-leadership-definition-2", "shape": "definition", "term": { "modality": "text", "value": "Secretary of War" }, "definition": { "modality": "text", "value": "A Cabinet-level official who leads the department responsible for the U.S. armed forces and advises the president on national defense; the 2025 USCIS test list renamed this Cabinet-level position, which had long been called 'Secretary of Defense.'" }, "tags": [ "executive-leadership", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q48", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "ni65ir42y51v" }, { "id": "uscc-executive-leadership-cloze-1", "shape": "cloze", "template": "The executive branch includes the president and ___ .", "answer": "Federal departments and agencies", "distractors": [ "A constitutional convention", "The governors collectively", "The Electoral College" ], "explanation": "Key: **Federal departments and agencies**. Not A constitutional convention; The governors collectively; The Electoral College; each names a different institution or combination of institutions.", "tags": [ "executive-leadership", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q46", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "bmafq51vj3yrx" }, { "id": "uscc-judicial-review-fact-1", "shape": "fact", "title": "Judicial Branch Parts", "body": "Judicial review is the power to determine whether governmental action is consistent with the Constitution.\n\n**One accepted response:** Supreme Court **Other printed responses:** Federal Courts", "tags": [ "judicial-review", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q50", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "Supreme Court United States exterior", "imagePrompt": "Documentary photograph of the Supreme Court of the United States building, accurately identified and historically appropriate, to support the lesson on Judicial Branch Parts. No generated likenesses, staged politicians, added words, labels, logos, or partisan messaging.", "alt": "The Supreme Court of the United States building, a visual reference for judicial branch parts.", "credit": "Wikipedia — United States Supreme Court Building · See Wikimedia Commons", "creditUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Supreme_Court_Building", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-judicial-review-fact-1.webp" }, "uid": "1tinjk8s8nshw" }, { "id": "uscc-judicial-review-fact-2", "shape": "fact", "title": "Judicial Branch Work", "body": "Courts do not write statutes or command the armed forces.\n\n**One accepted response:** Reviews laws **Other printed responses:** Explains laws; Resolves disputes (disagreements) about the law; Decides if a law goes against the (U.S.) Constitution", "tags": [ "judicial-review", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q51", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "federal courthouse exterior", "imagePrompt": "Documentary photograph of a verified United States federal courthouse, accurately identified and historically appropriate, to support the lesson on Judicial Branch Work. No generated likenesses, staged politicians, added words, labels, logos, or partisan messaging.", "alt": "A verified United States federal courthouse, a visual reference for judicial branch work.", "credit": "Onasill ~ Bill - Thank You (Openverse) · by-sa 2.0", "creditUrl": "https://www.flickr.com/photos/7156765@N05/27970597171", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-judicial-review-fact-2.webp" }, "uid": "19cxdhe1l25p0y" }, { "id": "uscc-judicial-review-fact-3", "shape": "fact", "title": "Highest Federal Court", "body": "This branch is intentionally separated from election cycles in important ways so judges can decide legal questions rather than campaign for legislative programs.\n\n**One accepted response:** Supreme Court", "tags": [ "judicial-review", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q52", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "Supreme Court building", "imagePrompt": "Documentary photograph of the Supreme Court of the United States building and its marble steps, accurately identified and historically appropriate, to support the lesson on Highest Federal Court. No generated likenesses, staged politicians, added words, labels, logos, or partisan messaging.", "alt": "The Supreme Court of the United States building and its marble steps, a visual reference for highest federal court.", "credit": "Wikipedia — United States Supreme Court Building · See Wikimedia Commons", "creditUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Supreme_Court_Building", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-judicial-review-fact-3.webp" }, "uid": "3wjrte1ybenc8" }, { "id": "uscc-judicial-review-mcq-1", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: “What is one part of the judicial branch?”" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Electoral College" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Justice Department" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Supreme Court" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "State Senate" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "Key: **Supreme Court**. Not Electoral College; Justice Department; State Senate.", "tags": [ "judicial-review", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q50", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "1ej9jn11v5xc3v" }, { "id": "uscc-judicial-review-mcq-2", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "How many seats are on the Supreme Court?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Nine 9" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Ten 10" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Six 6" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Seven 7" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Key: **Nine 9**. Not Ten 10; Six 6; Seven 7.", "tags": [ "judicial-review", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q53", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "jmfhm9nd6ap9" }, { "id": "uscc-judicial-review-mcq-3", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: “What does the judicial branch do?”" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Enforces laws" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Collects taxes" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Vetoes bills" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Reviews laws" } ], "correctIndex": 3, "explanation": "Key: **Reviews laws**. Not Enforces laws; Collects taxes; Vetoes bills.", "tags": [ "judicial-review", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q51", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "ixebvc1sndlmk" }, { "id": "uscc-judicial-review-definition-1", "shape": "definition", "term": { "modality": "text", "value": "Judicial review" }, "definition": { "modality": "text", "value": "Court review of whether government action is consistent with the Constitution." }, "tags": [ "judicial-review", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q51", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "1dsc9rl1klumj9" }, { "id": "uscc-supreme-court-fact-1", "shape": "fact", "title": "Current Chief Justice", "body": "The Chief Justice leads the Supreme Court, while federal justices generally serve during good behavior. The current name can change. **Do not memorize a name or place from this pack.** Follow the printed instruction: Visit uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates for the name of the Chief Justice of the United States.", "tags": [ "supreme-court", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q57", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "7sy88y13ad1fs" }, { "id": "uscc-supreme-court-fact-2", "shape": "fact", "title": "Deciding Court Cases", "body": "A case is ordinarily decided by a majority of the participating justices.\n\n**One accepted response:** Five (5)", "tags": [ "supreme-court", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q54", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "Supreme Court United States courtroom", "imagePrompt": "Documentary photograph of the courtroom of the Supreme Court of the United States, accurately identified and historically appropriate, to support the lesson on Deciding Court Cases. No generated likenesses, staged politicians, added words, labels, logos, or partisan messaging.", "alt": "The courtroom of the Supreme Court of the United States, a visual reference for deciding court cases.", "credit": "Library of Congress · The Supreme Court of the United States, 1894 · No known restrictions (verify at source)", "creditUrl": "http://www.loc.gov/item/2018696814/", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-supreme-court-fact-2.webp" }, "uid": "1kh8ydx1juqxul" }, { "id": "uscc-supreme-court-fact-3", "shape": "fact", "title": "Justice Tenure", "body": "Article III lets federal judges serve during good behavior, which in practice means a lifetime appointment.\n\n**One accepted response:** (For) life **Other printed responses:** Lifetime appointment; (Until) retirement", "tags": [ "supreme-court", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q55", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "Supreme Court United States exterior", "imagePrompt": "Documentary photograph of the Supreme Court of the United States exterior, accurately identified and historically appropriate, to support the lesson on Justice Tenure. No generated likenesses, staged politicians, added words, labels, logos, or partisan messaging.", "alt": "The Supreme Court of the United States exterior, a visual reference for justice tenure.", "credit": "Wikipedia — United States Supreme Court Building · See Wikimedia Commons", "creditUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Supreme_Court_Building", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-supreme-court-fact-3.webp" }, "uid": "n7kd9g1bokqr2" }, { "id": "uscc-supreme-court-mcq-1", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "How many Supreme Court justices are usually needed to decide a case?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Six 6" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Nine 9" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Five 5" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Four 4" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "Key: **Five 5**. Not Six 6; Nine 9; Four 4.", "tags": [ "supreme-court", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q54", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "qr15u41iltnog" }, { "id": "uscc-supreme-court-mcq-2", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: “How long do Supreme Court justices serve?”" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "One term" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Until impeachment" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Six years" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "For life" } ], "correctIndex": 3, "explanation": "Key: **For life**. Not One term; Until impeachment; Six years.", "tags": [ "supreme-court", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q55", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "1kcbm3m16v1q5s" }, { "id": "uscc-supreme-court-cloze-1", "shape": "cloze", "template": "Lifetime service is designed ___ .", "answer": "To be independent (of politics)", "distractors": [ "Federal control of every local matter", "Rule by one political party", "Offices held for life by birth" ], "explanation": "Key: **To be independent (of politics)**. Not Federal control of every local matter; Rule by one political party; Offices held for life by birth; each states a different constitutional rule or rationale.", "tags": [ "supreme-court", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q56", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "7fpf67y3utdb" }, { "id": "uscc-supreme-court-fact-4", "shape": "fact", "title": "Lifetime Service", "body": "Life tenure shields justices from electoral and political pressure so they can rule on the law rather than public opinion.\n\n**One accepted response:** To be independent (of politics) **Other printed responses:** To limit outside (political) influence", "tags": [ "supreme-court", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q56", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "Supreme Court United States courtroom", "imagePrompt": "Documentary photograph of the courtroom of the Supreme Court of the United States, accurately identified and historically appropriate, to support the lesson on Lifetime Service. No generated likenesses, staged politicians, added words, labels, logos, or partisan messaging.", "alt": "The courtroom of the Supreme Court of the United States, a visual reference for lifetime service.", "credit": "Library of Congress · The Supreme Court of the United States, 1894 · No known restrictions (verify at source)", "creditUrl": "http://www.loc.gov/item/2018696814/", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-supreme-court-fact-4.webp" }, "uid": "mselm01w5aizi" }, { "id": "uscc-federal-and-state-powers-pair-1", "shape": "pair", "sideA": { "modality": "text", "value": "Federal coin power" }, "sideB": { "modality": "text", "value": "Mint coins" }, "tags": [ "federal-and-state-powers", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q58", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "4riur1xmqynb" }, { "id": "uscc-federal-and-state-powers-fact-1", "shape": "fact", "title": "Federal Powers", "body": "Printing money, declaring war, and making treaties are federal examples.\n\n**One accepted response:** Print paper money **Other printed responses:** Mint coins; Declare war; Create an army; Make treaties; Set foreign policy", "tags": [ "federal-and-state-powers", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q58", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "1jckki81ci3g5e" }, { "id": "uscc-federal-and-state-powers-mcq-1", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: “Name one power that is only for the states.”" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Coin a nation’s money" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Give a driver’s license" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Issue a citizen’s passport" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Grant an inventor’s patent" } ], "correctIndex": 1, "explanation": "Key: **Give a driver’s license**. Not Coin a nation’s money; Issue a citizen’s passport; Grant an inventor’s patent.", "tags": [ "federal-and-state-powers", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q59", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "kiqvjw1m1alvi" }, { "id": "uscc-federal-and-state-powers-mcq-2", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "What is the purpose of the 10th Amendment?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Powers not given federally belong to states or the people" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Powers claimed by states yield to federal law or treaties" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Powers of the president end after two full elected terms" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Powers held by Congress divide evenly between House and Senate" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Key: **Powers not given federally belong to states or the people**. Not Powers claimed by states yield to federal law or treaties; Powers of the president end after two full elected terms; Powers held by Congress divide evenly between House and Senate.", "tags": [ "federal-and-state-powers", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q60", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "13hfnx61tlq8ck" }, { "id": "uscc-federal-and-state-powers-mcq-3", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: “Name one power that is only for the federal government.”" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Run schools" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Levy taxes" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Mint coins" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Issue licenses" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "Key: **Mint coins**. Not Run schools; Levy taxes; Issue licenses.", "tags": [ "federal-and-state-powers", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q58", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "s7zmrhf07qaz" }, { "id": "uscc-federal-and-state-powers-mcq-4", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: “Name one power that is only for the states.”" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Mint coins and paper money" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Issue passports and foreign visas" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Approve zoning and land use" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Approve postage and mail routes" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "Key: **Approve zoning and land use**. Not Mint coins and paper money; Issue passports and foreign visas; Approve postage and mail routes.", "tags": [ "federal-and-state-powers", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q59", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "xx3epo1up4t4k" }, { "id": "uscc-state-government-and-place-fact-1", "shape": "fact", "title": "Your Governor", "body": "A governor leads a state executive branch. D.C. has no governor, and the current state answer can change. **Do not memorize a name or place from this pack.** Follow the printed instruction: Answers will vary. [District of Columbia residents should answer that D.C. does not have a governor.]", "tags": [ "state-government-and-place", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q61", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "ae0mah16f1s7" }, { "id": "uscc-state-government-and-place-fact-2", "shape": "fact", "title": "Your State Capital", "body": "A state capital is the seat of state government. D.C. is not a state; territory residents name their territory's capital. **Do not memorize a name or place from this pack.** Follow the printed instruction: Answers will vary. [District of Columbia residents should answer that D.C. is not a state and does not have a capital. Residents of U.S. territories should name the capital of the territory.]", "tags": [ "state-government-and-place", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q62", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "1ca09kblqniyr" }, { "id": "uscc-state-government-and-place-fact-3", "shape": "fact", "title": "Reserved Powers", "body": "The division explains why national and state officials answer different questions.\n\n**One accepted response:** (It states that the) powers not given to the federal government belong to the states or to the people.", "tags": [ "state-government-and-place", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q60", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "United States Mint coins", "imagePrompt": "Documentary photograph of United States coins at an official Mint facility, accurately identified and historically appropriate, to support the lesson on Reserved Powers. No generated likenesses, staged politicians, added words, labels, logos, or partisan messaging.", "alt": "United States coins at an official Mint facility — minting money is a power granted only to the federal government, the flip side of the reserved-powers (10th Amendment) divide this fact describes." }, "uid": "10q6vpj19eh1cn" }, { "id": "uscc-state-government-and-place-mcq-1", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: “Name one power that is only for the federal government.”" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Tax income" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Declare war" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Punish crime" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Maintain order" } ], "correctIndex": 1, "explanation": "Key: **Declare war**. Not Tax income; Punish crime; Maintain order.", "tags": [ "state-government-and-place", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q58", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "1f6yttw1q7zi8g" }, { "id": "uscc-state-government-and-place-truefalse-1", "shape": "trueFalse", "statement": "“Protect patents and copyrights” correctly answers: Name one power that is only for the states.", "isTrue": false, "why": "For **Give a driver’s license**, **Protect patents and copyrights** is incorrect because it assigns a power to the wrong level or branch. One accepted response is **Give a driver’s license**; other printed responses may also be correct.", "tags": [ "state-government-and-place", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q59", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "7uvr8g14vp5ac" }, { "id": "uscc-state-government-and-place-truefalse-2", "shape": "trueFalse", "statement": "“Powers not given federally belong to states or the people.” correctly answers: What is the purpose of the 10th Amendment?", "isTrue": true, "why": "For **Reserved Powers**, **Powers not given federally belong to states or the people.** is one accepted response.", "tags": [ "state-government-and-place", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q60", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "qu05so1j0oucs" }, { "id": "uscc-rights-and-amendments-fact-1", "shape": "fact", "title": "Voting Amendments", "body": "The voting amendments address age, sex, race, and poll taxes as separate constitutional protections.\n\n**One accepted response:** Citizens eighteen (18) and older (can vote). **Other printed responses:** 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).", "tags": [ "rights-and-amendments", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q63", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "young adult smiling with an i voted sticker on their shirt", "imagePrompt": "Documentary-style photograph: A young adult smiling, with an I Voted sticker on their shirt. Natural light, no readable text, no logos, no watermarks.", "alt": "A young adult smiling, with an I Voted sticker on their shirt.", "credit": "Pexels · Edmond Dantès · Pexels License", "creditUrl": "https://www.pexels.com/photo/man-standing-by-the-ballot-box-7103178/", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-rights-and-amendments-fact-1.webp" }, "uid": "1dp5rid1eyc3s1" }, { "id": "uscc-rights-and-amendments-fact-2", "shape": "fact", "title": "Citizen-Only Roles", "body": "The Fifteenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-fourth, and Twenty-sixth Amendments bar specified forms of voting discrimination.\n\n**One accepted response:** Citizens **Other printed responses:** Citizens of the United States; U.S. citizens", "tags": [ "rights-and-amendments", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q64", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "new citizens raising right hands to take the oath at a naturalization ceremony", "imagePrompt": "Documentary-style photograph: People raising their right hands to take an oath at a naturalization ceremony. Natural light, no readable text, no logos, no watermarks.", "alt": "People raising their right hands to take an oath at a naturalization ceremony." }, "uid": "emz85lxt01el" }, { "id": "uscc-rights-and-amendments-fact-3", "shape": "fact", "title": "Everyone's Rights", "body": "These rights belong to everyone living in the United States, not just citizens.\n\n**Say 3:** Freedom of expression; Freedom of speech; Freedom of assembly; Freedom to petition the government; Freedom of religion; The right to bear arms", "tags": [ "rights-and-amendments", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q65", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "Reconstruction Amendments National Archives", "imagePrompt": "Documentary photograph of an original Reconstruction Amendment document in an archival display, accurately identified and historically appropriate, to support the lesson on Everyone's Rights. No generated likenesses, staged politicians, added words, labels, logos, or partisan messaging.", "alt": "An original Reconstruction Amendment document in an archival display, a visual reference for everyone's rights.", "credit": "Pexels · Arian Fernandez · Pexels License", "creditUrl": "https://www.pexels.com/photo/elegant-exterior-of-the-national-archives-building-33094896/", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-rights-and-amendments-fact-3.webp" }, "uid": "1riggh71l0vs01" }, { "id": "uscc-rights-and-amendments-mcq-1", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: “There are four amendments to the U.S. Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them.”" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "A male citizen of any age can vote" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A male citizen of any race can vote" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A married woman of any age can vote" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A legal resident of any state can vote" } ], "correctIndex": 1, "explanation": "Key: **A male citizen of any race can vote**. Not A male citizen of any age can vote; A married woman of any age can vote; A legal resident of any state can vote.", "tags": [ "rights-and-amendments", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q63", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "4zbcyu4rvz1e" }, { "id": "uscc-rights-and-amendments-mcq-2", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: “Who can vote in federal elections, run for federal office, and serve on a jury in the United States?”" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Residents" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Citizens" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Taxpayers" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Adults" } ], "correctIndex": 1, "explanation": "Key: **Citizens**. Not Residents; Taxpayers; Adults.", "tags": [ "rights-and-amendments", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q64", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "8ct7x61h7tlq" }, { "id": "uscc-rights-and-amendments-truefalse-1", "shape": "trueFalse", "statement": "“Silence opponents; Ban peaceful assembly; Require a religion” fully satisfies: What are three rights of everyone living in the United States?", "isTrue": false, "why": "**Silence opponents; Ban peaceful assembly; Require a religion** mixes this right, promise, or duty with another civic category. Accepted example: **Freedom of speech; Freedom of assembly; Freedom of religion**. Other printed responses may also be correct.", "tags": [ "rights-and-amendments", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q65", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "534cz31qxyv0b" }, { "id": "uscc-rights-and-amendments-truefalse-2", "shape": "trueFalse", "statement": "“The flag” correctly answers: What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?", "isTrue": true, "why": "For **Pledge Loyalty**, **The flag** is one accepted response. Other printed responses may also be correct.", "tags": [ "rights-and-amendments", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q66", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "b0vxmnc9f8w9" }, { "id": "uscc-rights-and-amendments-fact-4", "shape": "fact", "title": "Pledge Loyalty", "body": "The Pledge of Allegiance is a promise of loyalty said while facing the flag.\n\n**One accepted response:** The United States **Other printed responses:** The flag", "tags": [ "rights-and-amendments", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q66", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "students with hands over their hearts facing an American flag in a classroom", "imagePrompt": "Documentary-style photograph: Students standing with their right hands over their hearts, facing an American flag in a classroom. Natural light, no readable text, no logos, no watermarks.", "alt": "Students standing with their right hands over their hearts, facing an American flag in a classroom.", "credit": "Pexels · Mikhail Nilov · Pexels License", "creditUrl": "https://www.pexels.com/photo/woman-with-american-themed-scarf-wrapped-around-her-neck-8846754/", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-rights-and-amendments-fact-4.webp" }, "uid": "1xq5awom8dklm" }, { "id": "uscc-rights-and-amendments-cloze-1", "shape": "cloze", "template": "Two promises in the Oath can be stated together as ___ .", "answer": "Serve the nation; Serve in the military", "distractors": [ "Run for federal office; Petition the government", "Pay taxes; Run for federal office", "Freedom of speech; Freedom of religion" ], "explanation": "Key: **Serve the nation; Serve in the military**. Not Run for federal office; Petition the government; Pay taxes; Run for federal office; Freedom of speech; Freedom of religion; each mixes this right, promise, or duty with another civic category.", "tags": [ "rights-and-amendments", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q67", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "r4h1unw9yv07" }, { "id": "uscc-citizenship-and-civic-duty-fact-1", "shape": "fact", "title": "Paths to Citizenship", "body": "Citizenship may come through birth, naturalization, or derivation under the governing rules.\n\n**One accepted response:** Be born in the United States, under the conditions set by the 14th Amendment **Other printed responses:** Naturalize; Derive citizenship (under conditions set by Congress)", "tags": [ "citizenship-and-civic-duty", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q68", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "naturalization ceremony USCIS", "imagePrompt": "Documentary photograph of a USCIS naturalization ceremony with participant dignity preserved, accurately identified and historically appropriate, to support the lesson on Paths to Citizenship. No generated likenesses, staged politicians, added words, labels, logos, or partisan messaging.", "alt": "A USCIS naturalization ceremony with participant dignity preserved, a visual reference for paths to citizenship.", "credit": "Grand Canyon NPS (Openverse) · by 2.0", "creditUrl": "https://www.flickr.com/photos/50693818@N08/5021872106", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-citizenship-and-civic-duty-fact-1.webp" }, "uid": "wrxqujvx0jp3" }, { "id": "uscc-citizenship-and-civic-duty-fact-2", "shape": "fact", "title": "Civic Participation", "body": "Civic participation also includes voting, contacting officials, joining groups, and helping a campaign.\n\n**Say 2:** Vote; Run for office; Join a political party; Help with a campaign; Join a civic group; Join a community group; Give an elected official your opinion (on an issue); Contact elected officials; Support or oppose an issue or policy; Write to a newspaper", "tags": [ "citizenship-and-civic-duty", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q69", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "group of volunteers working together at a community park cleanup", "imagePrompt": "Documentary-style photograph: A group of volunteers working together at a community cleanup in a park. Natural light, no readable text, no logos, no watermarks.", "alt": "A group of volunteers working together at a community cleanup in a park.", "credit": "Unsplash · Vitaly Gariev · Unsplash License", "creditUrl": "https://unsplash.com/photos/volunteers-cleaning-a-park-with-blue-trash-bags-U20gjfPjtuI", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-citizenship-and-civic-duty-fact-2.webp" }, "uid": "1h0yhws1ihqvos" }, { "id": "uscc-citizenship-and-civic-duty-fact-3", "shape": "fact", "title": "Serving the Country", "body": "Citizens have rights, such as voting in federal elections, and responsibilities, such as serving on a jury when summoned.\n\n**One accepted response:** Vote **Other printed responses:** Pay taxes; Obey the law; Serve in the military; Run for office; Work for local, state, or federal government", "tags": [ "citizenship-and-civic-duty", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q70", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "naturalization ceremony USCIS", "imagePrompt": "Documentary photograph of a USCIS naturalization ceremony with participant dignity preserved, accurately identified and historically appropriate, to support the lesson on Serving the Country. No generated likenesses, staged politicians, added words, labels, logos, or partisan messaging.", "alt": "A USCIS naturalization ceremony with participant dignity preserved, a visual reference for serving the country.", "credit": "Grand Canyon NPS (Openverse) · by 2.0", "creditUrl": "https://www.flickr.com/photos/50693818@N08/5021872106", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-citizenship-and-civic-duty-fact-3.webp" }, "uid": "iv6vz1t713at" }, { "id": "uscc-citizenship-and-civic-duty-mcq-1", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: “How can people become United States citizens?”" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Naturalize" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Immigrate" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Nationalize" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Repatriate" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Key: **Naturalize**. Not Immigrate; Nationalize; Repatriate.", "tags": [ "citizenship-and-civic-duty", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q68", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "t8jw887xawse" }, { "id": "uscc-citizenship-and-civic-duty-mcq-2", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice supplies 2 accepted responses to: “What are two examples of civic participation in the United States?”" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Serve; Pay income taxes" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Salute; Fly the flag" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Enlist; Obey the law" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Vote; Run for office" } ], "correctIndex": 3, "explanation": "Key: **Vote; Run for office**. Not Serve; Pay income taxes; Salute; Fly the flag; Enlist; Obey the law.", "tags": [ "citizenship-and-civic-duty", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q69", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "1wbrw441razz22" }, { "id": "uscc-citizenship-and-civic-duty-mcq-3", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: “What is one way Americans can serve their country?”" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Pray" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Lobby" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Donate" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Vote" } ], "correctIndex": 3, "explanation": "Key: **Vote**. Not Pray; Lobby; Donate.", "tags": [ "citizenship-and-civic-duty", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q70", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "19o0j3kafa3bm" }, { "id": "uscc-citizenship-and-civic-duty-definition-1", "shape": "definition", "term": { "modality": "text", "value": "Naturalization" }, "definition": { "modality": "text", "value": "The legal process through which an eligible noncitizen becomes a U.S. citizen." }, "tags": [ "citizenship-and-civic-duty", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q68", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "2jw36q17jaweq" }, { "id": "uscc-citizenship-and-civic-duty-pair-1", "shape": "pair", "sideA": { "modality": "text", "value": "Federal taxes" }, "sideB": { "modality": "text", "value": "Required by law" }, "tags": [ "citizenship-and-civic-duty", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q71", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "y94edocuretc" }, { "id": "uscc-citizenship-and-civic-duty-cloze-1", "shape": "cloze", "template": "Selective Service registration can be described as a ___ .", "answer": "Civic duty", "distractors": [ "Voting eligibility", "Draft ban", "Jury service" ], "explanation": "Key: **Civic duty**. Not Voting eligibility; Draft ban; Jury service; each mixes this right, promise, or duty with another civic category.", "tags": [ "citizenship-and-civic-duty", "american-government", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q72", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "1nchtvkxxunz4" }, { "id": "uscc-colonies-and-conflict-fact-1", "shape": "fact", "title": "Colonists' Reasons", "body": "Colonists came to America for many reasons, including religious freedom, political liberty, economic opportunity, and escape from persecution.\n\n**One accepted response:** Freedom **Other printed responses:** Political liberty; Religious freedom; Economic opportunity; Escape persecution", "tags": [ "colonies-and-conflict", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q73", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "three-masted wooden sailing ship under full sail", "imagePrompt": "Documentary-style photograph: A three-masted wooden sailing ship under full sail. Natural light, no readable text, no logos, no watermarks.", "alt": "A three-masted wooden sailing ship under full sail.", "credit": "Unsplash · David Dibert · Unsplash License", "creditUrl": "https://unsplash.com/photos/brown-galleon-ship-on-body-of-water-near-trees-z-gL7br3MTk", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-colonies-and-conflict-fact-1.webp" }, "uid": "1eff8phhsvz5l" }, { "id": "uscc-colonies-and-conflict-fact-2", "shape": "fact", "title": "First Peoples", "body": "Indigenous peoples already lived throughout the Americas long before Europeans arrived; the accepted response bank recognizes two broad terms for them.\n\n**One accepted response:** American Indians **Other printed responses:** Native Americans", "tags": [ "colonies-and-conflict", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q74", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "ancient stone cliff dwellings in a red rock alcove", "imagePrompt": "Documentary-style photograph: Ancient stone cliff dwellings built into a red rock alcove. Natural light, no readable text, no logos, no watermarks.", "alt": "Ancient stone cliff dwellings built into a red rock alcove.", "credit": "Pexels · Robert Hacker · Pexels License", "creditUrl": "https://www.pexels.com/photo/ancient-cliff-dwellings-in-arid-landscape-32289529/", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-colonies-and-conflict-fact-2.webp" }, "uid": "ynkxlz4pcnc1" }, { "id": "uscc-colonies-and-conflict-fact-3", "shape": "fact", "title": "Enslaved Africans", "body": "Colonists and traders forced enslaved Africans to the colonies and sold them into slavery.\n\n**One accepted response:** Africans **Other printed responses:** People from Africa", "tags": [ "colonies-and-conflict", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q75", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "1or0vpc16rpnne" }, { "id": "uscc-colonies-and-conflict-mcq-1", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: “The colonists came to America for many reasons. Name one.”" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Taxation" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Empire" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Statehood" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Freedom" } ], "correctIndex": 3, "explanation": "Key: **Freedom**. Not Taxation; Empire; Statehood.", "tags": [ "colonies-and-conflict", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q73", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "1ubxdv0yl4ug6" }, { "id": "uscc-colonies-and-conflict-mcq-2", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: “Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?”" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Pacific Islanders" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "English Puritans" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "American Indians" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "African Americans" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "Key: **American Indians**. Not Pacific Islanders; English Puritans; African Americans.", "tags": [ "colonies-and-conflict", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q74", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "rp8b5sgtv7go" }, { "id": "uscc-colonies-and-conflict-mcq-3", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: “What group of people was taken and sold as slaves?”" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Mexicans" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Africans" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Europeans" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Asians" } ], "correctIndex": 1, "explanation": "Key: **Africans**. Not Mexicans; Europeans; Asians.", "tags": [ "colonies-and-conflict", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q75", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "px514a1buk14g" }, { "id": "uscc-colonies-and-conflict-pair-1", "shape": "pair", "sideA": { "modality": "text", "value": "Independence from Britain" }, "sideB": { "modality": "text", "value": "American Revolution" }, "tags": [ "colonies-and-conflict", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q76", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "13q3p5u1hzarf2" }, { "id": "uscc-colonies-and-conflict-cloze-1", "shape": "cloze", "template": "One grievance before independence was the ___ .", "answer": "Stamp Act", "distractors": [ "To annex Canada", "To abolish the Senate", "To support the Allied Powers" ], "explanation": "Key: **Stamp Act**. Not To annex Canada; To abolish the Senate; To support the Allied Powers — invented or unrelated options, not actual grievances behind American independence.", "tags": [ "colonies-and-conflict", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q77", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "1ec7wuttb2ehn" }, { "id": "uscc-revolution-and-independence-fact-1", "shape": "fact", "title": "Declaration's Writer", "body": "Thomas Jefferson was the principal writer of the Declaration of Independence, which announced the colonies' separation from Britain.\n\n**One accepted response:** (Thomas) Jefferson", "tags": [ "revolution-and-independence", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q78", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "o42yj1pf6xyr" }, { "id": "uscc-revolution-and-independence-fact-2", "shape": "fact", "title": "Declaration's Date", "body": "The Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776, formally announcing American independence from Britain.\n\n**One accepted response:** July 4, 1776", "tags": [ "revolution-and-independence", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q79", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "Independence Hall Assembly Room", "imagePrompt": "Documentary photograph of the Assembly Room at Independence Hall, accurately identified and historically appropriate, to support the lesson on Declaration's Date. No generated likenesses, staged politicians, added words, labels, logos, or partisan messaging.", "alt": "The Assembly Room at Independence Hall, a visual reference for declaration's date.", "credit": "Library of Congress · Independence Hall [Assembly Room], Philadelphia, Pa. · No known restrictions (verify at source)", "creditUrl": "http://www.loc.gov/item/2016799908/", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-revolution-and-independence-fact-2.webp" }, "uid": "elnr621xjpi3i" }, { "id": "uscc-revolution-and-independence-fact-3", "shape": "fact", "title": "Revolutionary Events", "body": "The American Revolution included many important events, from early battles through the British surrender at Yorktown.\n\n**One accepted response:** (Battle of) Bunker Hill **Other printed responses:** Declaration of Independence; Washington Crossing the Delaware (Battle of Trenton); (Battle of) Saratoga; Valley Forge (Encampment); (Battle of) Yorktown (British surrender at Yorktown)", "tags": [ "revolution-and-independence", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q80", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "Declaration of Independence National Archives", "imagePrompt": "Documentary photograph of the Declaration of Independence in its National Archives display, accurately identified and historically appropriate, to support the lesson on Revolutionary Events. No generated likenesses, staged politicians, added words, labels, logos, or partisan messaging.", "alt": "The Declaration of Independence in its National Archives display, a visual reference for revolutionary events.", "credit": "Library of Congress · The Declaration of Independence, displayed in a dimly lit ha · No known restrictions (verify at source)", "creditUrl": "http://www.loc.gov/item/2011633908/", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-revolution-and-independence-fact-3.webp" }, "uid": "6vcoj4kxbzg8" }, { "id": "uscc-revolution-and-independence-mcq-1", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "James Madison" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Alexander Hamilton" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Thomas Jefferson" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Benjamin Franklin" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "Key: **Thomas Jefferson**. Not James Madison; Alexander Hamilton; Benjamin Franklin.", "tags": [ "revolution-and-independence", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q78", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "grrjsasb3bk" }, { "id": "uscc-revolution-and-independence-mcq-2", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "March 4, 1789" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "July 4, 1776" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "August 2, 1776" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "May 10, 1775" } ], "correctIndex": 1, "explanation": "Key: **July 4, 1776**. Not March 4, 1789; August 2, 1776; May 10, 1775.", "tags": [ "revolution-and-independence", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q79", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "13pj5qz6orryn" }, { "id": "uscc-revolution-and-independence-mcq-3", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: “The American Revolution had many important events. Name one.”" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Battle of Tippecanoe" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Battle of Saratoga" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Battle of Antietam" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Battle of Shiloh" } ], "correctIndex": 1, "explanation": "Key: **Battle of Saratoga**. Not Battle of Tippecanoe; Battle of Antietam; Battle of Shiloh.", "tags": [ "revolution-and-independence", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q80", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "xs9xa3z9k1yl" }, { "id": "uscc-revolution-and-independence-truefalse-1", "shape": "trueFalse", "statement": "“Georgia; Delaware; Maryland; New York; Virginia” fully satisfies: There were 13 original states. Name five.", "isTrue": true, "why": "For **13 original states**, **Georgia; Delaware; Maryland; New York; Virginia** is a complete accepted set. Other printed responses may also be correct.", "tags": [ "revolution-and-independence", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q81", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "1rt7tematx4ai" }, { "id": "uscc-revolution-and-independence-truefalse-2", "shape": "trueFalse", "statement": "“Articles of Confederation” correctly answers: What founding document was written in 1787?", "isTrue": false, "why": "For **Constitution**, **Articles of Confederation** is incorrect because it names a different document. One accepted response is **(U.S.) Constitution**.", "tags": [ "revolution-and-independence", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q82", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "1qa4e8j1cb4duv" }, { "id": "uscc-founding-documents-cluster-fact-1", "shape": "fact", "title": "Federalist Writers", "body": "The Federalist Papers argued for ratification.\n\n**One accepted response:** (James) Madison **Other printed responses:** (Alexander) Hamilton; (John) Jay; Publius", "tags": [ "founding-documents-cluster", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q83", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "Constitution National Archives", "imagePrompt": "Documentary photograph of the United States Constitution in its National Archives display, accurately identified and historically appropriate, to support the lesson on Federalist Writers. No generated likenesses, staged politicians, added words, labels, logos, or partisan messaging.", "alt": "The United States Constitution in its National Archives display, a visual reference for federalist writers." }, "uid": "1f81qeh1u0og97" }, { "id": "uscc-founding-documents-cluster-fact-2", "shape": "fact", "title": "Federalist Papers' Purpose", "body": "Recognizing each document by purpose prevents a common oral-test mix-up.\n\n**One accepted response:** They helped people understand the (U.S.) Constitution. **Other printed responses:** They supported passing the (U.S.) Constitution.", "tags": [ "founding-documents-cluster", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q84", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "Federalist Papers original printing", "imagePrompt": "Documentary photograph of a verified early printing of the Federalist Papers, accurately identified and historically appropriate, to support the lesson on Federalist Papers' Purpose. No generated likenesses, staged politicians, added words, labels, logos, or partisan messaging.", "alt": "A verified early printing of the Federalist Papers, a visual reference for federalist papers' purpose.", "credit": "Wikipedia — The Federalist Papers · See Wikimedia Commons", "creditUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Federalist_Papers", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-founding-documents-cluster-fact-2.webp" }, "uid": "1it9uvfd93kdv" }, { "id": "uscc-founding-documents-cluster-concept-1", "shape": "concept", "conceptKind": "thing", "name": "Madison; Hamilton; Jay", "clues": [ "These three surnames are printed writers of the Federalist Papers.", "Their essays supported ratification of the Constitution.", "The shared pen name Publius is another accepted response." ], "tags": [ "founding-documents-cluster", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q83; USCIS study guide", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/brochures/USCIS-2025-Civics-Test-Study-Guide.pdf" }, "uid": "1qist6pqe56m5" }, { "id": "uscc-founding-documents-cluster-concept-2", "shape": "concept", "conceptKind": "thing", "name": "Supported the Constitution", "clues": [ "This is one accepted reason the Federalist Papers mattered.", "The essays argued for ratification.", "They did not declare independence or create the first national government." ], "tags": [ "founding-documents-cluster", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q84; USCIS study guide", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/brochures/USCIS-2025-Civics-Test-Study-Guide.pdf" }, "uid": "kicd761jyz46a" }, { "id": "uscc-founding-documents-cluster-concept-3", "shape": "concept", "conceptKind": "thing", "name": "Inventor", "clues": [ "This is one printed achievement for Benjamin Franklin.", "Other accepted achievements include diplomacy, libraries, and postal service.", "It answers what Franklin is famous for, not who he was." ], "tags": [ "founding-documents-cluster", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q85; USCIS study guide", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/brochures/USCIS-2025-Civics-Test-Study-Guide.pdf" }, "uid": "q7hh071wejoih" }, { "id": "uscc-founding-documents-cluster-concept-4", "shape": "concept", "conceptKind": "thing", "name": "Father of Our Country", "clues": [ "This is one printed title for George Washington.", "His other accepted roles include general, convention president, and first U.S. president.", "It answers what Washington is famous for." ], "tags": [ "founding-documents-cluster", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q86; USCIS study guide", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/brochures/USCIS-2025-Civics-Test-Study-Guide.pdf" }, "uid": "a6n9xl1jyna05" }, { "id": "uscc-founding-documents-cluster-concept-5", "shape": "concept", "conceptKind": "thing", "name": "Father of the Constitution", "clues": [ "This is one printed achievement for James Madison.", "His accepted record also includes the Federalist Papers and serving as a U.S. president.", "It is an achievement, not a document title." ], "tags": [ "founding-documents-cluster", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q88; USCIS study guide", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/brochures/USCIS-2025-Civics-Test-Study-Guide.pdf" }, "uid": "10xezihbldiyd" }, { "id": "uscc-founding-documents-cluster-concept-6", "shape": "concept", "conceptKind": "thing", "name": "First Treasury Secretary", "clues": [ "This is one printed achievement for Alexander Hamilton.", "His other accepted work includes the Federalist Papers and the financial system.", "It identifies an office held by Hamilton." ], "tags": [ "founding-documents-cluster", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q89; USCIS study guide", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/brochures/USCIS-2025-Civics-Test-Study-Guide.pdf" }, "uid": "kolq1f1b6xu71" }, { "id": "uscc-founding-documents-cluster-mcq-1", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: “The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.”" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Brutus" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Centinel" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Publius" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Agrippa" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "Key: **Publius**. Not Brutus; Centinel; Agrippa.", "tags": [ "founding-documents-cluster", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q83", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "6reub910hs4jr" }, { "id": "uscc-founding-documents-cluster-mcq-2", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: “Why were the Federalist Papers important?”" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "They finished drafting the U.S. Constitution" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "They demanded amending the U.S. Constitution" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "They supported passing the U.S. Constitution" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "They opposed ratifying the U.S. Constitution" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "Key: **They supported passing the U.S. Constitution**. Not They finished drafting the U.S. Constitution; They demanded amending the U.S. Constitution; They opposed ratifying the U.S. Constitution.", "tags": [ "founding-documents-cluster", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q84", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "lo592f1ustn1f" }, { "id": "uscc-framers-and-federalists-pair-1", "shape": "pair", "sideA": { "modality": "text", "value": "Declaration authorship" }, "sideB": { "modality": "text", "value": "Writer of the Declaration of Independence" }, "tags": [ "framers-and-federalists", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q87", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "1uu1vst1k202px" }, { "id": "uscc-framers-and-federalists-fact-1", "shape": "fact", "title": "Jefferson's Achievements", "body": "**One accepted response:** Writer of the Declaration of Independence **Other printed responses:** Third president of the United States; Doubled the size of the United States (Louisiana Purchase); First Secretary of State; Founded the University of Virginia; Writer of the Virginia Statute on Religious Freedom", "tags": [ "framers-and-federalists", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q87", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "Thomas Jefferson", "imagePrompt": "Documentary-style photograph: A portrait of Thomas Jefferson. Natural light, no readable text, no logos, no watermarks.", "alt": "A portrait of Thomas Jefferson.", "subjectType": "person", "credit": "Wikipedia — Thomas Jefferson · See Wikimedia Commons", "creditUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-framers-and-federalists-fact-1.webp" }, "uid": "10lspqpi05uc5" }, { "id": "uscc-framers-and-federalists-fact-2", "shape": "fact", "title": "Madison's Achievements", "body": "**One accepted response:** “Father of the Constitution” **Other printed responses:** Fourth president of the United States; President during the War of 1812; One of the writers of the Federalist Papers", "tags": [ "framers-and-federalists", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q88", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "James Madison", "imagePrompt": "Documentary-style photograph: A portrait of James Madison. Natural light, no readable text, no logos, no watermarks.", "alt": "A portrait of James Madison.", "subjectType": "person", "credit": "Wikipedia — James Madison · See Wikimedia Commons", "creditUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Madison", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-framers-and-federalists-fact-2.webp" }, "uid": "1nv7erd1brw1z5" }, { "id": "uscc-framers-and-federalists-mcq-1", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: “James Madison is famous for many things. Name one.”" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "“Author of the Declaration”" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "“Financier of the Revolution”" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "“Father of the Constitution”" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "“Father of the Country”" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "Key: **“Father of the Constitution”**. Not “Author of the Declaration”; “Financier of the Revolution”; “Father of the Country”.", "tags": [ "framers-and-federalists", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q88", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "1ijarja1eg89d0" }, { "id": "uscc-framers-and-federalists-mcq-2", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: “Alexander Hamilton is famous for many things. Name one.”" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "First Secretary of the Interior" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "First Secretary of the Navy" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "First Postmaster of the Colonies" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "First Secretary of the Treasury" } ], "correctIndex": 3, "explanation": "Key: **First Secretary of the Treasury**. Not First Secretary of the Interior; First Secretary of the Navy; First Postmaster of the Colonies.", "tags": [ "framers-and-federalists", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q89", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "mfqpw51u7mzrn" }, { "id": "uscc-framers-and-federalists-mcq-3", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: “Thomas Jefferson is famous for many things. Name one.”" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Founded the University of Virginia" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Signed the Treaty of Ghent" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Led the Battle of Yorktown" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Founded the College of Philadelphia" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Key: **Founded the University of Virginia**. Not Signed the Treaty of Ghent; Led the Battle of Yorktown; Founded the College of Philadelphia.", "tags": [ "framers-and-federalists", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q87", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "1e19i2h1rir56f" }, { "id": "uscc-expansion-and-civil-war-fact-1", "shape": "fact", "title": "Louisiana Purchase", "body": "The Louisiana Purchase doubled the nation’s territory under President Thomas Jefferson.\n\n**One accepted response:** Louisiana Territory **Other printed responses:** Louisiana", "tags": [ "expansion-and-civil-war", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q90", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "Louisiana Purchase map National Archives", "imagePrompt": "Documentary photograph of an official historical map of the Louisiana Purchase, accurately identified and historically appropriate, to support the lesson on Louisiana Purchase. No generated likenesses, staged politicians, added words, labels, logos, or partisan messaging.", "alt": "An official historical map of the Louisiana Purchase, a visual reference for louisiana purchase.", "credit": "Wikimedia Commons · Unknown author or not provided · Public domain", "creditUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_the_Louisiana_Purchase_Territory_-_NARA_-_594889.jpg", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-expansion-and-civil-war-fact-1.webp" }, "uid": "ozj0e1mlbw1k" }, { "id": "uscc-expansion-and-civil-war-fact-2", "shape": "fact", "title": "Nineteenth-Century Wars", "body": "During the 1800s the United States expanded westward, fought wars, and confronted the crisis of slavery.\n\n**One accepted response:** War of 1812 **Other printed responses:** Mexican-American War; Civil War; Spanish-American War", "tags": [ "expansion-and-civil-war", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q91", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "Civil War battlefield National Park Service", "imagePrompt": "Documentary photograph of a clearly identified Civil War battlefield preserved by the National Park Service, accurately identified and historically appropriate, to support the lesson on Nineteenth-Century Wars. No generated likenesses, staged politicians, added words, labels, logos, or partisan messaging.", "alt": "A clearly identified Civil War battlefield preserved by the National Park Service, a visual reference for nineteenth-century wars.", "credit": "Pexels · Michael S · Pexels License", "creditUrl": "https://www.pexels.com/photo/historic-cannon-on-virginia-battlefield-38784973/", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-expansion-and-civil-war-fact-2.webp" }, "uid": "18764t31t4ksz" }, { "id": "uscc-expansion-and-civil-war-fact-3", "shape": "fact", "title": "Civil War", "body": "The Civil War followed secession and conflict over slavery, federal union, and political power. Abraham Lincoln led the nation during that war.\n\n**One accepted response:** The Civil War", "tags": [ "expansion-and-civil-war", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q92", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "row of antique cannons on a preserved civil war battlefield", "imagePrompt": "Documentary-style photograph: A row of antique cannons on a grassy battlefield. Natural light, no readable text, no logos, no watermarks.", "alt": "A row of antique cannons on a grassy battlefield.", "credit": "Pexels · Deb Hayes · Pexels License", "creditUrl": "https://www.pexels.com/photo/historic-cannons-at-vicksburg-national-military-park-38069883/", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-expansion-and-civil-war-fact-3.webp" }, "uid": "1hkmomtbkgdfd" }, { "id": "uscc-expansion-and-civil-war-mcq-1", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: “What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?”" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Alaska" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Louisiana" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Florida" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "California" } ], "correctIndex": 1, "explanation": "Key: **Louisiana**. Not Alaska; Florida; California.", "tags": [ "expansion-and-civil-war", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q90", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "ctrfk8pf72py" }, { "id": "uscc-expansion-and-civil-war-mcq-2", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: “Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.”" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Civil War" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Korean War" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Gulf War" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Great War" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Key: **Civil War**. Not Korean War; Gulf War; Great War.", "tags": [ "expansion-and-civil-war", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q91", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "4jcjstnpezkr" }, { "id": "uscc-expansion-and-civil-war-mcq-3", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Name the U.S. war between the North and the South." }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "The Korean War" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The Cold War" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The Civil War" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The Mexican War" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "Key: **The Civil War**. Not The Korean War; The Cold War; The Mexican War.", "tags": [ "expansion-and-civil-war", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q92", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "1bmz8i77bz89z" }, { "id": "uscc-expansion-and-civil-war-pair-1", "shape": "pair", "sideA": { "modality": "text", "value": "Civil War event in Pennsylvania" }, "sideB": { "modality": "text", "value": "(Battle of) Gettysburg" }, "tags": [ "expansion-and-civil-war", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q93", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "no4jyqyfpm8w" }, { "id": "uscc-expansion-and-civil-war-cloze-1", "shape": "cloze", "template": "Lincoln is remembered for having ___ .", "answer": "Saved (or preserved) the Union", "distractors": [ "Wrote the Declaration of Independence", "Father of the Constitution", "First Secretary of the Treasury" ], "explanation": "Key: **Saved (or preserved) the Union**. Not Wrote the Declaration of Independence; Father of the Constitution; First Secretary of the Treasury; each names a different historical person.", "tags": [ "expansion-and-civil-war", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q94", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "rq4t4p72y3z3" }, { "id": "uscc-expansion-and-civil-war-pair-2", "shape": "pair", "sideA": { "modality": "text", "value": "France, 1803" }, "sideB": { "modality": "text", "value": "Louisiana" }, "tags": [ "expansion-and-civil-war", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q90", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "j5j1smi8n600" }, { "id": "uscc-emancipation-and-reconstruction-fact-1", "shape": "fact", "title": "Emancipation Proclamation", "body": "The proclamation applied to enslaved people in designated places in rebellion; the Thirteenth Amendment later abolished slavery in law.\n\n**One accepted response:** Freed the slaves **Other printed responses:** Freed slaves in the Confederacy; Freed slaves in the Confederate states; Freed slaves in most Southern states", "tags": [ "emancipation-and-reconstruction", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q95", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "Emancipation Proclamation", "imagePrompt": "Documentary photograph of the original Emancipation Proclamation document in an archival display, accurately identified and historically appropriate, to support the lesson on Emancipation Proclamation. No generated likenesses, staged politicians, added words, labels, logos, or partisan messaging.", "alt": "The original Emancipation Proclamation document in an archival display, a visual reference for emancipation proclamation.", "credit": "Wikimedia Commons — Emancipation Proclamation.jpg · See Wikimedia Commons (per-file)", "creditUrl": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q391358", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-emancipation-and-reconstruction-fact-1.webp" }, "uid": "1vnc0ms1kaomtq" }, { "id": "uscc-emancipation-and-reconstruction-fact-2", "shape": "fact", "title": "War Ending Slavery", "body": "Say the printed USCIS answer, then keep this legal sequence clear.\n\n**One accepted response:** The Civil War", "tags": [ "emancipation-and-reconstruction", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q96", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "Emancipation Proclamation National Archives", "imagePrompt": "Documentary photograph of the Emancipation Proclamation in an archival display, accurately identified and historically appropriate, to support the lesson on War Ending Slavery. No generated likenesses, staged politicians, added words, labels, logos, or partisan messaging.", "alt": "The Emancipation Proclamation in an archival display, a visual reference for war ending slavery.", "credit": "Wikimedia Commons · Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 · Public domain", "creditUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emancipation_Proclamation_WDL2714.jpg", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-emancipation-and-reconstruction-fact-2.webp" }, "uid": "d3gcsl1okkir5" }, { "id": "uscc-emancipation-and-reconstruction-fact-3", "shape": "fact", "title": "Fourteenth Amendment", "body": "The Fourteenth Amendment connects national citizenship to birth or naturalization under its jurisdiction clause.\n\n**One accepted response:** 14th Amendment", "tags": [ "emancipation-and-reconstruction", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q97", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "person holding a small American flag at a naturalization ceremony", "imagePrompt": "Documentary-style photograph: A person holding a small American flag at a naturalization ceremony. Natural light, no readable text, no logos, no watermarks.", "alt": "A person holding a small American flag at a naturalization ceremony.", "credit": "Unsplash · Jon Sailer · Unsplash License", "creditUrl": "https://unsplash.com/photos/a-flag-on-a-persons-back-FjqUM5-14BM", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-emancipation-and-reconstruction-fact-3.webp" }, "uid": "177hwugj2qveg" }, { "id": "uscc-emancipation-and-reconstruction-mcq-1", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: “What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?”" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Freed slaves in border states" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Ended the slave trade with Africa" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Gave freed slaves voting rights" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Freed slaves in the Confederacy" } ], "correctIndex": 3, "explanation": "Key: **Freed slaves in the Confederacy**. Not Freed slaves in border states; Ended the slave trade with Africa; Gave freed slaves voting rights.", "tags": [ "emancipation-and-reconstruction", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q95", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "ybk83b1fk5hyt" }, { "id": "uscc-emancipation-and-reconstruction-mcq-2", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: “When did all men get the right to vote?”" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "1870" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "1865" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "1920" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "1868" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Key: **1870**. Not 1865; 1920; 1868.", "tags": [ "emancipation-and-reconstruction", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q98", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "1a9lm5y51jn5c" }, { "id": "uscc-emancipation-and-reconstruction-mcq-3", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "What amendment says all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are U.S. citizens?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "15th Amendment" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "13th Amendment" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "12th Amendment" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "14th Amendment" } ], "correctIndex": 3, "explanation": "Key: **14th Amendment**. Not 15th Amendment; 13th Amendment; 12th Amendment.", "tags": [ "emancipation-and-reconstruction", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q97", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "xhlmpo8h1gy0" }, { "id": "uscc-emancipation-and-reconstruction-truefalse-1", "shape": "trueFalse", "statement": "“The Civil War” correctly answers: What U.S. war ended slavery?", "isTrue": true, "why": "For **War Ending Slavery**, **The Civil War** is one accepted response.", "tags": [ "emancipation-and-reconstruction", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q96", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "1j6ws1ucwgukk" }, { "id": "uscc-emancipation-and-reconstruction-truefalse-2", "shape": "trueFalse", "statement": "“Thomas Jefferson” correctly answers: Name one leader of the women’s rights movement in the 1800s.", "isTrue": false, "why": "For **Lucy Stone**, **Thomas Jefferson** is incorrect because it names a different historical person. One accepted response is **Lucy Stone**; other printed responses may also be correct.", "tags": [ "emancipation-and-reconstruction", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q99", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "1wkwhzg1l31ggi" }, { "id": "uscc-emancipation-and-reconstruction-cloze-1", "shape": "cloze", "template": "In the Confederate states, the proclamation ___ .", "answer": "Freed the slaves", "distractors": [ "Ended the Civil War immediately", "Preserved the Union", "Abolished slavery throughout the United States" ], "explanation": "Key: **Freed the slaves**. Not Ended the Civil War immediately; Preserved the Union; Abolished slavery throughout the United States; each assigns an event or achievement to the wrong subject.", "tags": [ "emancipation-and-reconstruction", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q95", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "113n3gy1ryq104" }, { "id": "uscc-world-war-one-fact-1", "shape": "fact", "title": "Twentieth-Century Wars", "body": "The 2025 civics test accepts several wars fought by the United States in the 1900s; this section uses World War I to stay coherent with the questions that follow.\n\n**One accepted response:** World War I **Other printed responses:** World War II; Korean War; Vietnam War; (Persian) Gulf War", "tags": [ "world-war-one", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q100", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "World War I memorial Washington", "imagePrompt": "Documentary photograph of the National World War I Memorial in Washington, D.C., accurately identified and historically appropriate, to support the lesson on Twentieth-Century Wars. No generated likenesses, staged politicians, added words, labels, logos, or partisan messaging.", "alt": "The National World War I Memorial in Washington, D.C., a visual reference for twentieth-century wars.", "credit": "Wikipedia — National World War I Memorial (Washington, D.C.) · See Wikimedia Commons", "creditUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_World_War_I_Memorial_(Washington,_D.C.)", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-world-war-one-fact-1.webp" }, "uid": "34jjm21pk41ee" }, { "id": "uscc-world-war-one-fact-2", "shape": "fact", "title": "Entering World War I", "body": "The printed 2025 answer key lists several reasons the United States entered World War I, including attacks on U.S. civilian ships and support for the Allied Powers.\n\n**One accepted response:** Because Germany attacked U.S. (civilian) ships **Other printed responses:** To support the Allied Powers (England, France, Italy, and Russia); To oppose the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria)", "tags": [ "world-war-one", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q101", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "Nineteenth Amendment National Archives", "imagePrompt": "Documentary photograph of the Nineteenth Amendment document in an archival display, accurately identified and historically appropriate, to support the lesson on Entering World War I. No generated likenesses, staged politicians, added words, labels, logos, or partisan messaging.", "alt": "The Nineteenth Amendment document in an archival display, a visual reference for entering world war i.", "credit": "Wikimedia Commons · The U.S. National Archives · No restrictions", "creditUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ratification_of_the_Nineteenth_Amendment_(3693901127).jpg", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-world-war-one-fact-2.webp" }, "uid": "1o6xjsob00p4s" }, { "id": "uscc-world-war-one-fact-3", "shape": "fact", "title": "Women's Voting Milestone", "body": "USCIS uses 1920 as the accepted milestone because the Nineteenth Amendment barred voting discrimination on account of sex; practical barriers did not all disappear then.\n\n**One accepted response:** 1920 **Other printed responses:** After World War I; (With the) 19th Amendment", "tags": [ "world-war-one", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q102", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "World War I memorial Washington", "imagePrompt": "Documentary photograph of the National World War I Memorial in Washington, D.C., accurately identified and historically appropriate, to support the lesson on Women's Voting Milestone. No generated likenesses, staged politicians, added words, labels, logos, or partisan messaging.", "alt": "The National World War I Memorial in Washington, D.C., a visual reference for women's voting milestone.", "credit": "Wikipedia — National World War I Memorial (Washington, D.C.) · See Wikimedia Commons", "creditUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_World_War_I_Memorial_(Washington,_D.C.)", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-world-war-one-fact-3.webp" }, "uid": "m70zehlw9oph" }, { "id": "uscc-world-war-one-mcq-1", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: “Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.”" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "War of 1812" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Civil War" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "World War I" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Spanish American War" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "Key: **World War I**. Not War of 1812; Civil War; Spanish American War.", "tags": [ "world-war-one", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q100", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "1qjp4638l5l1n" }, { "id": "uscc-world-war-one-mcq-2", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: “Why did the United States enter World War I?”" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Because Britain blockaded U.S. merchant ships" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Because Mexico invaded U.S. border towns" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Because Germany attacked U.S. civilian ships" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Because Japan attacked U.S. naval bases" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "Key: **Because Germany attacked U.S. civilian ships**. Not Because Britain blockaded U.S. merchant ships; Because Mexico invaded U.S. border towns; Because Japan attacked U.S. naval bases.", "tags": [ "world-war-one", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q101", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "1h38y3e16xhleq" }, { "id": "uscc-world-war-one-cloze-1", "shape": "cloze", "template": "USCIS uses ___ as the accepted milestone for women's voting rights.", "answer": "1920", "distractors": [ "July 4, 1776", "1803", "1861" ], "explanation": "Key: **1920**. Not July 4, 1776; 1803; 1861; each dates a different historical event. USCIS uses 1920 as a test milestone; this does not mean every practical voting barrier ended then.", "tags": [ "world-war-one", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q102", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "a6sw47v3pbxv" }, { "id": "uscc-world-war-one-pair-1", "shape": "pair", "sideA": { "modality": "text", "value": "First World War" }, "sideB": { "modality": "text", "value": "World War I" }, "tags": [ "world-war-one", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q100", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "eail8v1tt1nnx" }, { "id": "uscc-depression-and-world-war-two-pair-1", "shape": "pair", "sideA": { "modality": "text", "value": "USCIS Depression phrase" }, "sideB": { "modality": "text", "value": "Longest economic recession in modern history" }, "tags": [ "depression-and-world-war-two", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q103", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "1vd8y34psw5pi" }, { "id": "uscc-depression-and-world-war-two-fact-1", "shape": "fact", "title": "Great Depression", "body": "The Great Depression was a severe, long-lasting economic downturn that began in 1929; the oral-test key uses a shorter printed description.\n\n**One accepted response:** Longest economic recession in modern history", "tags": [ "depression-and-world-war-two", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q103", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "Migrant Mother", "imagePrompt": "Documentary-style photograph: Migrant Mother, a 1936 documentary photograph of a weathered woman gazing into the distance with two children leaning against her shoulders. Natural light, no readable text, no logos, no watermarks.", "alt": "Migrant Mother, a 1936 documentary photograph of a weathered woman gazing into the distance with two children leaning against her shoulders.", "credit": "Wikipedia · Dorothea Lange · Public domain", "creditUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migrant_Mother", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-depression-and-world-war-two-fact-1.webp" }, "uid": "f9v03icaidvs" }, { "id": "uscc-depression-and-world-war-two-fact-2", "shape": "fact", "title": "Depression's Start", "body": "The Great Depression is commonly dated to the Wall Street stock market crash of October 1929, which triggered the broader economic collapse that followed.\n\n**One accepted response:** The Great Crash (1929) **Other printed responses:** Stock market crash of 1929", "tags": [ "depression-and-world-war-two", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q104", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "Wall Street crash of 1929", "imagePrompt": "Documentary-style photograph: A black-and-white photograph of a crowd gathered on Wall Street after the 1929 stock market crash. Natural light, no readable text, no logos, no watermarks.", "alt": "A black-and-white photograph of a crowd gathered on Wall Street after the 1929 stock market crash.", "credit": "Wikipedia — Wall Street crash of 1929 · See Wikimedia Commons", "creditUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_crash_of_1929", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-depression-and-world-war-two-fact-2.webp" }, "uid": "fc34alkz1msz" }, { "id": "uscc-depression-and-world-war-two-mcq-1", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: “When did the Great Depression start?”" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "The Dust Bowl of 1935" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The Long Depression of 1873" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The Great Panic of 1907" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The Great Crash of 1929" } ], "correctIndex": 3, "explanation": "Key: **The Great Crash of 1929**. Not The Dust Bowl of 1935; The Long Depression of 1873; The Great Panic of 1907.", "tags": [ "depression-and-world-war-two", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q104", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "bfl72enr7ata" }, { "id": "uscc-depression-and-world-war-two-mcq-2", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Who was president during the Great Depression and World War II?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Herbert Hoover" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Woodrow Wilson" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Franklin Roosevelt" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Dwight Eisenhower" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "Key: **Franklin Roosevelt**. Not Herbert Hoover; Woodrow Wilson; Dwight Eisenhower.", "tags": [ "depression-and-world-war-two", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q105", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "1w5pfnqf5s7j8" }, { "id": "uscc-depression-and-world-war-two-truefalse-1", "shape": "trueFalse", "statement": "“To stop the spread of communism” correctly answers: Why did the United States enter World War II?", "isTrue": false, "why": "For **Pearl Harbor**, **To stop the spread of communism** is incorrect because it gives the reason for a different conflict. One accepted response is **(Bombing of) Pearl Harbor**; other printed responses may also be correct.", "tags": [ "depression-and-world-war-two", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q106", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "1awiiv64v659o" }, { "id": "uscc-depression-and-world-war-two-truefalse-2", "shape": "trueFalse", "statement": "“General during World War II” correctly answers: Dwight Eisenhower is famous for many things. Name one.", "isTrue": true, "why": "For **General during World War II**, **General during World War II** is one accepted response. Other printed responses may also be correct.", "tags": [ "depression-and-world-war-two", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q107", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "5mk0lr1ritvkr" }, { "id": "uscc-cold-war-and-communism-fact-1", "shape": "fact", "title": "Cold War Rival", "body": "After World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union became rivals in the Cold War.\n\n**One accepted response:** Soviet Union **Other printed responses:** USSR; Russia", "tags": [ "cold-war-and-communism", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q108", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "Berlin Wall memorial", "imagePrompt": "Documentary photograph of a preserved section of the Berlin Wall in a verified memorial setting, accurately identified and historically appropriate, to support the lesson on Cold War Rival. No generated likenesses, staged politicians, added words, labels, logos, or partisan messaging.", "alt": "A preserved section of the Berlin Wall in a verified memorial setting, a visual reference for cold war rival.", "credit": "Wikimedia Commons — Denkmal Am Park 14B (Groß Glienicke) Mauersegment.jpg · See Wikimedia Commons (per-file)", "creditUrl": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q125692499", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-cold-war-and-communism-fact-1.webp" }, "uid": "1xp1cxh8o0sz5" }, { "id": "uscc-cold-war-and-communism-fact-2", "shape": "fact", "title": "Cold War Concern", "body": "Communism was a central ideological issue in the Cold War rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union.\n\n**One accepted response:** Communism **Other printed responses:** Nuclear war", "tags": [ "cold-war-and-communism", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q109", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "Korean War Veterans Memorial", "imagePrompt": "Documentary photograph of the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., accurately identified and historically appropriate, to support the lesson on Cold War Concern. No generated likenesses, staged politicians, added words, labels, logos, or partisan messaging.", "alt": "The Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., a visual reference for cold war concern.", "credit": "Wikipedia — Korean War Veterans Memorial · See Wikimedia Commons", "creditUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War_Veterans_Memorial", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-cold-war-and-communism-fact-2.webp" }, "uid": "se7dxswivjcq" }, { "id": "uscc-cold-war-and-communism-fact-3", "shape": "fact", "title": "Korean War Purpose", "body": "The conflict involved military alliances, nuclear deterrence, political competition, and wars in Korea and Vietnam.\n\n**One accepted response:** To stop the spread of communism", "tags": [ "cold-war-and-communism", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q110", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "Korean War Veterans Memorial", "imagePrompt": "Documentary-style photograph: The Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Natural light, no readable text, no logos, no watermarks.", "alt": "The Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.", "credit": "Pexels · Natalia FaLon · Pexels License", "creditUrl": "https://www.pexels.com/photo/korean-war-veterans-memorial-in-united-states-21591490/", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-cold-war-and-communism-fact-3.webp" }, "uid": "zb9eje3lhy3a" }, { "id": "uscc-cold-war-and-communism-mcq-1", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: “Who was the United States’ main rival during the Cold War?”" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "USSR" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "DPRK" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "UAR" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "PRC" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Key: **USSR**. Not DPRK; UAR; PRC.", "tags": [ "cold-war-and-communism", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q108", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "tbliv91l3ylr3" }, { "id": "uscc-cold-war-and-communism-mcq-2", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: “During the Cold War, what was one main concern of the United States?”" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Colonialism" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Communism" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Terrorism" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Fascism" } ], "correctIndex": 1, "explanation": "Key: **Communism**. Not Colonialism; Terrorism; Fascism.", "tags": [ "cold-war-and-communism", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q109", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "3g963a18ebvke" }, { "id": "uscc-cold-war-and-communism-cloze-1", "shape": "cloze", "template": "The United States entered the Korean War ___ .", "answer": "To stop the spread of communism", "distractors": [ "To restore British colonial rule", "To support the Allied Powers", "To collect unpaid state taxes" ], "explanation": "Key: **To stop the spread of communism**. Not To restore British colonial rule; To support the Allied Powers; To collect unpaid state taxes; each gives the reason for a different conflict.", "tags": [ "cold-war-and-communism", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q110", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "ky3ikf116rn6j" }, { "id": "uscc-cold-war-and-communism-pair-1", "shape": "pair", "sideA": { "modality": "text", "value": "Vietnam War" }, "sideB": { "modality": "text", "value": "Stop the spread of communism" }, "tags": [ "cold-war-and-communism", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q111", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "acm8h111lfy0d" }, { "id": "uscc-civil-rights-pair-1", "shape": "pair", "sideA": { "modality": "text", "value": "Civil rights movement" }, "sideB": { "modality": "text", "value": "Fought racial discrimination" }, "tags": [ "civil-rights", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q112", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "17c4lctctii81" }, { "id": "uscc-civil-rights-fact-1", "shape": "fact", "title": "Civil Rights Movement", "body": "The civil rights movement challenged racial discrimination through organizing, protest, litigation, and federal action.\n\n**One accepted response:** Fought to end racial discrimination", "tags": [ "civil-rights", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q112", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "Civil Rights March on Washington", "imagePrompt": "Documentary-style photograph: A black-and-white photograph of a crowd at the 1963 Civil Rights March on Washington. Natural light, no readable text, no logos, no watermarks.", "alt": "A black-and-white photograph of a crowd at the 1963 Civil Rights March on Washington.", "credit": "Wikipedia — Civil rights movement · See Wikimedia Commons", "creditUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_rights_movement", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-civil-rights-fact-1.webp" }, "uid": "faj17pchrjlt" }, { "id": "uscc-civil-rights-fact-2", "shape": "fact", "title": "King's Work", "body": "Martin Luther King Jr. is associated with nonviolent action for civil rights and with work for equality.\n\n**One accepted response:** Fought for civil rights **Other printed responses:** Worked for equality for all Americans; Worked to ensure that people would \"not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character\"", "tags": [ "civil-rights", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q113", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "Civil Rights Memorial", "imagePrompt": "Documentary photograph of the Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama, accurately identified and historically appropriate, to support the lesson on King's Work. No generated likenesses, staged politicians, added words, labels, logos, or partisan messaging.", "alt": "The Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama, a visual reference for king's work.", "credit": "Wikipedia — Civil Rights Memorial · See Wikimedia Commons", "creditUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Memorial", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-civil-rights-fact-2.webp" }, "uid": "1l285en1squn6r" }, { "id": "uscc-civil-rights-mcq-1", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: “Martin Luther King, Jr. is famous for many things. Name one.”" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Fought in World War II" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Fought for civil rights" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Fought for the Union" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Freed the enslaved people" } ], "correctIndex": 1, "explanation": "Key: **Fought for civil rights**. Not Fought in World War II; Fought for the Union; Freed the enslaved people.", "tags": [ "civil-rights", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q113", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "m71rhq18bjjxa" }, { "id": "uscc-civil-rights-mcq-2", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "What did the civil rights movement do?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Fought to end child labor" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Fought to end racial discrimination" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Worked to protect public lands" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Organized to improve factory conditions" } ], "correctIndex": 1, "explanation": "Key: **Fought to end racial discrimination**. Not Fought to end child labor; Worked to protect public lands; Organized to improve factory conditions.", "tags": [ "civil-rights", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q112", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "vifnla10yg5i" }, { "id": "uscc-civil-rights-mcq-3", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: “Martin Luther King, Jr. is famous for many things. Name one.”" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Worked for equality for all Americans" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Freed enslaved people in Confederate states" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Led troops in war for independence" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Worked for temperance for all Americans" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Key: **Worked for equality for all Americans**. Not Freed enslaved people in Confederate states; Led troops in war for independence; Worked for temperance for all Americans.", "tags": [ "civil-rights", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q113", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "ucnqpnwrn3cr" }, { "id": "uscc-civil-rights-definition-1", "shape": "definition", "term": { "modality": "text", "value": "Civil rights" }, "definition": { "modality": "text", "value": "Rights to equal treatment and participation protected by law." }, "tags": [ "civil-rights", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q112", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "1q0nnx71qlsgxv" }, { "id": "uscc-modern-events-and-innovation-pair-1", "shape": "pair", "sideA": { "modality": "text", "value": "Persian Gulf War" }, "sideB": { "modality": "text", "value": "Remove Iraqi forces from Kuwait" }, "tags": [ "modern-events-and-innovation", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q114", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "1vgl0zj1ooc6r7" }, { "id": "uscc-modern-events-and-innovation-pair-2", "shape": "pair", "sideA": { "modality": "text", "value": "Cherokee" }, "sideB": { "modality": "text", "value": "American Indian tribe" }, "tags": [ "modern-events-and-innovation", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q117", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "1wjku1zn3hggr" }, { "id": "uscc-modern-events-and-innovation-fact-1", "shape": "fact", "title": "Persian Gulf War", "body": "The Persian Gulf War (1990–1991) was a U.S.-led military campaign that expelled Iraqi forces after Iraq invaded Kuwait.\n\n**One accepted response:** To force the Iraqi military from Kuwait", "tags": [ "modern-events-and-innovation", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q114", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "Kuwait Oil Fires 1991", "imagePrompt": "Documentary-style photograph: Oil wells burning in the Kuwaiti desert in 1991, sending thick black smoke into the sky. Natural light, no readable text, no logos, no watermarks.", "alt": "Oil wells burning in the Kuwaiti desert in 1991, sending thick black smoke into the sky.", "credit": "Wikipedia — Kuwaiti oil fires · See Wikimedia Commons", "creditUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuwaiti_oil_fires", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-modern-events-and-innovation-fact-1.webp" }, "uid": "1coqvkdcq4g03" }, { "id": "uscc-modern-events-and-innovation-mcq-1", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: “Name one U.S. military conflict after the September 11, 2001 attacks.”" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "War in Cuba" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "War in Kuwait" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "War in Iraq" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "War in Korea" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "Key: **War in Iraq**. Not War in Cuba; War in Kuwait; War in Korea.", "tags": [ "modern-events-and-innovation", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q116", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "13up5th2gs21n" }, { "id": "uscc-modern-events-and-innovation-mcq-2", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: “What major event happened on September 11, 2001 in the United States?”" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Colonists defeated the British Empire" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Hurricanes battered the Florida Keys" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Terrorists attacked the United States" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Explorers surveyed the Louisiana Territory" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "Key: **Terrorists attacked the United States**. Not Colonists defeated the British Empire; Hurricanes battered the Florida Keys; Explorers surveyed the Louisiana Territory.", "tags": [ "modern-events-and-innovation", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q115", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "porilp99q0u9" }, { "id": "uscc-modern-events-and-innovation-cloze-1", "shape": "cloze", "template": "The ___ is one printed example of an American innovation.", "answer": "Airplane", "distractors": [ "Printing press", "Gunpowder", "Telescope" ], "explanation": "Key: **Airplane**. Not Printing press, Gunpowder, or Telescope — real inventions, but not among USCIS's printed examples of an American innovation.", "tags": [ "modern-events-and-innovation", "american-history", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q118", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "ano4z1oap4xz" }, { "id": "uscc-national-symbols-fact-1", "shape": "fact", "title": "National Capital", "body": "**One accepted response:** Washington, D.C.", "tags": [ "national-symbols", "symbols-and-holidays", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q119", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "Washington Monument", "imagePrompt": "Documentary-style photograph: The Washington Monument, a tall white stone obelisk in Washington, D.C. Natural light, no readable text, no logos, no watermarks.", "alt": "The Washington Monument, a tall white stone obelisk in Washington, D.C.", "credit": "Wikipedia — Washington Monument · See Wikimedia Commons", "creditUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Monument", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-national-symbols-fact-1.webp" }, "uid": "ghfpb1unp1z" }, { "id": "uscc-national-symbols-fact-2", "shape": "fact", "title": "Statue of Liberty", "body": "**One accepted response:** New York (Harbor) **Other printed responses:** Liberty Island [Also acceptable are New Jersey, near New York City, and on the Hudson (River).]", "tags": [ "national-symbols", "symbols-and-holidays", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q120", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "Statue of Liberty", "imagePrompt": "Documentary-style photograph: The Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, a green copper figure raising a torch. Natural light, no readable text, no logos, no watermarks.", "alt": "The Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, a green copper figure raising a torch.", "credit": "Unsplash · Pierre Blaché · Unsplash License", "creditUrl": "https://unsplash.com/photos/statue-of-liberty-and-manhattan-skyline-VMNG8BYFQfs", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-national-symbols-fact-2.webp" }, "uid": "jdptr61xz7mg6" }, { "id": "uscc-national-symbols-fact-3", "shape": "fact", "title": "Thirteen Stripes", "body": "National symbols compress history into objects, places, and songs.\n\n**One accepted response:** (Because there were) 13 original colonies **Other printed responses:** (Because the stripes) represent the original colonies", "tags": [ "national-symbols", "symbols-and-holidays", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q121", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "United States flag", "imagePrompt": "Documentary photograph of a United States flag with thirteen stripes visible, accurately identified and historically appropriate, to support the lesson on Thirteen Stripes. No generated likenesses, staged politicians, added words, labels, logos, or partisan messaging.", "alt": "A United States flag with thirteen stripes visible, a visual reference for thirteen stripes.", "credit": "Library of Congress · [United States flag waving in the wind] · No known restrictions (verify at source)", "creditUrl": "http://www.loc.gov/item/2020636035/", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-national-symbols-fact-3.webp" }, "uid": "tc438kw37vd4" }, { "id": "uscc-national-symbols-mcq-1", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "What is the capital of the United States?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Philadelphia, PA" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Washington, DC" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Richmond, VA" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "San Juan, PR" } ], "correctIndex": 1, "explanation": "Key: **Washington, DC**. Not Philadelphia, PA; Richmond, VA; San Juan, PR.", "tags": [ "national-symbols", "symbols-and-holidays", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q119", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "1fgqpw61v72p1e" }, { "id": "uscc-national-symbols-mcq-2", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: “Where is the Statue of Liberty?”" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "San Francisco Bay" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Boston Harbor" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "New York Harbor" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Baltimore Inner Harbor" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "Key: **New York Harbor**. Not San Francisco Bay; Boston Harbor; Baltimore Inner Harbor.", "tags": [ "national-symbols", "symbols-and-holidays", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q120", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "154o6uypquufi" }, { "id": "uscc-national-symbols-mcq-3", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: “Why does the flag have 13 stripes?”" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Because there were 13 original amendments" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Because there were 13 original colonies" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Because there were 13 colonial governors" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Because there were 13 founding fathers" } ], "correctIndex": 1, "explanation": "Key: **Because there were 13 original colonies**. Not Because there were 13 original amendments; Because there were 13 colonial governors; Because there were 13 founding fathers.", "tags": [ "national-symbols", "symbols-and-holidays", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q121", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "17flkrrncr7qd" }, { "id": "uscc-national-symbols-fact-4", "shape": "fact", "title": "Fifty Stars", "body": "The flag’s thirteen stripes refer to the original colonies, while its fifty stars refer to the states.\n\n**One accepted response:** (Because there is) one star for each state **Other printed responses:** (Because) each star represents a state; (Because there are) 50 states", "tags": [ "national-symbols", "symbols-and-holidays", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q122", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "close-up of the white stars on the blue field of an American flag", "imagePrompt": "Documentary-style photograph: A close-up of an American flag showing rows of white stars on its blue field. Natural light, no readable text, no logos, no watermarks.", "alt": "A close-up of an American flag showing rows of white stars on its blue field.", "credit": "Pexels · Steppe Walker · Pexels License", "creditUrl": "https://www.pexels.com/photo/close-up-of-american-flag-stars-and-stripes-33972291/", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-national-symbols-fact-4.webp" }, "uid": "9q63zywpx4je" }, { "id": "uscc-national-symbols-pair-1", "shape": "pair", "sideA": { "modality": "text", "value": "Fifty flag stars" }, "sideB": { "modality": "text", "value": "Fifty states" }, "tags": [ "national-symbols", "symbols-and-holidays", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q122", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "1b57bv14uafzf" }, { "id": "uscc-national-symbols-cloze-1", "shape": "cloze", "template": "The national anthem is ___ .", "answer": "The Star-Spangled Banner", "distractors": [ "My Country, ’Tis of Thee", "America the Beautiful", "This Land Is Your Land" ], "explanation": "Key: **The Star-Spangled Banner**. Not My Country, ’Tis of Thee; America the Beautiful; This Land Is Your Land; each mixes the symbol or holiday with a different meaning.", "tags": [ "national-symbols", "symbols-and-holidays", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q123", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "1pqrge51oxkn7r" }, { "id": "uscc-mottos-and-holidays-fact-1", "shape": "fact", "title": "First National Motto", "body": "**One accepted response:** Out of many, one **Other printed responses:** We all become one", "tags": [ "mottos-and-holidays", "symbols-and-holidays", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q124", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "Independence Day National Archives", "imagePrompt": "Documentary photograph of a public Independence Day observance at a federal historic site, accurately identified and historically appropriate, to support the lesson on First National Motto. No generated likenesses, staged politicians, added words, labels, logos, or partisan messaging.", "alt": "A public Independence Day observance at a federal historic site, a visual reference for first national motto." }, "uid": "qf4nvh12p00gn" }, { "id": "uscc-mottos-and-holidays-fact-2", "shape": "fact", "title": "Independence Day", "body": "Independence Day commemorates adoption of the Declaration of Independence.\n\n**One accepted response:** A holiday to celebrate U.S. independence (from Britain) **Other printed responses:** The country’s birthday", "tags": [ "mottos-and-holidays", "symbols-and-holidays", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q125", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "fireworks bursting over a crowd of spectators at night", "imagePrompt": "Documentary-style photograph: Fireworks bursting in the night sky above a crowd of spectators. Natural light, no readable text, no logos, no watermarks.", "alt": "Fireworks bursting in the night sky above a crowd of spectators.", "credit": "Unsplash · Sharosh Rajasekher · Unsplash License", "creditUrl": "https://unsplash.com/photos/photo-of-firework-display-BIR-C7RSNzI", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-mottos-and-holidays-fact-2.webp" }, "uid": "eyt3ie1qaod1k" }, { "id": "uscc-mottos-and-holidays-fact-3", "shape": "fact", "title": "National Holidays", "body": "Federal holidays mark different events and communities; the 2025 printed list added Juneteenth.\n\n**Say 3:** New Year’s Day; Martin Luther King, Jr. Day; Presidents Day (Washington’s Birthday); Memorial Day; Juneteenth; Independence Day; Labor Day; Columbus Day; Veterans Day; Thanksgiving Day; Christmas Day", "tags": [ "mottos-and-holidays", "symbols-and-holidays", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q126", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "E Pluribus Unum Great Seal", "imagePrompt": "Documentary photograph of E Pluribus Unum on an official United States seal or coin, accurately identified and historically appropriate, to support the lesson on National Holidays. No generated likenesses, staged politicians, added words, labels, logos, or partisan messaging.", "alt": "E Pluribus Unum on an official United States seal or coin, a visual reference for national holidays.", "credit": "Library of Congress · E pluribus unum · No known restrictions (verify at source)", "creditUrl": "http://www.loc.gov/item/93500738/", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/us-citizenship-civics/images/uscc-mottos-and-holidays-fact-3.webp" }, "uid": "e4oxuo1r0znhy" }, { "id": "uscc-mottos-and-holidays-mcq-1", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: “The Nation’s first motto was “E Pluribus Unum.” What does that mean?”" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Out of many, strength" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Out of one, all" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Out of many, one" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Out of one, many" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "Key: **Out of many, one**. Not Out of many, strength; Out of one, all; Out of one, many.", "tags": [ "mottos-and-holidays", "symbols-and-holidays", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q124", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "10h8c26hhau0e" }, { "id": "uscc-mottos-and-holidays-mcq-2", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: “What is Independence Day?”" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "The soldier’s remembrance" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The worker’s holiday" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The flag’s birthday" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The country’s birthday" } ], "correctIndex": 3, "explanation": "Key: **The country’s birthday**. Not The soldier’s remembrance; The worker’s holiday; The flag’s birthday.", "tags": [ "mottos-and-holidays", "symbols-and-holidays", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q125", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "1uuxnmv10583nz" }, { "id": "uscc-mottos-and-holidays-truefalse-1", "shape": "trueFalse", "statement": "“A holiday honoring current service members” correctly answers: What is Memorial Day?", "isTrue": false, "why": "For **A holiday to honor soldiers**, **A holiday honoring current service members** is incorrect because it mixes the symbol or holiday with a different meaning. One accepted response is **A holiday to honor soldiers who died in military service**.", "tags": [ "mottos-and-holidays", "symbols-and-holidays", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q127", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "1v8abcb1gdods9" }, { "id": "uscc-mottos-and-holidays-truefalse-2", "shape": "trueFalse", "statement": "“A holiday to honor people in the (U.S.) military” correctly answers: What is Veterans Day?", "isTrue": true, "why": "For **A holiday to honor people**, **A holiday to honor people in the (U.S.) military** is one accepted response. Other printed responses may also be correct.", "tags": [ "mottos-and-holidays", "symbols-and-holidays", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q128", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "qhv7jxx3fd71" }, { "id": "uscc-mottos-and-holidays-definition-1", "shape": "definition", "term": { "modality": "text", "value": "Federal holiday" }, "definition": { "modality": "text", "value": "A holiday named in federal law for federal offices and employees." }, "tags": [ "mottos-and-holidays", "symbols-and-holidays", "civics" ], "source": { "label": "M-1778 (09/25), Q126", "url": "https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf" }, "uid": "zav0mkvsn7a0" }, { "id": "ot-cov-colonists-and-independence-1", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which of these was a major event of the American Revolution?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Battle of Gettysburg" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Valley Forge" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Battle of Antietam" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Battle of Bull Run" } ], "correctIndex": 1, "explanation": "Valley Forge was the Continental Army's winter encampment during the Revolution; the others are Civil War battles.", "tags": [ "revolution", "military-history" ], "uid": "bnhogba6qhcn" }, { "id": "ot-cov-colonists-and-independence-2", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Who commanded the Continental Army during the American Revolution?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Thomas Jefferson" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Alexander Hamilton" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "George Washington" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Benjamin Franklin" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "George Washington led the Continental Army; Jefferson, Hamilton, and Franklin held other founding roles.", "tags": [ "revolution", "founders" ], "uid": "kgqs2v8t0hof" }, { "id": "ot-cov-colonists-and-independence-3", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "What document announced the colonies' separation from Britain in 1776?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Declaration of Independence" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Articles of Confederation" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "U.S. Constitution" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Bill of Rights" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The Declaration of Independence announced separation from Britain in 1776; the others came later.", "tags": [ "independence", "founding-documents" ], "uid": "1nncfjwaad1q4" }, { "id": "ot-cov-colonists-and-independence-4", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which document served as the first national governing framework before the Constitution?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Articles of Confederation" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Declaration of Independence" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Federalist Papers" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Bill of Rights" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The Articles of Confederation were the first national framework, later replaced by the Constitution.", "tags": [ "independence", "founding-documents" ], "uid": "53ud141ghtm58" }, { "id": "ot-cov-expansion-civil-war-reconstruction-1", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "What amendment guarantees that all persons born or naturalized in the U.S. are citizens?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "13th Amendment" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "15th Amendment" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "10th Amendment" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "14th Amendment" } ], "correctIndex": 3, "explanation": "The 14th Amendment defines citizenship for those born or naturalized in the U.S.; the others cover different rights.", "tags": [ "reconstruction", "amendments" ], "uid": "13o56c819eva1e" }, { "id": "ot-cov-expansion-civil-war-reconstruction-2", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which amendment barred denying the vote based on race, color, or previous servitude?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "13th Amendment" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "19th Amendment" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "15th Amendment" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "14th Amendment" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "The 15th Amendment barred denying voting rights based on race, color, or previous servitude.", "tags": [ "reconstruction", "voting-rights" ], "uid": "ytllxau9y8nk" }, { "id": "ot-cov-federalism-and-states-1", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "What does a governor lead in state government?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "The state executive branch" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The state legislative branch" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The state judicial branch" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The state's congressional delegation" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "A governor leads a state's executive branch, distinct from the legislative or judicial branches.", "tags": [ "state-government", "federalism" ], "uid": "1g64qq91p5blf7" }, { "id": "ot-cov-federalism-and-states-2", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "What is a state capital?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "The largest city in a state" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The seat of the federal government" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The seat of a state's government" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The seat of a county government" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "A state capital is the seat of that state's government, not necessarily its largest city or the federal seat.", "tags": [ "state-government", "federalism" ], "uid": "3eplnhdt9ytp" }, { "id": "ot-cov-framers-and-constitution-1", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Thomas Jefferson is known for which achievement?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "President during the War of 1812" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "First Secretary of the Treasury" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Writer of the Declaration of Independence" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Father of the Constitution" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence; the other achievements belong to Hamilton and Madison.", "tags": [ "framers", "founders" ], "uid": "15dsyx89lwn5a" }, { "id": "ot-cov-framers-and-constitution-2", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "James Madison is best known by which title?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Third president of the United States" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "“Father of the Constitution”" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "First Secretary of the Treasury" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "General of the Continental Army" } ], "correctIndex": 1, "explanation": "Madison is called “Father of the Constitution”; the other titles belong to Hamilton, Washington, and Jefferson.", "tags": [ "framers", "founders" ], "uid": "1m7vdjl19gj43" }, { "id": "ot-cov-modern-america-1", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "What happened in the United States on September 11, 2001?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "The Persian Gulf War began" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Terrorists attacked the United States" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The Civil War ended" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The Louisiana Purchase was signed" } ], "correctIndex": 1, "explanation": "On September 11, 2001, terrorists attacked the United States; the other events belong to different eras.", "tags": [ "9-11", "modern-history" ], "uid": "1lol3j310esw4b" }, { "id": "ot-cov-modern-america-2", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Name a U.S. military conflict that followed the September 11, 2001 attacks." }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "War in Afghanistan" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Spanish-American War" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Persian Gulf War" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "War of 1812" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The War in Afghanistan followed the 9/11 attacks; the other wars occurred in earlier eras.", "tags": [ "9-11", "military-history" ], "uid": "kwlwvt59wwn" }, { "id": "ot-cov-modern-america-3", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which of these is a printed example of an American innovation?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Cherokee" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Persian Gulf War" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "War in Iraq" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Skyscrapers" } ], "correctIndex": 3, "explanation": "Skyscrapers is a printed American innovation; War in Iraq and the Persian Gulf War are military conflicts, and Cherokee is an American Indian tribe — different testable categories in this lesson section.", "tags": [ "innovation", "technology" ], "uid": "1fhyivj1xiaubn" }, { "id": "ot-cov-modern-america-4", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which of these is a listed example of an American innovation?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Cheyenne" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "War in Afghanistan" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "September 11 attacks" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The assembly line" } ], "correctIndex": 3, "explanation": "The assembly line is a listed American innovation; War in Afghanistan and the September 11 attacks are events/conflicts, and Cheyenne is an American Indian tribe — different testable categories in this lesson section.", "tags": [ "innovation", "technology" ], "uid": "1122lk1ootebd" }, { "id": "ot-cov-president-and-executive-1", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: \"Who signs bills to become laws?\"" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "The President of the United States" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The Speaker of the House" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The Senate Majority Leader" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The Chief Justice of the United States" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Key: The President of the United States. The president signs a passed bill into law; the other offices play no role in signing.", "tags": [ "executive-branch", "presidential-powers" ], "uid": "7hl0321kc0tvg" }, { "id": "ot-cov-president-and-executive-2", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: \"Who appoints federal judges?\"" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "The Chief Justice" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The Attorney General" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The Senate" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The President of the United States" } ], "correctIndex": 3, "explanation": "Key: The President of the United States. The president appoints federal judges; the Senate's role is confirmation, not appointment.", "tags": [ "executive-branch", "presidential-powers" ], "uid": "pcrgpj1il5f63" }, { "id": "ot-cov-president-and-executive-3", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: \"What does the President's Cabinet do?\"" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Writes federal legislation" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Confirms Supreme Court nominees" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Advises the President of the United States" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Commands the armed forces" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "Key: Advises the President of the United States. The Cabinet's role is advisory, not lawmaking or command authority.", "tags": [ "executive-branch", "cabinet" ], "uid": "exb8l9viblhx" }, { "id": "ot-cov-president-and-executive-4", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "The executive branch has many parts. Which choice names one?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "House of Representatives" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Cabinet" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Senate" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Supreme Court" } ], "correctIndex": 1, "explanation": "Key: Cabinet. The Senate, Supreme Court, and House belong to the legislative and judicial branches, not the executive.", "tags": [ "executive-branch", "cabinet" ], "uid": "5z7l03ej46vn" }, { "id": "ot-cov-principles-and-founding-documents-1", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: \"What does the Bill of Rights protect?\"" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "The basic rights of Americans" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The powers of state governments" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The duties of Congress" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The rights of foreign visitors" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Key: The basic rights of Americans. The Bill of Rights protects the basic rights of Americans, not government powers or duties.", "tags": [ "founding-documents", "bill-of-rights" ], "uid": "1unze53a7vczj" }, { "id": "ot-cov-principles-and-founding-documents-2", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: \"How many amendments does the U.S. Constitution have?\"" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Ten (10)" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Nineteen (19)" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Twenty-seven (27)" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Thirty-three (33)" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "Key: Twenty-seven (27). The Constitution has been amended 27 times; ten of those form the Bill of Rights.", "tags": [ "founding-documents", "constitution" ], "uid": "1kriv539bjol3" }, { "id": "ot-cov-principles-and-founding-documents-3", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: \"What is the rule of law?\"" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Only citizens must follow the law" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Congress may ignore the law" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Everyone must follow the law" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The president is above the law" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "Key: Everyone must follow the law. The rule of law means no one, including leaders, is above the law.", "tags": [ "rule-of-law", "founding-documents" ], "uid": "1gvb3z7113obi9" }, { "id": "ot-cov-principles-and-founding-documents-4", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "The words \"Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness\" are in what founding document?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Federalist Papers" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "U.S. Constitution" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Bill of Rights" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Declaration of Independence" } ], "correctIndex": 3, "explanation": "Key: Declaration of Independence. That phrase appears in the Declaration, not the Constitution or the Bill of Rights.", "tags": [ "founding-documents", "rule-of-law" ], "uid": "1rscfpq1ralxu2" }, { "id": "ot-cov-rights-and-responsibilities-1", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: \"How can people become United States citizens?\"" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Immigrate" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Naturalize" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Repatriate" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Nationalize" } ], "correctIndex": 1, "explanation": "Key: Naturalize. Naturalization is the printed process; the other terms are not the accepted civics-test response.", "tags": [ "citizenship", "civic-duty" ], "uid": "1wuruoa1loqrbo" }, { "id": "ot-cov-rights-and-responsibilities-2", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one example of civic participation in the United States?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Serve on a jury" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Pay federal taxes" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Vote" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Register for the Selective Service" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "Key: Vote. Voting is a printed example of civic participation, while jury service, paying taxes, and Selective Service registration are civic duties rather than participation examples in the guide.", "tags": [ "citizenship", "civic-duty" ], "uid": "h9e8ez1hcixil" }, { "id": "ot-cov-rights-and-responsibilities-3", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: \"Why is it important to pay federal taxes?\"" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "State law requirement" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Voluntary donation" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Civic duty" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Optional contribution" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "Key: Civic duty. Paying federal taxes is a civic duty required by law, not a voluntary or optional act.", "tags": [ "citizenship", "civic-duty" ], "uid": "s791iq1qfhgzw" }, { "id": "ot-cov-rights-and-responsibilities-4", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "It is important for all men age 18 through 25 to register for the Selective Service. Which choice gives one reason why?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Qualifies for a passport" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Required for jury duty" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Makes the draft fair, if needed" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Grants voting rights" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "Key: Makes the draft fair, if needed. Selective Service registration keeps a potential draft fair; it is unrelated to passports or voting.", "tags": [ "citizenship", "civic-duty" ], "uid": "19gos38jxdz5a" }, { "id": "ot-cov-symbols-and-holidays-1", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "The Nation's first motto was \"E Pluribus Unum.\" Which choice gives its meaning?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "One nation, indivisible" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Out of many, one" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Liberty and justice for all" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "United we stand" } ], "correctIndex": 1, "explanation": "Key: Out of many, one. That is the printed translation of the motto; the other phrases come from other patriotic texts.", "tags": [ "holidays", "national-motto" ], "uid": "roudoieq9os4" }, { "id": "ot-cov-symbols-and-holidays-2", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice names a national U.S. holiday?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Election Day" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Tax Day" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Labor Day" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Groundhog Day" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "Key: Labor Day. Labor Day is on the printed list of national holidays; the others are not federal holidays.", "tags": [ "holidays", "national-motto" ], "uid": "hp0cqpmkhcu1" }, { "id": "ot-cov-symbols-and-holidays-3", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: \"What is Memorial Day?\"" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "A holiday to celebrate independence" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A holiday to honor workers" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A holiday to honor active-duty troops" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A holiday to honor soldiers who died in military service" } ], "correctIndex": 3, "explanation": "Key: A holiday to honor soldiers who died in military service. Memorial Day honors the fallen, unlike Veterans Day or Labor Day.", "tags": [ "holidays", "memorial-day" ], "uid": "1t0jcn3wn4vzf" }, { "id": "ot-cov-symbols-and-holidays-4", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: \"What is Veterans Day?\"" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "A holiday to honor soldiers who died in service" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A holiday to celebrate independence" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A holiday to honor people who have served in the military" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A holiday to honor workers" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "Key: A holiday to honor people who have served in the military. Veterans Day honors those who served, distinct from Memorial Day's purpose.", "tags": [ "holidays", "veterans-day" ], "uid": "erg3o4s701g8" }, { "id": "ot-cov-three-branches-and-congress-1", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "How many voting members are in the House of Representatives?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Five hundred thirty-five (535)" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "One hundred (100)" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Fifty (50)" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Four hundred thirty-five (435)" } ], "correctIndex": 3, "explanation": "Key: Four hundred thirty-five (435). That is the current House size set by federal statute.", "tags": [ "congress", "house-of-representatives" ], "uid": "uc81kp168ctjz" }, { "id": "ot-cov-three-branches-and-congress-2", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "How long is a term for a member of the House of Representatives?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Four (4) years" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Ten (10) years" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Two (2) years" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Six (6) years" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "Key: Two (2) years. House members serve shorter terms than senators to stay closer to public opinion.", "tags": [ "congress", "house-of-representatives" ], "uid": "1klhtcny5oiz" }, { "id": "ot-cov-three-branches-and-congress-3", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "How many senators does each state have?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Three (3)" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Two (2)" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Depends on population" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "One (1)" } ], "correctIndex": 1, "explanation": "Key: Two (2). Every state gets two senators regardless of population, unlike House seats.", "tags": [ "congress", "senate" ], "uid": "1vtmo2ly1g27n" }, { "id": "ot-cov-three-branches-and-congress-4", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: \"Why does each state have two senators?\"" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Equal representation for small states" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Determined by the Census" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Set by the Speaker of the House" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Based on state population" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Key: Equal representation for small states. This reflects the Great Compromise, unlike population-based House seats.", "tags": [ "congress", "senate" ], "uid": "p45lyi15ju94s" }, { "id": "ot-cov-world-wars-depression-cold-war-1", "shape": "mcq", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which choice gives one accepted response to: \"Who was the United States' main rival during the Cold War?\"" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Soviet Union" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "People's Republic of China" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Nazi Germany" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Imperial Japan" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Key: Soviet Union (also accepted as USSR or Russia). 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