65/20 Civics Questions (2025 Test)

If you are 65 or older and have been a lawful permanent resident for 20 or more years, you only have to study these 20 questions. The officer asks 10 of them, and you need 6 correct to pass. How the 65/20 exemption works covers who qualifies.

Every answer USCIS accepts is listed under each question. These are the same 20 questions marked with an asterisk on the 2025 civics question list, and the 65/20 quiz asks them one at a time.

If you filed Form N-400 before October 20, 2025, your 20 starred questions are on the 2008 list instead.

Principles of American Government

2. What is the supreme law of the land?*

  • (U.S.) Constitution

7. How many amendments does the U.S. Constitution have?*

  • Twenty-seven (27)

12. What is the economic system of the United States?*

  • Capitalism
  • Free market economy

Congress and the Three Branches

20. Name one power of the U.S. Congress.*

  • Writes laws
  • Declares war
  • Makes the federal budget

30. What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives now?*

  • Mike Johnson
  • James Michael Johnson
  • Johnson

Current as of November 8, 2026. This answer changes with elections and appointments, so confirm it at uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates before your interview.

Every current answer, with the forms USCIS accepts: see all current answers Checked November 10, 2026

President, Courts, and Federalism

36. The President of the United States is elected for how many years?*

  • Four (4) years

38. What is the name of the President of the United States now?*

  • Donald Trump
  • Donald J. Trump
  • Trump

Current as of November 8, 2026. This answer changes with elections and appointments, so confirm it at uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates before your interview.

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39. What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now?*

  • JD Vance
  • J.D. Vance
  • Vance

Current as of November 8, 2026. This answer changes with elections and appointments, so confirm it at uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates before your interview.

Every current answer, with the forms USCIS accepts: see all current answers Checked November 10, 2026

44. Who vetoes bills?*

  • The President (of the United States)

52. What is the highest court in the United States?*

  • Supreme Court

61. Who is the governor of your state now?*

  • Answers will vary. [District of Columbia residents should answer that D.C. does not have a governor.]
See your state’s governor

Checked November 10, 2026 · current answers page

Rights and Responsibilities

66. What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?*

  • The United States
  • The flag

Colonial Period and Independence

74. Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?*

  • American Indians
  • Native Americans

78. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?*

  • (Thomas) Jefferson

86. George Washington is famous for many things. Name one.*

  • "Father of Our Country"
  • First president of the United States
  • General of the Continental Army
  • President of the Constitutional Convention

The 1800s

94. Abraham Lincoln is famous for many things. Name one.*

  • Freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation)
  • Saved (or preserved) the Union
  • Led the United States during the Civil War
  • 16th president of the United States
  • Delivered the Gettysburg Address

Recent American History

113. Martin Luther King, Jr. is famous for many things. Name one.*

  • Fought for civil rights
  • 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"

115. What major event happened on September 11, 2001 in the United States?*

  • Terrorists attacked the United States
  • Terrorists took over two planes and crashed them into the World Trade Center in New York City
  • Terrorists took over a plane and crashed into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia
  • Terrorists took over a plane originally aimed at Washington, D.C., and crashed in a field in Pennsylvania

Symbols and Holidays

121. Why does the flag have 13 stripes?*

  • (Because there were) 13 original colonies
  • (Because the stripes) represent the original colonies

126. Name three national U.S. holidays.*

  • 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

Try the 20-question practice test or the 65/20 starred questions.