65/20 Civic Test

Question 1

1. What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?*

Answer 1

▪ speech
▪ religion
▪ assembly
▪ press
▪ petition the government

Question 2

2. What is the economic system in the United States?*

Answer 2

▪ capitalist economy
▪ market economy

Question 3

3. Name one branch or part of the government.*

Answer 3

Congress
▪ legislative
▪ President
▪ executive
▪ the courts
▪ judicial

Question 4

4. What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?*

Answer 4

▪ the Senate and House (of Representatives)

Question 5

5. Who is one of your state’s U.S. Senators now?*

Answer 5

▪ In Pennsylvania = Bob Casey and Pat Toomey

▪ 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.]

Question 6

6. In what month do we vote for President?*

Answer 6

▪ November

Question 7

7. Names of the President of the United States now?

Answer 7

▪ In 2022 Joe Biden

▪ Visit uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates for the name of the President of the United States.

Question 8

8. What is the capital of your state?*

Answer 8

▪ In Pennsylvania - Harrisburg

▪ 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.]

Question 9

9. What are the two major political parties in the United States?*

Answer 9

▪ Democratic and Republican
-2- www.uscis.gov

Question 10

10. What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens?*

Answer 10

▪ serve on a jury
▪ vote in a federal election

Question 11

11. How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?*

Answer 11

▪ eighteen (18) and older

Question 12

12. When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms?*

Answer 12

▪ April 15

Question 13

13. Who was the first President?*

Answer 13

▪ (George) Washington

Question 14

14. What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?*

Answer 14

▪ freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation)
▪ saved (or preserved) the Union
▪ led the United States during the Civil War

Question 15

15. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.*

Answer 15

▪ World War I
▪ World War II
▪ Korean War
▪ Vietnam War
▪ (Persian) Gulf War

Question 16

16. What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?*

Answer 16

▪ fought for civil rights
▪ worked for equality for all Americans

Question 17

17. What is the capital of the United States?*

Answer 17

▪ Washington, D.C.

Question 18

18. Where is the Statue of Liberty?*

Answer 18

▪ New York (Harbor)
▪ Liberty Island
[Also acceptable are New Jersey, near New York City, and on the Hudson (River).]

Question 19

19. Why does the flag have 50 stars?*

Answer 19

▪ because there is one star for each state
▪ because each star represents a state
▪ because there are 50 states

Question 20

20. When do we celebrate Independence Day?*

Answer 20

▪ July 4