The US citizenship test comprises 100 questions . Although the official Civics Test is an oral test, which means the officer will orally ask you the question and you will have one chance to answer it correctly orally, we are here providing you with a multiple-choice test so that you can be confident enough to pass the American History section of the civics test by practicing again and again.
The American Government section consists of 30 questions covering topics from the colonial period to the past few decades.
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#1. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s. *The United States fought:
World War I World War II Korean War Vietnam War (Persian) Gulf War
#2. What did Susan B. Anthony do? *Susan B. Anthony:
fought for women’s rights fought for civil rights
#3. Who was President during World War I? #4. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted? #5. Name one problem that led to the Civil War. *Problem that led to the Civil War are:
slavery economic reasons states’ rights
#6. What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States? #7. Name the U.S. war between the North and the South. #8. What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for? *Benjamin Franklin is famous for:
U.S. diplomat oldest member of the Constitutional Convention first Postmaster General of the United States writer of “Poor Richard’s Almanac” started the first free libraries
#9. Who is the “Father of Our Country”? #10. What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did? *Abraham Lincoln did the following important things:
freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation) saved (or preserved) the Union led the United States during the Civil War
#11. Who did the United States fight in World War II? #12. Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II? #13. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? #14. What is one reason colonists came to America? *Colonists came to America for:
freedom political liberty religious freedom economic opportunity practice their religion escape persecution
#15. Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in? #16. Who was the first President? #17. When was the Constitution written? #18. What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves? #19. What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803? *The United States bought:
the Louisiana Territory Louisiana
#20. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s. *The United States fought:
War of 1812 Mexican-American War Civil War Spanish-American War
#21. There were 13 original states. Name three. *13 Original States were:
New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia
#22. What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do? *Martin Luther King, Jr.:
fought for civil rights worked for equality for all Americans
#23. What movement tried to end racial discrimination? #24. Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived? *People who lived in America before the Europeans arrived are:
American Indians Native Americans
#25. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? *The Emancipation Proclamation:
freed the slaves freed slaves in the Confederacy freed slaves in the Confederate states freed slaves in most Southern states
#26. Why did the colonists fight the British? *The colonists fight the British:
because of high taxes (taxation without representation) because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering) because they didn’t have self-government
#27. Name one American Indian tribe in the United States. *American Indian tribes in the United States are:
Cherokee Navajo Sioux Chippewa Choctaw Pueblo Apache Iroquois Creek Blackfeet Seminole Cheyenne Arawak Shawnee Mohegan Huron Oneida Lakota Crow Teton Hopi Inuit
#28. What happened at the Constitutional Convention? *
The Constitution was written. The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution.
#29. During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States? #30. The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers. *The names of the writers are:
(James) Madison (Alexander) Hamilton (John) Jay Publius
