The 20 civics questions for the 65/20 test
If you're 65 or older and have been a permanent resident for at least 20 years, you study a shorter list. Here are all 20 questions, with the answers USCIS accepts.
- 20 questions to study
- 10 asked
- 6 right to pass
- In your language
Who takes the 65/20 test?
You qualify if, on the day you file Form N-400, you're 65 or older and have been a lawful permanent resident for at least 20 years. Instead of studying all 128 questions, you study these 20. The officer asks you 10 of them, and you need 6 correct answers to pass.
You can take the civics test in the language of your choice, with an interpreter. You also don't take the English reading and writing test.
This list is from the 2025 test, for people who filed on or after October 20, 2025. If you filed before that date, you take the 2008 test, which has its own 20-question list for 65/20.
All 20 questions and answers
Each question links to a page with what the answer means and a tip to remember it. You only need to give one accepted answer.
- 2What is the supreme law of the land?Answer: (U.S.) Constitution
- 7How many amendments does the U.S. Constitution have?Answer: Twenty-seven (27)
- 12What is the economic system of the United States?Answer: Capitalism · Free market economy
- 20Name one power of the U.S. Congress.Answer: Writes laws · Declares war · Makes the federal budget
- 30What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives now?Answer: Mike Johnson · Johnson · James Michael Johnson (birth name)
- 36The President of the United States is elected for how many years?Answer: Four (4) years
- 38What is the name of the President of the United States now?Answer: Donald J. Trump · Donald Trump · Trump
- 39What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now?Answer: JD Vance · Vance
- 44Who vetoes bills?Answer: The President (of the United States)
- 52What is the highest court in the United States?Answer: Supreme Court
- 61Who is the governor of your state now?Answer: The answer depends on where you live. Name the answer for your own state at the time of your interview.
- 66What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?Answer: The United States · The flag
- 74Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?Answer: American Indians · Native Americans
- 78Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?Answer: (Thomas) Jefferson
- 86George Washington is famous for many things. Name one.Answer: “Father of Our Country” · First president of the United States · General of the Continental Army
- 94Abraham Lincoln is famous for many things. Name one.Answer: Freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation) · Saved (or preserved) the Union · Led the United States during the Civil War
- 113Martin Luther King, Jr. is famous for many things. Name one.Answer: 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”
- 115What major event happened on September 11, 2001 in the United States?Answer: 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
- 121Why does the flag have 13 stripes?Answer: (Because there were) 13 original colonies · (Because the stripes) represent the original colonies
- 126Name three national U.S. holidays.Answer: New Year’s Day · Martin Luther King, Jr. Day · Presidents Day (Washington’s Birthday)
Some answers depend on who holds office or where you live. Answer with the person serving on the day of your interview, and look up your governor with our local answers tool.
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