USCIS civics test (2025) questions and answers

1. Only men can vote
2. Citizens eighteen (18) and older can vote ✔
3. Voters must own property

Over time, amendments widened the vote: no race limits, women can vote, no poll tax, voting age 18. Tip: Easy: "Citizens 18 and older can vote." Other accepted answers include: Citizens eighteen (18) and older (can vote).; 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)..

1. The Federalist Papers ✔
2. The Emancipation Proclamation
3. The Gettysburg Address

The framers borrowed from earlier papers about self-government, such as the Declaration, the Articles of Confederation and the Federalist Papers. Tip: Pick one you can pronounce: "Declaration of Independence" or "Articles of Confederation". Other accepted answers include: Declaration of Independence; Articles of Confederation; Federalist Papers; Anti-Federalist Papers; Virginia Declaration of Rights; Fundamental Orders of Connecticut.

1. Citizens may bear arms
2. Powers not given to the federal government belong to the states or to the people ✔
3. The president can serve only two terms

Powers not given to the federal government stay with the states or the people. Tip: Think "leftover powers go to the states and the people".

1. The pyramids
2. The printing press in 1450
3. The light bulb ✔

American inventors created the light bulb, airplane and assembly line. Tip: Easy: "Airplane". Other accepted answers include: Light bulb; Automobile (cars, internal combustion engine); Skyscrapers; Airplane; Assembly line; Landing on the moon.

1. A war between the North and the South
2. A period of huge economic growth
3. The longest economic recession in modern history ✔

The longest and deepest economic downturn of modern times. Tip: Say "longest economic recession".