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U.S. Citizenship Test Questions

Can you answer these questions that appear on the test to become a U.S. citizen?
Note: The actual test is easier and only requires 60% correct to pass.
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First submittedMay 8, 2013
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What is the capital of the United States?
Washington D.C.
What is the name of the national anthem?
The Star-Spangled Banner
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
The Bill of Rights
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?
Louisiana Territory
What are the first three words of the Constitution?
We The People
What five freedoms are protected in the first amendment?
Speech
Religion
Assembly
Press
Petition the Government
What are the three branches of the U.S. government?
Legislative
Executive
Judicial
What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?
House of Representatives
Senate
If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve,
who becomes President?
Speaker of the House
What are the two major political parties?
Democratic
Republican
What must all men register for at age 18?
Selective Service
Who wrote the Federalist Papers?
Alexander Hamilton
James Madison
John Jay
Who was president during WWI?
Woodrow Wilson
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105 Recent Comments
kalbahamut
+12
Level 81
Oct 27, 2020
Sad that I can answer these questions much faster and more easily than the more recent judge appointed to the Supreme Court.
JohnnyYeet
+3
Level 61
Oct 27, 2020
Well, you take quizzes much more than ACB does
Ponderosa
+22
Level 88
Oct 27, 2020
If a Guatamalan migrant fleeing drug cartels needs to know the answers to these questions, so should every politician in America, including Supreme Court nominees.
kalbahamut
+5
Level 81
Oct 27, 2020
I do... but... I would HOPE that SC justices have studied the Constitution more than I have. The question I was thinking of was about the first amendment.
jmellor13
+3
Level 67
Oct 27, 2020
Wait, I missed this. I'm on a news cleanse because everything is making me nuts right now. What didn't Judge Barrett know?
kalbahamut
+5
Level 81
Oct 27, 2020
She was asked during confirmation hearings what freedoms were guaranteed by the first amendment. She could only come up with four.
Muromets
+1
Level 48
Oct 27, 2020
Curious. I thought these patriotic things were like a religious thing in US, even more for conservatives.
kalbahamut
+11
Level 81
Nov 2, 2020
some of them border on that. Particularly the freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and the right to bear arms. Though, like all religious people, Americans tend to cherry pick which parts of the Constitution they believe are important or even know about, and it's always up for interpretation.
jmellor13
+8
Level 67
Mar 15, 2022
In my experience, when conservatives talk about "the Constitution," they really just mean the Second Amendment. That, and occasionally a tragicomic misunderstanding of what "free speech" means.
supermoose7115
+5
Level 45
Mar 20, 2025
free speech is when people say things I agree with
ctleng76
+3
Level 65
Mar 16, 2022
Not "all" religious people cherry pick what we religious people feel are important. Maybe some or even most, but not all. Be careful when using that word.
kalbahamut
+3
Level 81
Mar 17, 2022
it's so close to all that to say all is preferable to finding fault with saying all. It's almost impossible to conceive of someone who didn't do that, in fact, given how voluminous the texts of certain religions are and how rife with contradictions they also are. Though of course the cherry pickers who think they're somehow more special than the other cherry pickers they feel have picked the wrong cherries will deny, credulously, that those even exist.
DukeOfArrakis
+1
Level 40
Mar 20, 2025
I don't think a lot of religions "cherry pick," that's why so many religions allow full access to their texts, so that people can also determine their faiths for themselves.
Canuckquizzer1981
+5
Level 65
Oct 27, 2020
33%, looks like I'll have to stay in Canada...Oh well.
einstein100102
+3
Level 54
Oct 27, 2020
Horray for me! I'm a citizen of the US of A
theJPaddict
+1
Level 41
May 20, 2024
hooray*
raaaadish
+2
Level 45
Oct 27, 2020
I was born here (U.S.) and I got 29 percent :( (but to be fair I am a kid)
Gorbie
+8
Level 28
Mar 20, 2025
you should watch out for ICE
cdguy24
+8
Level 51
Oct 27, 2020
Watching Hamilton recently helped NGL
BobIsACoprophage
+1
Level 61
Oct 27, 2020
Please accept "military service" for "selective service".
RobNobody
+11
Level 79
Oct 27, 2020
Not the same thing. Signing up for selective service means that you are registered as a potential draftee. Signing up for military service means actually joining the military. I did the former, but not the latter.
AndyTownsend7
+3
Level 46
Oct 27, 2020
Can the word "protest" or "right to protest" work for 5 freedoms?
supermoose7115
+2
Level 45
Mar 20, 2025
I assume you mean for petition, but it's not really the same thing
AdamC0912
+4
Level 83
Oct 27, 2020
The newest member of the SCOTUS couldn't answer the five freedoms lollll facepalm
Muromets
+1
Level 48
Oct 27, 2020
hahaha for 2%, I could not be a US citzen.
theJPaddict
+1
Level 41
May 20, 2024
citizen*
camus
+2
Level 79
Oct 27, 2020
Except for Press, Petition and John Jay I found this one easy. Looking at my stats, this wasn't always the case.
purple
+13
Level 65
Oct 28, 2020
John Jay got sick after writing 5. Madison wrote 29. HAMILTON WROTE... THE OTHER FIFTY ONE!!!!!!
RedSox49
+2
Level 38
Mar 17, 2022
exactly me trying to remember nonstop lol
Xanalania
+1
Level 34
Mar 20, 2025
if it wasn't for Hamilton, I wouldn't even know what fedpap is.
miceonvenus
+1
Level 79
Oct 28, 2020
Got everything except the federalist papers and one of the 1st amendment rights :)
Iced
+1
Level 45
Oct 29, 2020
58%, no citizenship for me lmao. Think I'll stick to the UK anyway ;)
itsblaze
+5
Level 38
Apr 11, 2021
How I got through this test in Hamilton Quotes:

"Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness"..."Not surprising Men quote 'em. Don't act surprised you guys, cause I wrote 'em" -Thomas Jefferson

"Alexander joins forces with James Madison and John Jay to write a series of essays defending the new United States Constitution entitled The Federalist Papers"

Dollyfroggy
+1
Level 63
Jun 23, 2023
Although "What did they say to get you to sell New York City down the river? / Or did you know even then it doesn't matter where you put the U.S. Capital?" might mislead you to saying New York City for the capital city question.
swagflag
+1
Level 27
Jul 23, 2021
I got 9%. wow.
JT22
+2
Level 67
Jul 30, 2021
I've never heard of the Federalist Papers and I'm an American...
SpartanLlama
+3
Level 74
Aug 14, 2021
You probably learned it in Government in school, maybe even U.S. history, I took both a couple years ago so it was easier to remember
Jezilly
+4
Level 80
Mar 15, 2022
You haven't seen the musical Hamilton then. That's the reason I know and I am Australian.
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 74
Aug 14, 2021
Ah it's been a while since I looked at the Federalist papers
Nicholas1303
+1
Level 44
Aug 17, 2021
Just want to get a vacation in US someday or never..........

Or just go to a way closer country AUSTRALIA

VinMaps
+2
Level 76
Dec 18, 2021
15/24 - Thanks to so many American TV shows.
KentishWoman
+1
Level 72
Jan 29, 2022
I made a pigs ear of that; however, when the UK equivalent was first introduced I tried the sample, and failed that too!

I am obviously meant to be a stateless person...

ZeldaQuizzer
+1
Level 61
Feb 22, 2022
I got.... 71%. I am qualified to be a citizen in a country I live in already. Woohoo!
twained
+2
Level 61
Mar 15, 2022
Of course synonyms for "assemble" should be allowed. The First Amendment secures certain freedoms — the specific word itself is malleable and less important than what the word represents.
RuthlessCosmo
+1
Level 75
Mar 15, 2022
When Kurt Gödel, famous for his incompleteness theorem that postulated that every formal system will have some irreconcilable inconsistencies (I'd explain it better, but I can't--even this is probably wrong), was being driven from Princeton to Philadelphia to take his citizenship test, he told the fellow faculty member driving him that he intended to tell the examiner of a number of logical inconsistencies he had found in the Constitution. His driver talked him out of it.
AGR1
+2
Level 56
Mar 15, 2022
The line of succession after VP is President Pro Temp of the Senate, not speaker of the House
Jacktheguy
+3
Level 91
Mar 15, 2022
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_line_of_succession
pctjunkie
+1
Level 90
Mar 15, 2022
@AGR1, nope.
0to180andback
+2
Level 58
Mar 15, 2022
Quizmaster wasn't kidding about the official test being much easier; here is the official practice test from the U.S. Government: https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/civics-practice-test-2008
Xanalania
+1
Level 34
Mar 20, 2025
I can't click on the link

I guess that's how jetpunk works

ziuqknuptej
+2
Level 58
Mar 15, 2022
Protest should count for petition
DukeOfLorraine
+3
Level 65
Mar 15, 2022
It's techlically already covered by speech + assembly
3ch0
+1
Level 28
Mar 15, 2022
I’m gonna cry. I got 33% and I was born in America- BUT HEY CUT ME SOME SLACK IM NOT EVEN IN HIGHSCHOOL YET :,)
richiesyxx
+2
Level 73
Oct 19, 2023
Sorry mate, you’ll have to be deported. Actually, I guess since it’s been 19 months since your post you’ll already have been. :-( Unless they’re still messing with you and you’re currently wandering around Martha’s Vineyard?
IamTheSam
+1
Level 44
Mar 16, 2022
All of this I learnt from movies.

Oops, this is an American test, so I should write: learned.

By the way, on a day-to-day basis, how often do U.S. citizens actually use and need this information?

LisaWitch
+1
Level 46
Mar 20, 2025
IMHO, as far as needing to know on a day-to-day basis, you only need to know your rights, the structure of the government, and where the country's capital is. I have no use for the rest of it.
BrennoAU
+1
Level 42
Mar 17, 2022
Sad.... It wouldn't accept my answer of "Bear Arms" as one of the 5 rights.
Lagos1734
+2
Level 33
Mar 19, 2022
Thats because it is the second ammendment
theJPaddict
+1
Level 41
May 20, 2024
amendment*
richiesyxx
+1
Level 73
Mar 19, 2022
I must have been overtired, clicked on this quiz, glanced at the title and for some reason read UK Citizenship test. Thought question 1 was weird, but when “God Save the Queen” didn’t work I spent a good few seconds trying to decide if it there was another, arcane, official name I’d not heard of before, or whether some daft Yank (no offence) had butchered it.

I did manage to get full marks though so, if someone can disregard my ‘daft yank’ remark and send me the appropriate paperwork? What jobs do you have for Brit’s anyway? Is it still mainly wise-cracking butlers and haughty librarians? Or do you still need ridiculously aristocratic maîtres d’, who for some reason still work in restaurants, despite clearly being members of the English nobility?

kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
May 15, 2022
You can also get work narrating documentaries.
Lagos1734
+1
Level 33
Mar 19, 2022
Studying this in History, I thought it was the secretary of defense who served. Good quiz.
Catiggy
+1
Level 31
May 19, 2022
oh no only 38% so sad no america

what am i going to do with my dirt poor, wanting-to-be-american european self! ...

Howdareyou
+2
Level 42
Oct 20, 2023
Move to Yemen??
Calliope
+3
Level 43
Jul 15, 2022
John Jay is the least correctly guessed answer... clearly Jetpunkers haven't seen Hamilton :"D
supermoose7115
+1
Level 45
Oct 11, 2022
tried "house speaker" and it didn't work, damn
abracadabrant
+1
Level 53
Dec 30, 2022
thanks Hamilton for the federalist papers question
ChanESeumas
+1
Level 48
May 14, 2023
As an American citizen I can proudly say I got the first three, the three branches, and the two parts of Congress correct. Also the Louisiana purchase one because I researched the Napoleonic wars a bit ago.
Dollyfroggy
+1
Level 63
Jun 23, 2023
Please accept "gather" for "assembly".
yZempX
+1
Level 31
Oct 19, 2023
Btw, the three branches you talk about is the separation of power theorized by Montesquieu (for reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_powers). You probably know that, but as an european that seemed to obvious and broad to be asked in a us specific quiz. It might be me tho
rainangel
+1
Level 46
Oct 19, 2023
79%, where's my citizenship?! lol
Dandifyy
+1
Level 53
Oct 19, 2023
I missed quite a bit as a Canuck, but somehow I got 50% for press even though I didn't get press
ElementVoid
+1
Level 59
Oct 19, 2023
Thanks, Hamilton!
Howdareyou
+1
Level 42
Oct 20, 2023
92%, got all but 2. Guess I don't know all my rights being an American myself, but I DOOO know who Alexander Hamilton is :P
myprecious
+1
Level 51
Nov 8, 2023
The only reason I knew the ones of the federalists papers is because of Hamilton the musical lmaoooo
supermoose7115
+3
Level 45
Nov 25, 2023
Accept "house speaker"?
SMFlex
+1
Level 54
Jan 11, 2024
Accept assemble for assembly, I tried it and it didn’t accept, then I couldn’t think of anything else.
Charles007
+1
Level 44
Feb 28, 2024
this should be an "only wrong answers" quiz for us foreigners
Unobtainium
+1
Level 48
May 30, 2024
I wonder if people who were born in the U.S should have to take this quiz as an adult.
GeoNerd22
+1
Level 43
Sep 21, 2024
I bet most natural born Americans won't get all of these
Baseballnerd
+1
Level 37
Dec 10, 2024
2 secs left
ersilcoff
+1
Level 55
Feb 23, 2025
got them all, quite easy and pretty much common knowledge. you can send me the American citizenship in the mail....
AlexC789
+1
Level 41
Feb 27, 2025
100% first try in 1:15, too easy
BusterB2005
+1
Level 63
Mar 20, 2025
Of all the US history questions they could’ve put on this test, why is it considered essential to know who the president was during WW1 in order to be an American citizen? If anything wouldn’t it be more important to know who it was during the Civil War or WW2?
TigerPl
+1
Level 67
Mar 20, 2025
10/24, Ig I couldn't be a US of A citizen
SeahawkFan10
+1
Level 50
Mar 20, 2025
Easy. As an American, that is
Ptcairn
+1
Level 61
Mar 20, 2025
as an American, I see i've attempted this before and got 12/24.

I improved and got 19/24.

polygong
+1
Level 29
Mar 20, 2025
Canadian, got 63%
CatPotato715
+2
Level 66
Mar 20, 2025
good, stay in canada. it's better there.
In2restingFacts
+1
Level 24
Mar 20, 2025
american 24/24, probably helps that i’m in school right now
fortday132
+1
Level 37
Mar 20, 2025
23/24, proud American. I missed John Jay and honestly I had forgotten that he existed. Great Quiz!
Hayden16
+1
Level 23
Mar 20, 2025
100% i guess i can stay American lol
JonOfKent
+1
Level 58
Mar 20, 2025
I got 70%! Does that mean I have to pay extra tax now?
eurotec
+1
Level 47
Mar 20, 2025
I got 83% (20/24). I'm not American, but I will definitely be one day.
Garrey
+1
Level 42
Mar 20, 2025
I got 67% (16/24)
xtremeyoylecake
+1
Level 47
Mar 20, 2025
DANG IT I SHOULDVE GOTTEN THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT FROM CGP GREY ;-;
dvdllr
+1
Level 52
Mar 20, 2025
I knew two of the three Federalist Papers authors for sure, and made a shot-in-the-dark guess on the third—to my surprise, J.J. was right!

24/24

Instrumental
+1
Level 61
Mar 20, 2025
Damn you John Jay from keeping me from a perfect score.
AlexaStone
+1
Level 34
Mar 20, 2025
22/24. I missed Thomas Jefferson somehow, but oh well! (I thought Hamilton wrote the Declaration lol)
IamTheSam
+1
Level 44
Mar 21, 2025
71% for a non-American who hasn't studied this.

Decent.

I wonder how the US President would do...

PontiacLover
+1
Level 43
Mar 21, 2025
I feel we need to make any President take the US citizen test
rabble
+1
Level 69
Mar 21, 2025
TDS
TarhalanS
+1
Level 51
Mar 21, 2025
All of the "freedoms" are compromised now...
dunkinggandalf2
+2
Level 70
Mar 22, 2025
I got them all, but I'll pass on the citizenship! I'm good with my French and German passports.
iamtheiconoclast
+1
Level 63
Mar 27, 2025
More people knew about John Jay than knew that the First Amendment guarantees the right to petition the government. (I even knew this and I'm Canadian). I guess democracies don't get conquered; they just kind of... give up.
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