2025 civics test: Rights and responsibilities

Questions 63 to 72 of the official 2025 list, with every accepted answer and a short note on each.

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These ten questions cover what citizens and residents may do and must do: voting, the Pledge of Allegiance, the Oath of Allegiance, taxes and the Selective Service. Watch for the words "two" and "three" in the questions. If the officer asks for three rights and you give two, the answer is not complete. It helps to prepare a fixed set of three that you always say in the same order.

1. 63 There are four amendments to the U.S. Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them.

   • 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).

   The four are the 15th (any race), 19th (women and men), 24th (no poll tax) and 26th (age 18 and older). Describe any one.

2. 64 Who can vote in federal elections, run for federal office, and serve on a jury in the United States?

   • Citizens
   • Citizens of the United States
   • U.S. citizens

   These three things are for citizens only. Permanent residents cannot do them.

3. 65 What are three rights of everyone living in the United States?

   • Freedom of expression
   • Freedom of speech
   • Freedom of assembly
   • Freedom to petition the government
   • Freedom of religion
   • The right to bear arms

   This question asks for three. These rights belong to everyone living in the country, citizen or not.

4. 66 What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance? 65/20

   • The United States
   • The flag

   The Pledge is a promise of loyalty to the flag and to the country it stands for.

5. 67 Name two promises that new citizens make in the Oath of Allegiance.

   • Give up loyalty to other countries
   • Defend the (U.S.) Constitution
   • Obey the laws of the United States
   • Serve in the military (if needed)
   • Serve (help, do important work for) the nation (if needed)
   • Be loyal to the United States

   This question asks for two. The Oath of Allegiance is the promise you make at the naturalization ceremony.

6. 68 How can people become United States citizens?

   • Be born in the United States, under the conditions set by the 14th Amendment
   • Naturalize
   • Derive citizenship (under conditions set by Congress)

   A person is a citizen by birth in the United States, through U.S. citizen parents, or by naturalization.

7. 69 What are two examples of civic participation in the United States?

   • Vote
   • Run for office
   • Join a political party
   • Help with a campaign
   • Join a civic group
   • Join a community group
   • Give an elected official your opinion (on an issue)
   • Contact elected officials
   • Support or oppose an issue or policy
   • Write to a newspaper

   This question asks for two. Civic participation means taking part in public life, from voting to contacting officials.

8. 70 What is one way Americans can serve their country?

   • Vote
   • Pay taxes
   • Obey the law
   • Serve in the military
   • Run for office
   • Work for local, state, or federal government

   One answer is enough. Serving the country is not only military service.

9. 71 Why is it important to pay federal taxes?

   • Required by law
   • All people pay to fund the federal government
   • Required by the (U.S.) Constitution (16th Amendment)
   • Civic duty

   Federal taxes pay for what the national government does, and the 16th Amendment allows Congress to collect income tax.

10. 72 It is important for all men age 18 through 25 to register for the Selective Service. Name one reason why.

    • Required by law
    • Civic duty
    • Makes the draft fair, if needed

    Almost all men aged 18 through 25 who live in the United States must register, including immigrants.

Studying this part

• This part has 10 of the 128 questions, numbers 63 to 72 in the official list.
• These questions need more than one answer: no. 65, no. 67, no. 69. Give the number asked for.
• 1 question here is marked 65/20: no. 66. Applicants who qualify for the 65/20 special consideration study only the marked questions.
• Where several answers are listed, one is enough unless the question asks for more. Choose the one you find easiest to say.
• Cover the answers with your hand or use the button below, say your answer aloud, then check.

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