12 sample questions from a bank of 128.
1. What is the form of government of the United States?
Answer: Republic / Constitution-based federal republic / Representative democracy
Source: USCIS 2025 civics test Q1
2. What is the supreme law of the land?
Answer: (U.S.) Constitution
Source: USCIS 2025 civics test Q2
3. Name one thing the U.S. Constitution does.
Answer: Forms the government / Defines powers of government / Defines the parts of government / Protects the rights of the people
Source: USCIS 2025 civics test Q3
4. The U.S. Constitution starts with the words “We the People.” What does “We the People” mean?
Answer: Self-government / Popular sovereignty / Consent of the governed / People should govern themselves / (Example of) social contract
Source: USCIS 2025 civics test Q4
5. How are changes made to the U.S. Constitution?
Answer: Amendments / The amendment process
Source: USCIS 2025 civics test Q5
6. What does the Bill of Rights protect?
Answer: (The basic) rights of Americans / (The basic) rights of people living in the United States
Source: USCIS 2025 civics test Q6
7. How many amendments does the U.S. Constitution have?
Answer: Twenty-seven (27)
Source: USCIS 2025 civics test Q7
8. Why is the Declaration of Independence important?
Answer: It says America is free from British control. / It says all people are created equal. / It identifies inherent rights. / It identifies individual freedoms.
Source: USCIS 2025 civics test Q8
9. What founding document said the American colonies were free from Britain?
Answer: Declaration of Independence
Source: USCIS 2025 civics test Q9
10. Name two important ideas from the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.
Answer: Equality / Liberty / Social contract / Natural rights / Limited government / Self-government
Source: USCIS 2025 civics test Q10
11. The words “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness” are in what founding document?
Answer: Declaration of Independence
Source: USCIS 2025 civics test Q11
12. What is the economic system of the United States?
Answer: Capitalism / Free market economy
Source: USCIS 2025 civics test Q12