65/20 QUESTIONS
These are citizenship questions for applicants over 65 who have been permanent residents for more than 20 years. You must answer six out of ten questions selected by an USCIS examiner. Click here to see the answers.
- 1. Why do we celebrate the Fourth of July?
- 2. Who was the first President of the United States?
- 3. Who is the President of the United States?
- 4. What is the Constitution?
- 5. What are the first ten amendments to the Constitution called?
- 6. Who elects Congress?
- 7. How many Senators are there in Congress?
- 8. For how long do we elect each Senator?
- 9. For how long do we elect the Representatives in Congress?
- 10. Who nominates Judges to the Supreme Court?
- 11. What are the three branches of our government?
- 12. What is the highest court in the United States?
- 13. What major river running north to south divides the United States?
- 14. The Civil War was fought over what important issue?
- 15. Name the two major political parties in the United States.
- 16. How many states are in the United States?
- 17. What is the capital of the United States?
- 18. What is the minimum voting age in the United States?
- 19. Who was Martin Luther King, Jr.?
- 20. What nation was the first to land a man on the moon?
- 21. What is the capital of your state?
- 22. What is it called if the President refuses to sign a bill?
- 23. What two oceans bound the United States?
- 24. What famous American invented the electric light bulb?
- 25. What is the National anthem of the United States?