The 100 civics questions are the question bank for the 2008 version of the naturalization test, and it is still very much in use. You take this version if you filed Form N-400 before 20 October 2025 — regardless of when your interview is scheduled. The officer asks up to 10 of the 100 out loud and you need 6 correct to pass.
If you filed on or after that date, you need the 128-question 2025 list instead.
The cutoff is your N-400 filing date, not your interview date. Applications filed before 20 October 2025 are tested on the 2008 version. Because naturalization applications can take many months to reach interview, people are still being tested on the 100 well into 2026.
If you are not sure which applies to you, check the receipt notice for your N-400 — the filing date is on it.
| Section | Sub-section | Questions |
|---|---|---|
| American Government | Principles of American Democracy | 1–12 |
| System of Government | 13–47 | |
| Rights and Responsibilities | 48–57 | |
| American History | Colonial Period and Independence | 58–70 |
| The 1800s | 71–77 | |
| Recent American History | 78–87 | |
| Integrated Civics | Geography | 88–95 |
| Symbols | 96–98 | |
| Holidays | 99–100 |
Note the Geography sub-section — questions about the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, states bordering Canada and Mexico, and naming a US territory. These exist only on the 2008 list. They were removed from the 2025 version.
The officer asks up to 10 questions out loud and stops as soon as you reach 6 correct. In practice a well-prepared applicant is often finished after six questions. There is no multiple choice, no writing, and no partial credit on the civics portion.
The civics test is one part of the interview. There is also an English test — read 1 of 3 sentences correctly, write 1 of 3 sentences correctly, and demonstrate spoken English through the interview itself — plus a review of your N-400 answers under oath.
If you have been studying with older materials or a study partner on a different version, these are the differences that matter:
All 128 questions of the 2025 version and all 100 of the 2008 version, offline, with mastery tracking per category and study in your own language. Free on iPhone and Android.
Fifty-seven of the 100 questions are American Government, so that is where the marks are. Within it, the reliable trouble spots are the numbers — 27 amendments, 100 senators, 435 representatives, 6-year and 2-year and 4-year terms, 18 as the voting age, April 15 as the tax deadline, November as the month we vote for President.
Then handle the ten questions that no list can answer for you: your senators, your representative, your governor, your state capital, the President, the Vice President, the Speaker, the Chief Justice, the number of Supreme Court justices, and the President's political party. The first four depend on where you live; the rest are published on the official USCIS test updates page.
Use the practice test above to work through the bank, and set the version switch to 2008 · 100 questions so you are never shown a question that will not be asked. The iPhone app has the same switch under Settings → Quiz Version.
Yes. Anyone who filed Form N-400 before 20 October 2025 takes the 100-question 2008 version, whenever their interview happens. Only applications filed on or after that date use the 128-question 2025 version.
The officer asks up to 10 questions and you must answer 6 correctly to pass. The officer stops as soon as you reach 6.
The 128-question 2025 version adds 28 questions, asks 20 instead of 10, requires 12 correct instead of 6, adds material on the Federalist Papers, the Electoral College and American innovation, and removes the Geography section that exists on the 100-question list.
USCIS publishes the full 100-question list with accepted answers free on uscis.gov. It is the source for every question and answer used on this site.
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