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Holidays

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Independence Day and the other national holidays.

The 2025 version has 4 questions in this section; the 2008 version has 2. Each question below shows the official accepted answers and, where USCIS explains it, a short excerpt from a USCIS study guide. Practise just this topic with the quiz.

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Holidays: the 4 questions on the 2025 test

For applicants who filed Form N-400 on or after October 20, 2025. Answers are copied from the official USCIS list (M-1778); any one accepted answer is enough.

  1. What is Independence Day?

    • A holiday to celebrate U.S. independence (from Britain)
    • The country's birthday

    Independence Day, or the Fourth of July, celebrates the Declaration of Independence, or the birth of the nation.

  2. Name three national U.S. holidays. 65/20

    • New Year's Day
    • Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
    • Presidents Day (Washington's Birthday)
    • Memorial Day
    • Juneteenth
    • Independence Day
    • Labor Day
    • Columbus Day
    • Veterans Day
    • Thanksgiving Day
    • Christmas Day

    National holidays are sometimes called “federal holidays” because they were passed by Congress and signed into law by the President.

  3. What is Memorial Day?

    • A holiday to honor soldiers who died in military service

    Memorial Day honors men and women who died in service to the United States. Memorial Day is the last Monday in May.

  4. What is Veterans Day?

    • A holiday to honor people in the (U.S.) military
    • A holiday to honor people who have served (in the U.S. military)

    Veterans Day is a national holiday when we honor individuals who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces (alive or deceased) in service of the United States.

Holidays: the 2 questions on the 2008 test

For applicants who filed Form N-400 before October 20, 2025. Answers are from the official USCIS list (rev. 08/21).

  1. When do we celebrate Independence Day? 65/20

    • July 4

    In the United States, we celebrate Independence Day on July 4 to mark the anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. After signing the Declaration of Independence, John Adams wrote to his wife, “I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival.”

  2. Name two national U.S. holidays.

    • New Year's Day
    • Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
    • Presidents' Day
    • Memorial Day
    • Juneteenth
    • Independence Day
    • Labor Day
    • Columbus Day
    • Veterans Day
    • Thanksgiving
    • Christmas

    Many Americans celebrate national or federal holidays. These holidays often honor people or events in our American heritage. These holidays are “national” in a legal sense only for federal institutions and in the District of Columbia.

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