Question 68 of 128 · 2025 test
How can people become United States citizens?
2025 test only
This question is from the 2025 test, which applies if you filed Form N-400 on or after Oct 20, 2025: the officer asks up to 20 of the 128 questions and 12 correct answers pass. Earlier filers take the 2008 test - check your version on the official USCIS test-updates page.
3 accepted answers
- Be born in the United States, under the conditions set by the 14th Amendment
- Naturalize
- Derive citizenship (under conditions set by Congress)
The 65/20 special consideration
Question 68 is not one of the 20 asterisked questions, so an applicant who qualifies for the 65/20 special consideration would not be asked it. Everyone else studies all 128.
Answers that get mixed up with this one
These are the wrong options the 2025 practice test puts beside this question. Each one is the correct answer to a different 2025 question.
- Print paper moneyanswers Question 58: Name one power that is only for the federal government.
- High taxesanswers Question 77: Name one reason why the Americans declared independence from Britain.
- They helped people understand the (U.S.) Constitution.answers Question 84: Why were the Federalist Papers important?
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Question and answers from the USCIS document 128 Civics Questions and Answers (2025 version), M-1778 (09/25), U.S. government public domain.