What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?

On the 2008 test

The 2008 test asks this as Question 52, in the same words.

The 2008 question lists the same 2 answers.

Background

The Pledge of Allegiance is a promise of loyalty to the United States and its flag. It is a shared civic ritual that expresses commitment to the country.

From this site's page for 2008 Question 52.

The 65/20 special consideration

Question 66 is one of the 20 questions USCIS marks with an asterisk. An applicant who is 65 or older and has been a lawful permanent resident for 20 years or more may study only those 20; the officer asks 10 of them and 6 correct answers pass.

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.

• To be independent (of politics)answers Question 56: Supreme Court justices serve for life. Why?
• Africansanswers Question 75: What group of people was taken and sold as slaves?
• (U.S.) Constitutionanswers Question 2: What is the supreme law of the land?

More Rights and Responsibilities questions

• Question 63: There are four amendments to the U.S. Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them.Citizens eighteen (18) and older (can vote). · You don’t have to pay (a poll tax) to vote. · Any citizen can vote. (Women and men can vote.) · A male citizen of any race (can vote).
• Question 64: Who can vote in federal elections, run for federal office, and serve on a jury in the United States?Citizens · Citizens of the United States · U.S. citizens
• Question 65: What are three rights of everyone living in the United States?Freedom of expression · Freedom of speech · Freedom of assembly · Freedom to petition the government · Freedom of religion · The right to bear arms
• Question 67: Name two promises that new citizens make in the Oath of Allegiance.Give up loyalty to other countries · Defend the (U.S.) Constitution · Obey the laws of the United States · Serve in the military (if needed) · Serve (help, do important work for) the nation (if needed) · Be loyal to the United States
• Question 68: How can people become United States citizens?Be born in the United States, under the conditions set by the 14th Amendment · Naturalize · Derive citizenship (under conditions set by Congress)