Question 115 of 128 · 2025 test
What major event happened on September 11, 2001 in the United States?
2025 test · also on the 2008 test as #86
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.
4 accepted answers
- Terrorists attacked the United States
- Terrorists took over two planes and crashed them into the World Trade Center in New York City
- Terrorists took over a plane and crashed into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia
- Terrorists took over a plane originally aimed at Washington, D.C., and crashed in a field in Pennsylvania
On the 2008 test
The 2008 test asks this as Question 86: “What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States?”
Answers listed for the 2008 question (1), next to the 4 above. Compare them before you study from an older list.
- Terrorists attacked the United States.
Background
On September 11, 2001, terrorists attacked the United States. The attacks reshaped national security, foreign policy, and daily life in the years that followed.
From this site's page for 2008 Question 86.
The 65/20 special consideration
Question 115 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.
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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.