Question 79 of 128 · 2025 test
When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
2025 test · also on the 2008 test as #63
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.
Accepted answer
- July 4, 1776
On the 2008 test
The 2008 test asks this as Question 63, in the same words.
The 2008 question lists the same answer.
Background
The Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776. That date is celebrated every year as Independence Day.
From this site's page for 2008 Question 63.
The 65/20 special consideration
Question 79 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.
- Freedom of expressionanswers Question 65: What are three rights of everyone living in the United States?
- Required by lawanswers Question 71: Why is it important to pay federal taxes?
- The Civil Waranswers Question 92: Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.
More Colonial Period and Independence questions
Question and answers from the USCIS document 128 Civics Questions and Answers (2025 version), M-1778 (09/25), U.S. government public domain.