Question 100 of 100
Name two national U.S. holidays.
65/20 set
Acceptable answers
- New Year's Day
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
- Presidents' Day
- Memorial Day
- Independence Day
- Labor Day
- Columbus Day
- Veterans Day
- Thanksgiving
- Christmas
Explanation
National holidays include New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, among others.
Why it matters
These federal holidays mark shared moments of history and remembrance across the country.
The 65/20 special consideration
Question 100 is one of the 20 questions in the 65/20 set. An applicant who is 65 or older and has been a lawful permanent resident for 20 years or more studies only those 20 questions instead of all 100, and this is one of them.
Answers that get mixed up with this one
These are the wrong options the practice test puts beside this question. Each one is the correct answer to a different question, which is what makes it tempting.
- the Constitutionanswers Question 1: What is the supreme law of the land?
- announced our independence (from Great Britain)answers Question 8: What did the Declaration of Independence do?
- the Presidentanswers Question 15: Who is in charge of the executive branch?
More Holidays questions
Questions the officer draws from the same part of the test. Studying them together is what keeps their answers apart.