Nonpartisan civic education
We Are Americans Foundation | Nonpartisan Civic Education
We answer the questions government websites assume you already know. Free, nonpartisan civic education in plain language, in English and Spanish.
The thing most people get wrong
The civics test you take depends on the day your Form N-400 was filed, not the day of your interview. Filed on or after October 20, 2025, you get the 128 question test. Filed before that, you get the older 100 question test.
Nonpartisan civic education
Government websites are accurate and close to unreadable. Law firm blogs are readable and built to sell you something. We are the plain language layer on top of official information, and we point you back to the source every time.
The civics test you take depends on the day your Form N-400 was filed, not the day of your interview. Filed on or after October 20, 2025, you get the 128 question test. Filed before that, you get the older 100 question test.
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Why this work exists
Millions of immigrants pass a version of the civics test every year. Most people born here would not.
In 2018 the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation gave a national sample of Americans a multiple choice test drawn from the same civics exam immigrants take to naturalize. Thirty six percent passed. A follow up survey of 41,000 people across all fifty states found Vermont was the only state where a majority passed, at 53 percent.
- 8.49 million
- lawful permanent residents were eligible to naturalize as of January 2025
- 23.8 million
- naturalized citizens can vote, close to 10 percent of the electorate
- 23.5 million
- immigrants report speaking English less than very well
- 128 questions
- in the 2025 civics test bank, up from 100 on the older test
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The Pages People Open First
Which civics test do I take?
All 128 questions and answers
Free practice test, no account
You cannot vote yet. You can still take part.
A stuck USCIS case and who can help
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What we do not do
We Do Not Endorse Candidates. We Do Not Tell You How to Vote.
This is not neutrality for its own sake. It is the reason a Republican official and a Democratic official can both send a constituent to us without hesitating. When a law is disputed, we describe the dispute. When a fact is contested, we say who contests it. When we do not know, we say so.
Learn. Navigate. Engage. Lead.
Four Steps, In the Order People Actually Need Them
Learn
Navigate
Engage
Lead
Why this work exists
Millions of immigrants pass a version of the civics test every year. Most people born here would not.
In 2018 the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation gave a national sample of Americans a multiple choice test drawn from the same civics exam immigrants take to naturalize. Thirty six percent passed. A follow up survey of 41,000 people across all fifty states found Vermont was the only state where a majority passed, at 53 percent.
- 8.49 million
- lawful permanent residents were eligible to naturalize as of January 2025
- 23.8 million
- naturalized citizens can vote, close to 10 percent of the electorate
- 23.5 million
- immigrants report speaking English less than very well
- 128 questions
- in the 2025 civics test bank, up from 100 on the older test
Start here
The Pages People Open First
Which civics test do I take?
All 128 questions and answers
Free practice test, no account
You cannot vote yet. You can still take part.
A stuck USCIS case and who can help
You are a citizen. Here is what to do next.
What we do not do
We Do Not Endorse Candidates. We Do Not Tell You How to Vote.
This is not neutrality for its own sake. It is the reason a Republican official and a Democratic official can both send a constituent to us without hesitating. When a law is disputed, we describe the dispute. When a fact is contested, we say who contests it. When we do not know, we say so.