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Citizenship Study Materials
Visual study guides for the civics part of the citizenship test, learn the facts the way they actually connect, not as a list to memorize. Pick a topic, study it, then test your memory with Study, Remember, and Practice.
The Citizenship Book
Twelve chapters in three parts. Read them in order, or open any chapter.
You and your country
Being a citizen
How people become citizens, the Oath of Allegiance and the Pledge, the rights of everyone living here, who can vote, taking part in your community, and taxes and the Selective Service, with the real test questions.
Open guide →Symbols & Holidays
The flag, the anthem, the Statue of Liberty, and the national holidays, with the real test questions.
Open guide →How the government works
The United States Government and its Constitution
The supreme law of the land, We the People, and the map of the three branches, with the real test questions.
Open guide →Congress
The Senate and the House, how many members, how long they serve, who they represent, and how to find your own, with the real test questions.
Open guide →The President
The branch the President leads, the four-year term and the two-term limit, the powers of the office, the Cabinet, and the Electoral College, with the real test questions.
Open guide →The courts
The judicial branch, the Supreme Court, nine seats and five justices to decide a case, why justices serve for life, and who the Chief Justice is now, with the real test questions.
Open guide →Federal and state
The powers only the federal government has, the powers only the states have, the 10th Amendment, and how to find your own governor and state capital, with the real test questions.
Open guide →American history, by the years
Early American History
A picture timeline of the first chapter of American history: the people who were here first, why the colonists came, the people taken from Africa and sold as slaves, and the thirteen colonies, with the real test questions.
Open guide →1775 to 1800
A picture timeline of how thirteen colonies become one country: the war, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Federalist Papers, and the first President, with the real test questions.
Open guide →The 1800s
A picture timeline of the third part of American history: the Louisiana Purchase, the War of 1812, the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation, the amendments after the war, and the women's rights movement, with the real test questions.
Open guide →1900 to 1945
A picture timeline of the fourth part of American history: the women's rights movement and the vote in 1920, World War I, the Great Depression and Franklin Roosevelt, and why the United States entered World War II, with the real test questions.
Open guide →1945 to today
A picture timeline of the last part of American history: the Cold War and Dwight Eisenhower, the Korean and Vietnam wars, the civil rights movement and Martin Luther King, Jr., the Persian Gulf War, September 11, 2001, and American innovations, with the real test questions.
Open guide →The 128 questions
The whole official bank, in one place. Read it online, or print it and study away from a screen.
All 128 Questions, in Simple English
Every question on the test, with a simpler English version when it helps, and the official answer. Search it, or browse by topic.
Open guide →128 Questions — English & Español
Every question with a simpler English version and a Spanish translation. Tap to reveal each tier. Print or save as PDF to share.
Open & share →128 Questions with Translations
The same official questions and answers, in English beside Arabic, Chinese, French, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, or Ukrainian. Each one has a printable PDF.
See the languages →Reference guides
These guides go across many chapters. Use them any time.
Important Documents
A picture timeline of every document and amendment on the test, from the Declaration of Independence to the 26th Amendment, with the real test questions.
Open guide →Important Americans
Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, Madison, Hamilton, Lincoln, Anthony, Roosevelt, Eisenhower, and King, who they are, with the real test questions.
Open guide →Wars, in order
A picture timeline of every war on the test, oldest to newest. Hear each name, say it out loud, and read the real test questions.
Open guide →U.S. Geography
The capital, the oceans, the borders, the rivers, and the territories, with the real test questions.
Open guide →Put it in order
Drag-and-drop games about sequence: the order American history happened in, and the order the citizenship interview happens in.
The American Story
A drag-and-drop timeline game. Put the biggest events of America's 250-year story in order, by period, then all together.
Play →The N-400 Interview, in Order
Learn the N-400 interview in order, first the six big steps, then the real N-400 sections and the exact questions the officer asks. Retrieval-first, built for whole-class teaching.
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