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2025 civics test · Question 115 of 128 · American History: Recent American History and Other Important Historical Information
What major event happened on September 11, 2001 in the United States?
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
About this question
- It is question 115 on the official USCIS list of 128 questions for the 2025 civics test, the test for people who filed Form N-400 on or after October 20, 2025. Which test do I take?
- The 2008 test asks the same question, as question 86 on the 2008 test. The accepted answers can be worded differently, so study the list for your own test.
- You only need to give one of the answers listed.
- It is one of the 20 questions for 65/20 applicants: people who are 65 or older and have been permanent residents for 20 years or more.
- At the interview the officer asks up to 20 questions out loud and you need 12 correct answers to pass.
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- 114. Why did the United States enter the Persian Gulf War?
- 116. Name one U.S. military conflict after the September 11, 2001 attacks.
- 117. Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.
- 118. Name one example of an American innovation.
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