2025 civics test · Question 69 · Rights and Responsibilities
What are two examples of civic participation in the United States?
Give 2 of these answers
- Vote
- Run for office
- Join a political party
- Help with a campaign
- Join a civic group
- Join a community group
- Give an elected official your opinion (on an issue)
- Contact elected officials
- Support or oppose an issue or policy
- Write to a newspaper
What this means
There are many ways Americans take part in their democracy, and the test asks you to name two examples:
- Vote
- Run for office
- Join a political party
- Help with a campaign
- Join a civic or community group
- Call or write your elected officials
- Publicly support or oppose an issue or policy
The 2008 test asks for two “ways to participate,” and the 2025 test asks for two “examples of civic participation.” The answers overlap, so the same list works.
An easy pair is “vote” and “join a political party.”
Why this is on the test
The test values active citizenship, so it asks how ordinary people take part in their democracy beyond just voting.
How this question is asked
On the 2025 civics test, the officer asks up to 20 of the 128 questions out loud and you pass by answering 12 correctly. You answer in your own words. There is no multiple choice and nothing to write down for the civics portion. This question is one where you must give 2 correct answers, not just one.
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- 66 What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?
- 67 Name two promises that new citizens make in the Oath of Allegiance.
- 68 How can people become United States citizens?