Civics question 65 of 128
What are three rights of everyone living in the United States?
6 accepted answers
- Freedom of expression
- Freedom of speech
- Freedom of assembly
- Freedom to petition the government
- Freedom of religion
- The right to bear arms
You only need to give one of these. The officer accepts any of them.
Source: official USCIS question list for the 2025 version of the civics test. This site is independent and not affiliated with USCIS.
Background
Naming any three of the listed freedoms answers the question: expression, speech, assembly, petitioning the government, religion, and the right to bear arms. Read the wording closely, because it asks about everyone living in the United States rather than citizens only. That is the constitutional rule as well: the Bill of Rights is written as a limit on government rather than as a benefit reserved to citizens, so its protections reach residents generally. The first five come from the First Amendment, which packs several freedoms into a single sentence, and the last from the Second. None is unlimited. Courts have long allowed narrow restrictions, on fraud, threats, and defamation for speech, and on time and place for assembly, while treating limits on the content of an opinion with deep suspicion.
This background section is written by US Citizenship Test Practice to explain the civics fact. It is not part of the USCIS question list, and the official answer above is the one to give at the interview.
Where this question sits
It is part of Rights and Responsibilities, inside the American Government section of the test.
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