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Federalism — Federal vs State Powers
3 official civics questions from the 2025 version (128 questions) of the USCIS naturalization test — the 2025 test applies if USCIS received your Form N-400 on or after October 20, 2025. Topic area: american government — b: system of government. On test day the officer asks up to 20 questions from the full bank of 128 and you need 12 correct.
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Official civics questions and answers
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Name one power that is only for the federal government.
Give one of these accepted answers:
- Print paper money
- Mint coins
- Declare war
- Create an army
- Make treaties
- Set foreign policy
Name one power that is only for the states.
Give one of these accepted answers:
- Provide schooling and education
- Provide protection (police)
- Provide safety (fire departments)
- Give a driver's license
- Approve zoning and land use
What is the purpose of the 10th Amendment?
Accepted answer:
- (It states that the) powers not given to the federal government belong to the states or to the people.
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All 26 topics in the 2025 version (128 questions)
- The Three Branches — Overview· FREE MODULE
- Principles — System Fundamentals· FREE MODULE
- Principles — Constitution & Amendments· FREE MODULE
- Principles — Declaration & Founding Ideas· FREE MODULE
- Congress — Structure, Counts & Terms· FREE MODULE
- Presidency & Executive Branch· FREE MODULE
- Judiciary & Supreme Court
- Federalism — Federal vs State Powers — you are here
- Current Officeholders & Your State
- Rights — Voting & Resident-vs-Citizen
- Rights — Citizenship, Pledge & Oath
- Rights — Civic Duties & Participation
- Colonial — Peoples & Settlement
- Colonial — Revolution & Independence
- Colonial — The Founders
- Colonial — 1787 Constitution & Federalist Papers
- 1800s — Expansion, Civil War & Lincoln
- 1800s — Reconstruction Amendments & Suffrage
- 1900s — World Wars
- 1900s — Great Depression & FDR
- 1900s — Cold War & Communism
- 1900s — Rights Movements & Suffrage
- Recent History & American Heritage
- Symbols — Flag, Capital, Statue, Anthem & Motto
- National Holidays
- English Component — Reading & Writing (M-715)