[Edling] Changes to the U.S. Citizenship Test

[Francis M. Hult via Edling]

Time

How Trump Is Changing the U.S. Citizenship Test

The 2025 civics test is similar to the 2020 one, except officers will only
be required to ask questions until the applicant either passes or fails the
test. For example, if an applicant answers nine questions incorrectly, they
have failed the exam, and the officer will not ask the remaining questions.

The overall shift from 2008 to 2025 also reflects Trump’s first-term
Administration’s move away from simple, one-word or short-answer questions,
basic geography questions, and questions with minimal civic content to more
specific and more complex ones that require better understanding of
history.

The question bank has been made public for applicants to review. Some
differences between the 2025 test and the 2008 one include questions on
Dwight Eisenhower, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and more
explanation-based questions like “Why did the United States enter the
Persian Gulf War?” or “Why did the United States enter the Vietnam War?”
(Answers: “To force the Iraqi military from Kuwait” and “To stop the spread
of communism,” respectively.)

Full story:
https://time.com/7327246/us-citizenship-test-changes-harder-civics-english-trump/
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