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100 Civics Questions in RANDOM (ELLA VOICE_01042) for U.S. Citizenship Test – 37 Yes-No Questions & Vocabulary from N-400 (Part 9) for U.S. Citizenship Interview · U.S. Citizenship Test 2026

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  Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states.
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  What is 1 power of the states? Provide schooling and education.
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  Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
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  American Indians. What is one reason colonists
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  came to America? Freedom.
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  What is the rule of law? Everyone must follow the law.
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  When is the last day you can send in federal income tax
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  forms? April 15 What is one right or
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  freedom from the 1st Amendment speech?
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  Name one US territory, Guam. What major event happened on
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  September 11th, 2001 in the United States?
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  Terrorists attacked the United States.
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  What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?
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  The United States. What is 1 promise you make when
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  you become a United States citizen?
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  Obey the laws of the United States.
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  What is the name of the national anthem?
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  The Star spangled banner. What ocean is on the East Coast
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  of the United States? Atlantic Ocean What was one
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  important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?
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  Freed the slaves. Name one problem that led to the
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  Civil War? Slavery.
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  What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
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  Freed the slaves Name 1 War fought by the United States in
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  the 1800s Civil War. What are two cabinet level
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  positions? Secretary of Defense, Secretary
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  of Education What is the highest court in the United States?
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  The Supreme Court name one right only for United States citizens.
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  Vote in a federal election. Name one state that borders
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  Mexico, California. Who is the Chief Justice of the
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  United States now? John Roberts.
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  We elect AUS senator for how many years?
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  6 What does the President's cabinet do?
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  Advises the president. What movement tried to end
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  racial discrimination? Civil rights movement If the
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  president can no longer serve, who becomes president?
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  The vice president. What is the economic system in
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  the United States? Market economy.
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  Why does the flag have 50 stars? Because there are 50 states.
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  In what month do we vote for president?
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  November. Why do some states have more
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  representatives than other states?
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  Because of the state's population.
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  What did Susan B Anthony do? Fought for women's rights.
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  Who was the 1st President? George Washington.
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  Who is one of your state's US Senators?
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  Now name one of the two longest
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  rivers in the United States, Missouri River.
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  Name 1 branch or part of the government Congress.
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  What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives
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  now? Mike Johnson.
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  We elect a president for how many years?
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  4 Who is the father of our country?
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  George Washington When was the Constitution written?
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  17187 What group of people was taken to America and sold as
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  slaves? Africans.
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  When do we celebrate Independence Day?
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  July 4th. Who signs bills to become laws?
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  The president. What is an amendment?
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  A change to the Constitution. What is the name of the
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  President of the United States now?
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  Donald Trump, Who is in charge of the executive branch?
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  The president who did the United States fight in World War 2.
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  Japan, Germany and Italy What is 1 responsibility that is only
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  for United States citizens Serve on a jury.
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  What ocean is on the West Coast of the United States?
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  Pacific Ocean Name 1 American Indian tribe in the United
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  States. Cherokee How many US senators
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  are there 100? What is the capital of the
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  United States? Washington, DC.
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  What is the name of the Vice President of the United States
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  now? JD Vance.
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  What is freedom of religion? You can practice any religion or
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  not practice a religion. Where is the Statue of Liberty
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  New York harbor name 2 National US holidays New Year's Day?
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  Independence Day. What territory did the United
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  States buy from France in eighteen O 3 The Louisiana
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  Territory. The Federalist Papers supported
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  the passage of the US Constitution.
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  Name one of the writers. James Madison.
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  Who is the commander in chief of the military?
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  The president. If both the president and the
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  vice president can no longer serve, who becomes president?
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  The Speaker of the House. There are 4 amendments to the
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  Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them.
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  Citizens 18 and older can vote. What is the political party of
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  the president now Republican? The idea of self government is
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  in the first 3 words of the Constitution.
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  What are these words? We the people who was president
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  during the Great Depression and World War 2?
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  Franklin Roosevelt. Name 1 war fought by the United
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  States in the 1900s World War One.
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  What are the two major political parties in the United States
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  Democratic and Republican? During the Cold War, what was
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  the main concern of the United States?
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  Communism What are two rights of everyone living in the United
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  States? Freedom of speech Freedom of
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  religion There were 13 original states.
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  Name 3. New York, New Jersey and
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  Pennsylvania. What are two ways that Americans
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  can participate in their democracy?
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  Vote. Join a political party.
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  What did the Declaration of Independence do?
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  Announced our independence from Great Britain.
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  Before he was president, Eisenhower was a general.
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  What war was he in World War 2? What stops 1 branch of
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  government from becoming too powerful?
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  Checks and balances. Why did the colonists fight the
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  British? Because of high taxes.
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  Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
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  Thomas Jefferson What is the capital of your state?
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  What is the supreme law of the land?
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  The Constitution. Who was president during World
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  War One? Woodrow Wilson, Who makes
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  federal laws? Congress.
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  When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
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  July 4th, 1776. How old do citizens have to be
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  to vote for president 18 and older.
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  Why does the flag have 13 stripes?
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  Because there were 13 original colonies.
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  What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
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  The constitution was written. How many amendments does
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  constitution have? 27 Name one state that borders
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  Canada. New York.
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  When must all men register for the Selective Service?
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  At age 18. Who vetoes bills?
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  The president. Under our Constitution, some
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  powers belong to the federal government.
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  What is 1 Power of the federal government?
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  To print money what does the judicial branch do Reviews laws
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  the House of Representatives has how many voting members 435.
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  What are the two parts of the US Congress, the Senate and House
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  of Representatives? What does the Constitution do?
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  Sets up the government. We elect AUS representative for
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  how many years? 2 Who does AUS senator
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  represent? All people of the state.
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  What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
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  Life. Liberty.
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  How many justices are on the Supreme Court?
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  9 What do we call the 1st 10 Amendments to the Constitution?
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  The Bill of Rights name the US war between the North and the
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  South. The Civil War Name your US
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  representative. What is one thing Benjamin
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  Franklin is famous for? U.S. diplomat What did Martin
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  Luther King Junior do? Fought for civil rights.
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  What is the rule of law? Everyone must follow the law.
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  What major event happened on September 11th, 2001 in the
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  United States? Terrorists attacked the United
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  States. What did the Emancipation
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  Proclamation do? Freed the slaves.
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  Name one right only for United States citizens Vote in a
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  federal election. 37 yes no questions and 60 Must know
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  vocabulary for US citizenship interview easy to learn and
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  remember. Have you ever claimed to be AUS
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  citizen in writing or any other way?
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  No. What does inclaimed to be AUS
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  citizen mean? To stay you are AUS citizen.
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  Have you ever registered to vote or voted in any federal, state,
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  or local election in the United States?
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  No. What does a vote mean?
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  To elect a new leader. Do you currently owe any overdue
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  federal, state, or local taxes in the United States?
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  No. Do you know what owe taxes
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  means? To owe the government money.
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  What does owe any overdue taxes mean?
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  Didn't pay taxes on time. Since you became a lawful
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  permanent resident, have you called yourself a non non
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  resident alien on a federal, state or local tax return or
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  decided not to file a tax return because you considered yourself
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  to be a non resident? No.
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  What is a non resident alien? A person who is not AUS
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  resident. What doesn't file a tax return
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  mean? To send tax paperwork to the
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  government. Have you ever been a member of,
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  involved in, or in any way associated with any communist or
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  totalitarian party anywhere in the world?
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  No. Tell me what Uncommunist party
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  is. No freedom like Cuba or China.
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  What is a totalitarian party? A political party with total
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  control. Have you ever advocated,
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  supported and promoted any opposition to all organized
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  government? No.
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  Have you ever been a member of or involved in world communism?
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  No. Have you ever associated with
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  any group anywhere in the world that advocated any of the
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  establishment in the United States of a totalitarian
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  dictatorship? No.
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  What is a totalitarian dictatorship?
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  A political system with total control.
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  Have you ever advocated, supported and promoted any of
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  the overthrow by force or violence or other
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  unconstitutional means of the government of the United States
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  or all forms of law? No.
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  What are unconstitutional means? Methods are not allowed by the
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  Constitution. Have you ever advocated,
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  supported and promoted any of the unlawful assaulting or
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  killing of any officer or officers of the government of
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  the United States or of any other organized government
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  because of their official character?
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  No. What does unlawful assaulting
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  mean? To attack someone illegally.
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  Have you ever associated with any group anywhere in the world
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  that advocated any of the unlawful damage, injury or
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  destruction of property? No.
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  Have you ever advocated, supported and promoted any
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  sabotage? No.
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  What is in Sabotage? The act of destroying something.
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  Have you ever been a member of, involved in, or in any way
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  associated with, or have you ever provided money, a thing of
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  value, services or labor, or any other assistance or support to a
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  group that used a weapon or explosive with intent to harm
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  another person or cause damage to property?
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  No. What is a weapon?
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  Like a knife, gun or bomb. What is explosive?
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  Something that can explode? Have you ever been a member of,
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  involved in, or in any way associated with, or have you
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  ever provided money, a thing of value, services or labor, or any
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  other assistance or support to a group that engaged participated
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  in kidnapping, assassination, or hijacking or sabotage of an
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  airplane, ship, vehicle, or other mode of transportation?
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  No. What does in kidnapping mean?
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  Taking someone by force illegally.
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  What is on assassination? The killing of someone famous or
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  important. What is in Hijacking?
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  Taking a vehicle by force. Have you ever been a member of,
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  involved in, or in any way associated with, or have you
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  ever provided money, a thing of value, services or labor, or any
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  other assistance or support to a group that threatened,
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  attempted, tried, conspired, planned with others, prepared,
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  planned, advocated for, or incited, encouraged others to
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  commit any of the acts listed in item numbers A or B?
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  No. Do you understand what threaten
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  means? To tell someone you will hurt
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  them. What does a conspired mean?
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  To plan secretly to do something illegal.
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  What does incited mean? To encourage someone to do
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  something illegal. Have you ever ordered, incited,
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  called for, committed, assisted, helped with, or otherwise
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  participated in torture? No.
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  Do you understand the word torture?
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  To cause great pain to someone. Have you ever ordered, incited,
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  called for, committed, assisted, helped with, or otherwise
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  participated in genocide? No.
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  How do you define genocide? Killing a whole race.
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  Have you ever participated in killing or trying to kill any
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  person? Have you ever ordered, incited,
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  called for, committed, assisted, helped with, or otherwise
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  participated in intentionally and severely injuring or trying
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  to injure any person? No.
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  Have you ever participated in any kind of sexual contact or
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  activity with any person who did not consent, did not agree or
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  was unable to consent, could not agree, or was being forced or
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  threatened by you or by someone else?
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  No. What is time, Sexual contact or
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  activity? Touching private parts of
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  someone. Have you ever ordered, incited,
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  called for, committed, assisted, helped with, or otherwise
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  participated in not letting someone practice their religion?
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  No. What is ought religion?
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  The belief in a God or gods. Have you ever participated in
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  causing harm or suffering to any person because of their race,
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  religion, national origin, membership in a particular
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  social group, or political opinion?
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  No. What is suffering?
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  Physical or mental pain of a person?
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  Have you ever served in, been a member of, assisted, helped, or
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  participated in any military or police unit?
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  No. What is a military unit?
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  The official army for a country. Have you ever served in, been a
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  member of, assisted, helped, or participated in any armed group?
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  A group that carries weapons, for example, paramilitary unit.
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  A group of people who act like a military group but are not part
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  of the official military self-defense unit, vigilante
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  unit, rebel group, or guerrilla group.
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  No. What is a paramilitary unit?
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  Like a military group but is not official.
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  Have you ever worked, volunteered, or otherwise served
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  in a place where people were detained, forced to stay?
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  For example, a prison jail, prison camp, a camp where
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  prisoners of war or political prisoners are kept, detention
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  facility or labor camp? Or have you ever directed or
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  participated in any other activity that involved detaining
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  people? No.
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  What does to be detained mean? To be held in custody by police.
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  What is a labor camp? A place where people are forced
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  to work. Were you ever a part of any
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  group or did you ever help any group, unit, or organization
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  that used a weapon against any person or threatened to do so?
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  No. If you answered CS2 item number
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  10A when you were part of this group or when you helped this
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  group, did you ever use a weapon against another person?
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  No. If you answered umm yes, done to
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  item number 10A, when you were part of this group or when you
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  helped this group, did you ever threaten another person that you
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  would use a weapon against that person?
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  No. Have you ever sold, provided or
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  transported weapons or assisted any person in selling, providing
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  or transporting weapons which you knew or believed would be
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  used against another person? No.
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  Have you ever received any weapons training, paramilitary
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  training, or other military type training?
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  No. What is weapons training?
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  Learning how to use a gun. What is in paramilitary
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  training? Learning how to fight in combat.
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  What is in military type training?
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  Learning how to fight in combat. Have you ever recruited, asked,
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  enlisted, signed up, conscripted, required to join,
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  or used any person under years of age to serve in or help an
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  armed group, or attempted or worked with others to do so?
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  No. Have you ever used any person
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  under years of age to take part in hostilities or attempted or
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  worked with others to do so? Have you ever participated in
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  combat or providing services related to combat, such as
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  serving as a messenger or transporting supplies?
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  No. Have you ever committed, agreed
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  to commit, asked someone else to commit, helped commit, or tried
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  to commit a crime or offense for which you were not arrested?
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  No. What does commit mean?
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  To do something wrong or illegal.
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  What is a crime? An action that breaks the law.
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  What is an on offense A. Minor crime.
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  What doesn't to be arrested mean?
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  To be handcuffed by the police. Have you ever been arrested,
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  cited, detained or confined by any law enforcement officer,
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  military official in the US or elsewhere, or immigration
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  official for any reason, or been charged with a crime or offense?
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  No. What does to be cited mean?
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  To be given a ticket by police. What does to be confined mean?
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  To be kept in a place. What does to be charged mean?
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  To be accused of a crime. If you received a suspended
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  sentence, were placed on probation or were paroled, have
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  you completed your suspended sentence, probation or parole?
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  Yes or no? Have you ever engaged in
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  prostitution, attempted to procure or import prostitutes or
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  persons for the purpose of prostitution, or received any
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  proceeds or money from prostitution?
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  No. Do you know what procure means?
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  To find a prostitute for somebody.
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  Please tell me what a prostitute is.
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  Someone who has sex for money. Have you ever manufactured,
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  cultivated, produced, distributed, dispensed, sold or
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  smuggled, trafficked any controlled substances, illegal
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  drugs, narcotics or drug paraphernalia in violation of
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  any law or regulation of AUS State, the United States, or a
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  foreign country? No.
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  What does in smuggle mean? To take things to a country
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  illegally. What are illegal drugs or
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  narcotics? Like heroin or cocaine?
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  Have you ever been married to more than one person at the same
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  time? No.
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  Have you ever married someone in order to obtain an immigration
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  benefit? No.
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  What is a non immigration benefit?
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  Things like a visa, green card or citizenship.
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  Have you ever helped anyone to enter or try to enter the United
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  States illegally? No.
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  Have you ever gambled illegally or received income from illegal
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  gambling? No.
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  Tell me what illegal gambling means.
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  To play a game for money illegally.
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  Have you ever failed to support your dependents, pay child
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  support, or to pay alimony? No.
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  Have you ever made any misrepresentation to obtain any
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  public benefit in the United States?
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  No. How do you define
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  misrepresentation? The act of giving false
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  information. What is public benefit?
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  Welfare like food stamps, housing or healthcare?
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  Have you ever given any U.S. government officials any
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  information or documentation that was false, fraudulent or
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  misleading? No.
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  What is fraudulent? To be.
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  Dishonest or intending to deceive.
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  What is misleading? Giving somebody the wrong idea.
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  Have you ever lied to any U.S. government officials to gain
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  entry or admission into the United States or to gain
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  immigration benefits while in the United States?
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  No. What does lie mean?
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  To say something that is not true.
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  Have you ever been placed in removal, rescission or
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  deportation proceedings? No.
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  What is deportation proceeding? A legal process for removing a
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  person. Have you ever been removed or
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  deported from the United States? No.
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  What does to be deported mean? To be forced to leave the US.
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  Are you a person born as a male who lived in the United States
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  at any time between your 18th and 26th birthdays?
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  No. If you answered yes to item
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  number 22 A, did you register for the Selective Service?
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  Yes or no? If you answered Chess Wess to
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  item number 22 B, provide information about your
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  registration. Have you ever left the United
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  States to avoid being drafted in the US Armed Forces?
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  No. Do you know what US armed forces
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  are? U.S., Military, Navy, Air Force,
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  Space Force. Have you ever applied for any
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  kind of exemption from military service in the US armed forces?
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  No. Have you ever served in the US
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  Armed forces? No.
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  Do you now have, or did you ever have a hereditary title or an
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  order of nobility in any foreign country?
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  No. What is a a hereditary title?
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  A royal title, such as a Prince or Princess.
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  Do you know what an anti order of nobility is?
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  A position given by a king or queen.
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  If you answered yes, yes to item number 30 dot a, are you willing
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  to give up any inherited titles or orders of nobility that you
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  have in a foreign country at your naturalization ceremony
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  ceremony? Yes.
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  Do you support the Constitution and form of government of the
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  United States? Yes.
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  What is the Constitution? It's the supreme law of the
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  land. What is the form of government
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  of the United States? Republic.
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  Do you understand the full oath of allegiance to the United
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  States? Yes.
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  Are you willing to take the full oath of allegiance to the United
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  States? No.
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  What is the Oath of allegiance to the United States?
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  A promise to be loyal to the United States.
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  Are you unable to take the oath of allegiance because of a
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  physical or developmental disability or mental impairment?
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  No. What is the mental impairment?
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  Having a mental problem? If the law requires it, are you
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  willing to bear arms on behalf of the United States?
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  Yes. What does bear arms mean?
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  To own or use a gun to fight. If the law requires it, are you
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  willing to perform non combatant services in the US armed forces?
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  Yes. What are non combatant services?
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  Services that do not involve combat or fighting.
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  If the law requires it, are you willing to perform work of
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  national importance under civilian direction?
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  Yes. What is work of national
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  importance? Tasks that are important to a
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  nation. What is a civilian direction?
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  A direction from a person who is not in the military.