2025 civics test · Question 68 of 128 · Rights and Responsibilities
How can people become United States citizens?
Official answers
- Be born in the United States, under the conditions set by the 14th Amendment
- Naturalize
- Derive citizenship (under conditions set by Congress)
Why
There are three ways. A person can be born in the United States under the conditions of the 14th Amendment, naturalize, or derive citizenship under conditions set by Congress. Derived citizenship usually comes through a parent who is a U.S. citizen. A person becomes a naturalized citizen at a ceremony, after taking the Oath of Allegiance.