2025 civics test · Question 66 of 128 · Rights and Responsibilities★ 65/20 question
What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?
In Chinese 当我们诵读效忠誓词时，我们效忠的是什么？
Official answers
- The United States美国
- The flag国旗
Any one of these answers is accepted unless the question asks for more than one.
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Why this is the answer
The Pledge of Allegiance begins, "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands." So when people say it, they promise loyalty to the flag and to the country the flag represents. Either answer, the United States or the flag, is correct.