Question 75: What group of people was taken and sold as slaves?
Official answers (any one counts)
USCIS accepts any of these answers. If the question asks for more than one, give as many as it asks.
- Africans
- People from Africa
Grandpa explains
Millions of people were taken from Africa by force and sold as slaves. A terrible injustice, kiddo.
Careful: these are NOT the answer
These are the common mix-ups. The app uses them as traps so you practice.
- People from Asia
- People from Australia
- People from Canada
On the 2008 test this is question 60
If you filed your N-400 before October 20, 2025, you take the 2008 version. Which one is mine?
What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
- Africans
- people from Africa
Video lesson on this topic: Colonies and Independence
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- 78Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? ★
- 79When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
- 80The American Revolution had many important events. Name one.
- 81There were 13 original states. Name five.
Official sources:
- USCIS · 128 Civics Questions and Answers (2025 version), M-1778 (09/25) ↗ · checked October 6, 2026
The plain explanation is ours; the official answers are USCIS's, word for word.