What major event happened on September 11, 2001 in the United States?
American History · Recent American History and Other Important Historical Information65/20 special consideration question
Accepted answer(s)
- Terrorists attacked the United States
- Terrorists took over two planes and crashed them into the World Trade Center in New York City
- Terrorists took over a plane and crashed into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia
- Terrorists took over a plane originally aimed at Washington, D.C., and crashed in a field in Pennsylvania
This is question 115 of the 2025 Civics Test. See it on uscis.gov.
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