Why does the flag have 50 stars?

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D. There is one star for each state

1. The flag has 50 stars, and the number matches something about the country.
2. There is one star for each state, because there are 50 states.
3. The colonies are counted by the 13 stripes instead, so stars and stripes stand for different things.
_Source: USCIS Civics Flash Cards M-623 (rev. 02/12), public domain, official civics question 97_

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