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Principles — Constitution & Amendments
6 official civics questions from the 2025 version (128 questions) of the USCIS naturalization test — the 2025 test applies if USCIS received your Form N-400 on or after October 20, 2025. Topic area: american government — a: principles of american government. On test day the officer asks 20 questions from the full bank of 128 and you need 12 correct.
What is the supreme law of the land?
Answer: (U.S.) Constitution
Name one thing the U.S. Constitution does.
Answer: Forms the government
The U.S. Constitution starts with the words "We the People." What does "We the People" mean?
Answer: Self-government
How are changes made to the U.S. Constitution?
Answer: Amendments
What does the Bill of Rights protect?
Answer: (The basic) rights of Americans
How many amendments does the U.S. Constitution have?
Answer: Twenty-seven (27)
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- The Three Branches — Overview
- Principles — System Fundamentals
- Principles — Constitution & Amendments — you are here
- Principles — Declaration & Founding Ideas
- Congress — Structure, Counts & Terms
- Presidency & Executive Branch
- Judiciary & Supreme Court
- Federalism — Federal vs State Powers
- Current Officeholders & Your State (dynamic set)
- Rights — Voting & Resident-vs-Citizen
- Rights — Citizenship, Pledge & Oath
- Rights — Civic Duties & Participation
- Colonial — Peoples & Settlement
- Colonial — Revolution & Independence
- Colonial — The Founders
- Colonial — 1787 Constitution & Federalist Papers
- 1800s — Expansion, Civil War & Lincoln
- 1800s — Reconstruction Amendments & Suffrage
- 1900s — World Wars
- 1900s — Great Depression & FDR
- 1900s — Cold War & Communism
- 1900s — Rights Movements & Suffrage
- Recent History & American Heritage
- Symbols — Flag, Capital, Statue, Anthem & Motto
- Holidays — incl. Memorial-vs-Veterans Trap Pair
- English Component — Reading & Writing (M-715)