Question 82 of 128 · 2025 test
What founding document was written in 1787?
2025 test only
This question is from the 2025 test, which applies if you filed Form N-400 on or after Oct 20, 2025: the officer asks up to 20 of the 128 questions and 12 correct answers pass. Earlier filers take the 2008 test - check your version on the official USCIS test-updates page.
Accepted answer
- (U.S.) Constitution
Related 2008 questions
The 2008 test covers the same fact from another angle.
The 65/20 special consideration
Question 82 is not one of the 20 asterisked questions, so an applicant who qualifies for the 65/20 special consideration would not be asked it. Everyone else studies all 128.
Answers that get mixed up with this one
These are the wrong options the 2025 practice test puts beside this question. Each one is the correct answer to a different 2025 question.
- Be born in the United States, under the conditions set by the 14th Amendmentanswers Question 68: How can people become United States citizens?
- The Civil Waranswers Question 92: Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.
- Susan B. Anthonyanswers Question 99: Name one leader of the women’s rights movement in the 1800s.
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Question and answers from the USCIS document 128 Civics Questions and Answers (2025 version), M-1778 (09/25), U.S. government public domain.