What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?

Explanation

The first ten amendments are called the Bill of Rights. They were added in 1791 to protect individual freedoms.

Why it matters

The Bill of Rights lists the specific protections - like free speech and fair trials - that government cannot take away.

The 65/20 special consideration

Question 5 is not in the 65/20 set. An applicant who is 65 or older and has been a lawful permanent resident for 20 years or more studies only the 20 marked questions, so this one would not be asked. Everyone else studies all 100.

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Answers that get mixed up with this one

These are the wrong options the practice test puts beside this question. Each one is the correct answer to a different question, which is what makes it tempting.

• twenty-seven (27)answers Question 7: How many amendments does the Constitution have?
• checks and balancesanswers Question 14: What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
• two (2)answers Question 22: We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?

More Principles of American Democracy questions

Questions the officer draws from the same part of the test. Studying them together is what keeps their answers apart.

• Question 1: What is the supreme law of the land?the Constitution
• Question 2: What does the Constitution do?sets up the government · defines the government · protects basic rights of Americans
• Question 3: The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?We the People
• Question 4: What is an amendment?a change (to the Constitution) · an addition (to the Constitution)
• Question 6: What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?speech · religion · assembly · press · petition the government