How many amendments does the Constitution have?

Explanation

The Constitution has 27 amendments. The most recent, the 27th, was ratified in 1992.

Why it matters

The small number over 230+ years shows how deliberately Americans change their founding law.

The 65/20 special consideration

Question 7 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.

• lifeanswers Question 9: What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
• Congressanswers Question 13: Name one branch or part of the government.
• (because of) the state's populationanswers Question 25: Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?

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 5: What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?the Bill of Rights