All 128 questions · American Government / A: Principles
2025 Civics Test · Question 10 of 128
Name two important ideas from the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.
En español: Mencione dos ideas importantes de la Declaración de Independencia y de la Constitución de los EE. UU. — ver en español
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Accepted answers (USCIS M-1778)
- Equality
- Liberty
- Social contract
- Natural rights
- Limited government
- Self-government
Why this is the answerThese are the ideas both documents share: the promise (equality, liberty, natural rights) and the machinery that protects it (limited government, the social contract). Name any two.
This answer is free — here and everywhere else on the internet. Still having it in the interview room, out loud, in English, under pressure: that’s what Naturalizer trains.
In the Naturalizer app, this question is taught inside “The founding” — the story of how thirteen colonies became a nation with a Constitution. On the real test, an officer asks up to 20 of the 128 questions out loud; 12 correct answers pass.
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