All 128 questions · American Government / A: Principles
2025 Civics Test · Question 3 of 128
Name one thing the U.S. Constitution does.
En español: Mencione una cosa que hace la Constitución de los EE. UU. — ver en español
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Accepted answers (USCIS M-1778)
- Forms the government
- Defines powers of government
- Defines the parts of government
- Protects the rights of the people
Why this is the answerThink of it as the country’s instruction manual: it builds the government, hands out its powers, splits it into parts, and fences it off from your rights. Any one of those four is a full answer.
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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