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2025 Civics Test · Question 7 of 128

How many amendments does the U.S. Constitution have?

En español: ¿Cuántas enmiendas tiene la Constitución de los EE. UU.? — ver en español

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Accepted answers (USCIS M-1778)

  • Twenty-seven (27)
Why this is the answerThe first ten arrived together in 1791 as the Bill of Rights. Only seventeen more have passed in the two centuries since — 10 + 17 = 27 — which tells you how hard the process is.

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