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

Answers from the USCIS list

Give this answer.

• the Bill of Rights

Our explanation

When it was written in 1787, the Constitution did not list people’s rights. Many people wanted a list. So in 1791, the first ten amendments were added. They are the Bill of Rights.

Remember it

First ten amendments = the Bill of Rights. Ten fingers, ten amendments.

Source

USCIS 2025 Study Guide (One Nation, One People, M-1175) p. 33–34: “did not like the Constitution in 1787 because it did not include a list of rights” … “In 1791, the first 10 amendments were added”

• Civics (History and Government) Questions for the Naturalization Test (2008 version), rev. 08/21 (PDF, USCIS)

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