Introduction to the Constitution Review

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What does "Secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity" mean from the Preamble?

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freedom for everyone now and in the future

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What was the overall purpose of the Preamble to the Constitution?

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To define the broad purpose of the Republican Government

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What is the purpose of the system described in this passage? The several parts [of the government] may, by their mutual relations, be the means of keeping each other in their proper places . . . [T]hose who [manage] each department [have] the necessary constitutional means and personal motives to resist . . . the others.

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to limit the powers of the government "checks and balances"

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What is a system in which each branch of government can limit the power of the other branches of government?

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checks and balances

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What is determined by the supremacy clause to the Constitution in Article VI?

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Federal law is above all state and local laws

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Which is the only way to actually amend or change the Constitution?

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Amendment is ratified by 3/4 of the state legislatures.

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Which 5 things are included in the 1st Amendment to the Constitution as protected rights? Options: Speech, Bear Arms, Religion, Assembly, No Quartering; Speech, Religion, Bear Arms, Petition, and Assembly; Speech, Religion, Press, Petition, and Assembly; Speech, Religion, Assembly, Quartering, and Petition

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Speech, Religion, Press, Petition, and Assembly

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Which Amendment ensures that "the right of the people to keep and bear arms is not infringed"?

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2nd Amendment