The Preamble (The U.S. Constitution)

The Preamble (The U.S. Constitution)

The Constitution

The United States of America

The Constitution

• Written in 1787

• replaced the Articles of Confederation

Multiple Choice

What did the Constitution Replace?

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Federalist Papers

• The Articles of Confederation

The constitution

Created a Strong Central Government

Multiple Choice

What did the Constitution create?

• Strong States

• A Strong Central Government

• A war

The 3 Parts of the Constitution

The constitution is made up of 3 parts

• The Preamble

• The Articles

• The Amendments

Multiple Choice

How many parts does the Constitution have?

• 1

• 2

• 3

The Preamble

The Preamble is the beginning of the Constitution

The Preamble

• Beginning of the constitution

• Tells why the Constitution was written

• Explains what the people of the United States want the government to do for them.

Multiple Choice

What does the preamble tell us?

• Introduces the Constitution

• Why the Constitution was written

• nothing

The Preamble

"We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution of the United States of America."

We the People of the United States

Means: The citizens of the country

in Order to form a more perfect union

Means: want to make a better country

establish Justice

Means: we want a court system that treats people fairly

Multiple Choice

What does it mean to establish justice?

• Create a court system

• give everyone money

• put bad guys away

insure domestic Tranquility

Means: we want peace in our country

provide for the common defense

Means: we want an army to protect us

Multiple Choice

What does it mean to "provide for the common defense"?

• attack Canada

• Create an Army

• Build a tower

promote the general welfare

Means: we want people to have things they need

and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity

Means: we want freedom now and in the future

Multiple Choice

What does the word "Posterity" mean?

• last night

• The future

• the past

do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America

Means: we write and approve this paper so that these things will happen.

Multiple Choice

what does "do ordain and establish this Constitution" mean?

• write and approve it

• just talk about it

• think about it