The Words We Live By- Day 1

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of the section titled "We the People..."?

• The purpose is to highlight the disagreements between Federalists and Anti-federalists.

• The purpose is to define the role of women in the early days of the United States.

• The purpose is to describe the creation of the U.S. Constitution.

• The purpose is to explain the original meaning of "We the People" and how it evolved over time.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence from the section supports this answer?

• “Federalists believed that, by creating a stronger national government, the Constitution would enable the United States to survive among the competing powers of Europe."

• "Lucy Stone, one of America's first advocates for women's rights, asked in 1853: 'We the People'? Which 'We the People'? The women were not included."

• "The Constitution did not include women as full citizens until the 19th Amendment."

• “In 1787, the founding fathers gathered in Philadelphia to draft the Constitution."

Multiple Choice

How does the author use the quote from Justice Thurgood Marshall in the section "We the People..." to convey the evolving nature of the Constitution?

• It illustrates the idea that the Constitution has been continuously amended to be more inclusive.

• It shows how the Constitution was originally designed to exclude certain groups of people.

• It explains the historical purpose behind the Constitution’s creation.

• It discusses the role of the Supreme Court in shaping the Constitution.

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of the section "…this Constitution for the United States of America" in the text?

• To discuss the challenges in ratifying the Constitution.

• To explain the Constitution’s ongoing impact on American society.

• To provide a summary of how the Constitution became the foundation of the government.

• To address the importance of the Bill of Rights.

Multiple Choice

Read the sentences from the passage.

PART A-

The first three words of the Constitution are the most important. They clearly state that the people—not the king, not the legislature, not the courts—are the true rulers in American government. This principle is known as popular sovereignty.

How does this paragraph contribute to the text as a whole?

• It introduces the idea of "popular sovereignty" and the principle that power lies with the people.

• It focuses on the importance of state governments over the national government.

• It describes the legal battles that occurred during the drafting of the Constitution.

• It emphasizes the disagreements between the founding fathers during the Constitutional Convention.

Multiple Choice

What is most likely the authors purpose for including criticisms of the Constitution, such as those by Lucy Stone, Thurgood Marshall and Benjamin Franklin?

• She intends to silence their criticisms by showing how theses critics were defeated

•   She wants the reader to create their own criticisms of the Preamble.

• She believes their criticisms will undermine the Constitution and leave us searching for a new document.

• She wants to show how criticisms helped improve the Constitution over the years.