Federal Government and its Purposes

When the founding fathers wrote the U.S Constitution what did the government do--

in order to form a more perfect Union?

• Raise and support an army and navy

• Regulate interstate commerce and foreign trade

• Create a new type of government

• Provide for peaceful transitions of power with national elections

How does the federal government provide for the common defense?

• Regulate interstate commerce and foreign trade

• Raise and support an army and navy

• Create a new type of government

• Provide for peaceful transitions of power with national elections

What does the federal government do to insure domestic tranquility?

• Raise and support an army and navy

• Regulate interstate commerce and foreign trade

• Raise revenues by taxation for public services

• Provide for peaceful transitions of power with national elections

How does the federal government promote the general welfare?

• Raise and support an army and navy

• Regulate interstate commerce and foreign trade

• Create a new type of government

• Provide for peaceful transitions of power with national elections

What does the federal government do to secure the blessings of liberty?

• Raise and support an army and navy

• Regulate interstate commerce and foreign trade

• Provide for peaceful transitions of power with national elections

• Establish a postal system and roads

In order to ensure a more perfect union the founding fathers

• Created a unitary form of government

• Created the Articles of Confederation

• Create a new type of government; established three branches of government with a system of checks and balances

• None of the above

How does the federal government provide for the common defense?

Pick 3

• Declare war

• Enter into treaties

• Raise revenues by taxation for public services

• Call forth a militia

What power does the government have in relation to regulating interstate commerce and foreign trade?

• Establish a federal postal service and roads

• Enter into treaties

• Raise revenues by taxation for public services such as roads and

• Mint money

How does the government secure the blessings of liberty?

• Providing a peaceful transition of power with national elections

• Regulate interstate commerce and foreign trade

• Establish a postal system and roads

• None of the above