Introduction to the Constitution Review

Each of the six promises of the "Preamble to the Constitution means something. Match the meaning to the statement.

• ensure the well being of citizens

• Provide for the common defense
• to ensure peace and order in

• Ensure domestic tranquility

• Help protect against foreign enemies

• Form a more perfect Union
• Unite the states under one gov.

• Establish justice

• fair laws that apply to everyone

• Promote the general welfare

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

• freedom for everyone now and in the future

• freedom today and yesterday

• freedom one day that lasts a while

• freedom for the rich that lasts until the next election

• freedom for the poor that lasts forever

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

• To ensure cooperation among the states

• To create a system of government based on fair laws

• To define the broad purpose of the Republican Government

• To protect the nation against foreign enemeis

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.

What is the purpose of the system described in this passage?

• to guarantee freedom of speech

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

• to create the most efficient form of government

• to establish a government based on the consent of the people

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

• Rule of law

• Amendment process

• checks and balances

• Preamble

Which article of the Constitution created which branch of Government or other purpose?

• Executive Branch

• Article III

• Judicial Branch

• Article IV

• Relationship between States

• Article I

• Process to Amend the Constituion

• Article II

• Legislative branch

• Article V

Which are the powers of the Legislative Branch of government? Click all that apply.

• enforces the laws

• Interprets the laws

• negotiates treaties

• makes the laws

• appropriates funds

Which powers are established for the Executive Branch of government by the Constitution?

• Enforces the laws

• Makes the laws

• Negotiates Treaties

• Appoints Federal Judges and other top officials.

• Interprets the laws

Which powers are given to the Judicial Branch of Government by the Constitution?

• makes the laws

• Interprets the laws

• enforces the laws

• Reviews lower-courts decisions

• judges whether laws are constitutional

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

• State laws are above all national and local laws

• Local laws are above all state and federal laws

• Federal law is above all state and local laws

• No law is above the other laws of each jurisdiction