US Constitution Preamble Quiz

What are the first three words of the preamble to the US Constitution?

• We the Citizens

• We the Leaders

• We the Government

• We the People

What does the phrase 'in order to form a more perfect union' in the preamble mean?

• To divide the nation

• To create a better country

• To abolish the government

• To establish a monarchy

What does the phrase 'establish justice' in the preamble refer to?

• Abolishing the court system

• Establishing a dictatorship

• Creating a fair legal system

• Promoting inequality

What does the phrase 'ensure domestic tranquility' in the preamble mean?

• To encourage foreign conflicts

• To promote civil unrest

• To establish a military dictatorship

• To maintain peace within the country

What is the goal associated with the headline 'US Congress passes $633 billion military spending bill'?

• To ensure domestic tranquility

• To provide for the common defense

• To promote the general welfare

• To establish justice

Which goal of the preamble is illustrated by the headline 'Obamacare: 26 million Americans now have health care'?

• To establish justice

• To ensure domestic tranquility

• To promote the general welfare

• To provide for the common defense

What goal of the preamble is illustrated by the headline 'US crime down for the fifth straight year'?

• To ensure domestic tranquility

• To establish justice

• To promote the general welfare

• To provide for the common defense

Which goal of the preamble is associated with the headline 'Innocent man set free after twenty years in prison'?

• To establish justice

• To provide for the common defense

• To promote the general welfare

• To ensure domestic tranquility

What goal of the preamble is illustrated by the headline 'Students learn the importance of voting'?

• To provide for the common defense

• To promote the general welfare

• To establish justice

• To secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity

What does the phrase 'do ordain and establish this constitution for the United States of America' in the preamble mean?

• The establishment of a monarchy

• The rejection of the Constitution by the states

• The agreement of the Constitutional Convention with the new document

• The dissolution of the United States