Unit 3 & 4 Review

What is the purpose of the U.S. Constitution?

• To establish the framework for the government, protect citizens' rights, and provide checks and balances.
• To limit citizens' rights and freedoms
• To promote inequality and discrimination

What are the three parts of the U.S. Constitution?

• Rules, Regulations, Guidelines
• Introduction, Body, Conclusion
• Preamble, Articles, Amendments
• Chapters, Sections, Clauses

According to the Preamble, what is the purpose of the Constitution?

• To establish defense, ensure justice, and promote the general welfare
• To secure justice, promote domestic tranquility, and ensure the blessings of liberty
• To establish peace, ensure foreign tranquility, and provide for the general welfare
• To establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.

Which of the following is NOT a goal mentioned in the Preamble of the U.S. Constitution?

• Promoting inequality
• Securing the blessings of liberty
• Ensuring domestic tranquility
• Encouraging justice

Which section of the Constitution talks about the Legislative Branch?

• Article I

• Article II

• Article III

• Article IV

Unconstitutional means _____________

• to charge a public official with wrong doing
• the Constitution does NOT allow it
• rejecting a law and refusing to sign it
• to determine the meaning of the Constitution

How is the Constitution organized?

• 27 articles, a Preamble, and the Bill of Rights

• 7 articles, 27 amendments, and the Declaration of Independence

• a Preamble, 7 articles, and 27 amendments

• a Bill of Rights, 7 articles, and 27 amendments

In Article 5 a change or addition to the Constitution is called an:

• Article

• Amendment

• Advisor

Article VI contains the Supremacy Clause, which states that the Constitution

• must agree with state constitutions.

• Will be changed by the President.

• can be reorganized every 10 years.

• is the highest law in the country.

the idea that the government’s authority comes from the people

• popular sovereignty

• majority rule

• federalism

• populism