"We the Kids" video/questions

What does, "We the people," mean?

• Only government leaders have the power

• It refers only to the people who wrote the Constitution

• all the people in the USA, including kids

• The government makes decisions for everyone without asking

What does "in order to form a more perfect Union," mean?

• To allow each state to make its own rules without help

• To create a brand-new country from scratch

• to come together and make things better

• To focus only on helping one state at a time

What does, "establish justice," mean?

• To let people decide if they want to follow laws

• To make sure laws are fair for everyone

• To give more power to one group of people

• To allow only the government to make rules without reason

What does, "insure domestic tranquility," mean?

• To make sure everyone has a job

• to allow states to fight with each other

• to give the military all the power

• to make sure we can have a nice life and get along with one another

What does, "provide for the common defense," mean?

• To make sure everyone has the same job

• To build houses for all citizens

• To protect the country from enemies and keep it safe

• To stop people from voting

What does, "promote general welfare," mean?

• To make sure everyone has a good life

• To give money to only a few citizens

• To let each state take care of itself without help

• To make new laws every day

What does, "and secure the blessings of liberty," mean?

• To make sure only leaders have freedom

• To allow people to do whatever they want without rules

• To protect the freedoms and rights of all citizens

• To take away rights from future generations

What does, "to ourselves and our posterity," mean?

• Only for the people living now

• For us and future generations

• For government leaders only

• Only for the people who wrote the Constitution

What does, "do ordain and establish this Constitution," mean?

• To suggest ideas for new rules but not follow them

• To allow each state to make its own Constitution

• To write a document that will never be changed

• To officially create and obey the laws of the Constitution

What does, "the United States of America," mean?

• Our country, where we live

• Only the first 13 states that were created

• A group of separate countries with different leaders

• Only the land owned by the government