WorksheetsPreamble Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is a Preamble?
A summary at the end of a paragraph or article
An index at the end of a text
Another name for a Table of Contents
An introductory statement that explains the purpose or intention of a document
Preamble
What one strives to achieve and attain
those who benefit
those who take responsibility to ensure goals are met
The basic mission statement for the United States constitution
An introductory statement that explains the purpose or intention of a document is a _____________.
Prologue
Afterwards
Appendices
Preamble
While you were teaching a class on the Constitution, one of your students asked, "What did the Founders mean when they said, 'in order to form a more perfect union?'"
What should you tell her?
"The Founders thought that government under the Articles of Confederation was a good start, but there were problems and they clearly had to make some changes."
"The Founders meant that the Articles of Confederation were a complete failure and they could do a lot better."
"The Founders meant that a federal government would be more perfect if it didn't have so much power, and that the states power was stronger."
"The Founders meant that they wanted to create a perfect system of government."
While giving a presentation about the Preamble to some elementary school students, one of them asks if the Rights in the Constitution will apply to them when they are older.
Which section of the Preamble will you tell him guarantees it?
Do establish justice
We the people of the United States
Promote the general welfare
And secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity
While discussing the Preamble to the Constitution, a friend asks you what "Promote the general welfare" means.
What should you tell him?
"It means to provide food, shelter and other assistance to the poor."
"It means that citizens could look forward to being free instead of looking out for the interests of a monarch."
"It means that all states and all citizens should benefit from what the government can provide."
"It means that the government should not have laws that make justice or trade unfair."
Beneficiaries
What one strives to achieve and attain
those who benefit
those who take responsibility to ensure goals are met
The basic mission statement for the United States constitution
Goals
What one strives to achieve and attain
those who benefit
those who take responsibility to ensure goals are met
The basic mission statement for the United States constitution
Which of the following is not considered to be true about the Preamble?
It was primarily written by Gouverneur Morris.
It contains the hopes and dreams of the delegates to the Constitutional convention.
It replaced the Articles of Confederation.
It holds the people, as citizens of the U. S., responsible for attaining the goals of the Constitution.
The Preamble establishes the _____ of the Constitution.
authors
purpose
conclusion
audience
