Constitution - Preamble, Articles, and Amendments

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What is the Preamble to the Constitution?

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the opening paragraph that sets the broad goals for the republican government

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How did the Preamble fulfill the Enlightenment thinkers’ ideals that power and authority in government come from the consent of the governed and not from the states, Congress, or a monarch? Options: by including the phrase “establish Justice”, by starting the text of the Preamble with the phrase “We the people”, by including the phrase “promote the general Welfare”, by ending the text of the Preamble with the phrase “secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity”

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by starting the text of the Preamble with the phrase “We the people”

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Which phrase in the Preamble provides evidence that the Constitution was written to establish one unified nation instead of a loose confederation of separate states?

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in Order to form a more perfect Union

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What is meant by the goal “provide for the common defense” in the Preamble to the Constitution?

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The framers wanted the government to protect the nation against foreign enemies.

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This diagram describes the Supreme Court case, Brown v. Board of Education (1954). How does Brown v. Board of Education illustrate a function of the Supreme Court?

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The Supreme Court ruled that the state laws were unconstitutional.

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The chart below lists the powers of the three branches of government. Which of the following is an example of checks and balances? Options: The Supreme Court reverses a ruling made by a lower court, and the president disagrees with its decision. The president issues a pardon for a person convicted of a crime, and lawmakers discuss it with a journalist. Congress makes a new law to combat cyber crime impacting businesses, and the president makes a speech opposing the law. The president wants to expand troop presence in the Middle East, and Congress refuses to appropriate the funds for the military.

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The president wants to expand troop presence in the Middle East, and Congress refuses to appropriate the funds for the military.

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What principle in the Constitution helps to avoid the concentration of power that is described in the quotation: "The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judicial in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny."?

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checks and balances

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This is a diagram showing the governmental structure set up by the Constitution. Which words complete the diagram? (1) local (2) state (3) federal, (1) court (2) president (3) senate, (1) judicial (2) executive (3) legislative, (1) legal (2) administrative (3) organizational

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judicial, executive, legislative

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Which quote gives the President the power to open a session of the Senate? Options: The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, ...he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, ...he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them

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...he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them

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Why did the framers of the Constitution make the amendment process difficult?

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They wanted the Constitution to serve as a stable foundation for the U.S. government.