SS.7.CG.1.8

The Preamble of the U.S. Constitution lists six goals, including which of the following?

• to separate from Britain

• to form a more perfect Union

• to decide who can be a Supreme Court justice

• to decrease the power of the central government

What does the phrase "to ourselves and our posterity" suggest about the Founding Father's goals for government?

• They wanted to create a lasting government that future Americans would benefit from.

• They are willing to sacrifice their liberty for the benefit of their children.

• They aimed to create a strong government, independent of the will of the people.

• They wanted to create a social contract that future americans could not break.

According to the Preamble of the U.S. Constitution, which of the following are the basic purposes of government?

• provide services, provide laws and guarantee freedom

• establish justice, ensure tranquility, provide for common defense

• ensure life, liberty and pursuit of happiness

• collect taxes, print money and establish and army

Use the quote to answer the question.

"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, 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, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

Which of the following most clearly reveals the Founders ideas about the source of government power?

• We the People

• a more perfect Union

• this Constitution

• our Posterity

Which part of the U.S. Constitution states the six purposes of government?

• Bill of Rights

• Article IV

• Preamble

• Article I

Which of the following means "at home, our own country"?

• posterity

• domestic

• foreign

• tranquility

Which term means "for future generations"?

• tranquility

• justice

• welfare

• posterity

In the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution, what is the meaning of the phrase, "We the People?"

• The people express their will through political parties

• The people express their will by directly creating laws

• Government receives taxes from the people and exists to support them

• Government receives its power from the people and exists to serve them

If our government decides to increase funding for our military and send troops to a country to fight , what purpose of government is being met?

• establish justice

• provide for the common defense

• insure domestic tranquility

• promote the general welfare

Which goal and purpose of government is to make things better for everyone in the United States?

• establish justice

• secure the blessings of liberty for ourselves and our posterity

• insure domestic tranquility

• in order to form a more perfect union