CONSTITUTION PART 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Goals of the Preamble - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure
domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, secure the
blessings of liberty
Form a more perfect union - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅All states should work together as a unified
nation
establish justice - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅make a fair and honest system for all
insure domestic tranquility - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Keep peace within the country
Provide for the common defense - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅protect the country from enemies
Promote the general welfare - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Contribute to the happiness and well-being
of all the people and economy
secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅make sure
our freedom is kept for ourselves and our future
Principles of the Constitution - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅popular sovereignty, limited government,
separation of powers, checks and balances, federalism, republicanism, individual rights
Popular Sovereignty - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅ppl make gov. and can alter or abolish gov. if
agreement not followed
Limited Government - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅gov. can only do what ppl say it can
seperation of powers - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅power divided b/t 3 branches
, Checks and Balances - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Each branch checks power of others
Federalism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Powers divided b/t national gov. & state gov.
Republicanism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A form of government in which people elect
representatives to create and enforce laws
Individual Rights - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅rights are protected
Reserved Powers in Federalism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅any power not given to federal gov. goes
to the States (to keep Fed. Gov from being too powerful)
Delegated Powers - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Federal powers only
concurrent powers - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Powers both federal & states have
supremcy clause - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅federal laws are superior to state laws
2 types of Delegated Powers - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Expressed: stated in Constit.
Implied: not stated in Constit.
What is another name for Implied Powers? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅elastic clause - stretches
power of Congress to do things but ONLY if related to another power in Constit.
Article 1 is about the _ branch? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Legislative
What is another name for the Legislative branch? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Congress
What is the #1 job of the Legislative Branch? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅to make laws
Goals of the Preamble - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure
domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, secure the
blessings of liberty
Form a more perfect union - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅All states should work together as a unified
nation
establish justice - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅make a fair and honest system for all
insure domestic tranquility - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Keep peace within the country
Provide for the common defense - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅protect the country from enemies
Promote the general welfare - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Contribute to the happiness and well-being
of all the people and economy
secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅make sure
our freedom is kept for ourselves and our future
Principles of the Constitution - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅popular sovereignty, limited government,
separation of powers, checks and balances, federalism, republicanism, individual rights
Popular Sovereignty - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅ppl make gov. and can alter or abolish gov. if
agreement not followed
Limited Government - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅gov. can only do what ppl say it can
seperation of powers - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅power divided b/t 3 branches
, Checks and Balances - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Each branch checks power of others
Federalism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Powers divided b/t national gov. & state gov.
Republicanism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A form of government in which people elect
representatives to create and enforce laws
Individual Rights - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅rights are protected
Reserved Powers in Federalism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅any power not given to federal gov. goes
to the States (to keep Fed. Gov from being too powerful)
Delegated Powers - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Federal powers only
concurrent powers - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Powers both federal & states have
supremcy clause - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅federal laws are superior to state laws
2 types of Delegated Powers - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Expressed: stated in Constit.
Implied: not stated in Constit.
What is another name for Implied Powers? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅elastic clause - stretches
power of Congress to do things but ONLY if related to another power in Constit.
Article 1 is about the _ branch? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Legislative
What is another name for the Legislative branch? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Congress
What is the #1 job of the Legislative Branch? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅to make laws
