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What is the primary purpose of the Constitution?
What is the primary purpose of the Constitution?
- To protect individual liberties of American citizens
- To create a national government with checks and balances (correct)
- To divide power between the federal government and the states
- To grant powers to the government
Which of the following is a goal stated in the Preamble of the Constitution?
Which of the following is a goal stated in the Preamble of the Constitution?
- Establish justice
- Promote the general welfare
- Secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity
- Form a more perfect union (correct)
Which principle does the Constitution rest on?
Which principle does the Constitution rest on?
- Dictatorship
- Absolute monarchy
- Separation of powers (correct)
- Tyranny of the majority
What does popular sovereignty mean in the context of the Constitution?
What does popular sovereignty mean in the context of the Constitution?
What is one of the functions of the Constitution?
What is one of the functions of the Constitution?