Preamble to Constitution
We the People of the United States, in order to
• form a more perfect _ _ _ _ _,
What is union?
peace and quiet at home—at home in America, as opposed to in other nations
What is domestic tranquility?
The day the Declaration of Independence was signed.
What is July 4, 1776?
Said..."Educate and inform the whole mass of the people...they are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty."
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The well-being of the nation and its people.
What is general welfare?
We the People of the United States, in order to
• establish _ _ _ _ _ _ _,
What is justice?
The idea that all people are considered of equal value and worth both politically and morally.
What is equality?
The place where the Declaration of Independence was signed.
What is Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?
Said..."No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people but...by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles."
Who is George Mason?
Statements that do not require proof. They are held to be unquestionable and beyond debate, since their truth is said to be obvious.
What is self-evident?
We the People of the United States, in order to
• insure domestic _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _,
What is tranquilty?
Rights that we are unable to give up, even if we want to.
What are unalienable rights?
The Declaration of Independence freed the American colonies and announced them as independent states no long under this country's rule.
What is Great Britain?
Said...“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
The laws or rules for governing a group, an organization, a state or a country.
What is constitution?
We the People of the United States, in order to
• provide for the common _ _ _ _ _ _ _,
What is defense?
The numerous choices made everyday in deciding what course of action will add to a person's well-being and make them happy.
The principal author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Said...“Americanism is a matter of mind and heart; Americanism is not, and never was, a matter of race and ancestry. A good American is one who is loyal to his country and to our creed of liberty and democracy.”
Who is President Franklin D. Roosevelt?
Loyalty, faithfulness
What is allegiance?
We the People of the United States, in order to
• promote the general _ _ _ _ _ _ _, and
•secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity,
do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
What is welfare?
Fairness in relation to the distribution of benefits and burdens among persons or groups in society, procedures or ways of doing things, and responses to wrongs or injuries suffered by a person or group.
What is justice?
Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
What are unalienable rights?
Said..."I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr?
A law making body of people
What is legislature?