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Answer Key **__Subtopic: United States Constitution: The Basics__** 1. What year was the [|Constitution] written ? **Answer: 1787**

2. What are the [|three parts] of the Constitution? Explain each part. **Answer: Preamble, Articles and Amendments.** **Preamble: Describes the purpose of the document and government.** **Articles: Establish how the government is structured and how the Constitution can be changed.** **Amendments: Changes to the Constitution; the first ten are called the Bill of Rights.**

3. The Constitution splits the government up the government into three parts. What are they and what do they do? **Answer: Executive, Legislative and Judicial** **Executive: headed by the President of the US (elected for four years), who is the Commander in Chief (the head of the US Armed Forces). The President can sign or veto bills passed by** **Congress, negotiate treaties, and appoint a cabinet.** **Legislative: (the Senate and the House of Representatives) writes and passes laws.** **Judicial: consists of judges who preside over the court system, interpreting the US Constitution and laws. **

**__Subtopic: Exploring the Preamble of the United States Constitution__**

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">4.What is the Preamble? (Explain what it is and what it states) <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">**Answer: The Preamble of the US Constitution: The Preamble to the Constitution is the short, one-sentence introduction to the Constitution; it explains that the document proposes to establish a more perfect government complete with justice, tranquility, and liberty. It states, "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provided 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."**

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">5. Where is the Preamble located? <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">a. At the end/conclusion of the US Constitution <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">b. At the start/beginning of the US Constitution <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">c. In the center/body of the US Constitution <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">d. On the back of the US Constitution <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">** Answer: b. At the start/beginning of the US Constitution **

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> 6.Watch to the video School House Rock Preamble. (hint really listen to the lyrics) <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">The lyrics: <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">The U.S.A. was just starting out <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">A whole brand-new country. <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">And so our people spelled it out <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">They wanted a land of ? <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">a. corn fields <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">b. freedom <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">c. liberty <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">d. justice <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">** Answer c. liberty **

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">**__Subtopic: U.S Constitution and the First Amendment__**

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">7. The U.S Constitution contains [|Amendment 1] which is freedom of what? <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">** Answer: Amendment 1- Freedom of Religion, Press, Expression **

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;">8. The [|1st Amendment] is found in which part of the U.S Constitution? <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">** Answer: Bill of Rights **

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;">9. Who was the author of the [|1st Amendment]? <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">** Answer: James Madison **

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">**__ Subtopic: US Constitution and the 2nd Amendment﻿ __** <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> 10. The [|2nd Amendment]gives citizens of the United States of America the right to what? <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">** Answer: b. Bear arms ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.66px; text-align: left;">11. What year was the [|2nd Amendment] adopted? <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">** Answer: 1791 **

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.66px; text-align: left;">12. True or False: [|James Madison] first proposed the 2nd Amendment. <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">** Answer: True﻿ **

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">**__ Subtopic: U.S. Constitution and the Thirteenth Amendment __** <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.66px; text-align: left;">13. What did the [|Thirteenth Amendment] abolish? <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">** Answer: Slavery as a legal institution **

14. What [|President] took an active role in making sure the Thirteenth Amendment went to Congress and was passed? <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">** Answer: President Lincoln **

For number 15, scroll down on the page to the section labeled "Slavery" to answer the question. <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.66px; text-align: left;">15. What is an [|abolitionist]? <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">** Answer: A person from a northern state who wanted to end slavery **