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United States Constitution: Goals and Powers Explained

The Preamble of the United States Constitution sets out the major goals, such as establishing justice, ensuring domestic tranquility, defending liberty, and promoting the general welfare. The document also outlines the powers of the national government, such as regulating trade and coining money, as well as the reserved powers of the state governments, including managing elections and education. The Constitution divides power among three branches of government - legislative, executive, and judicial - with a system of checks and balances to prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful. Explore this important foundation of the American governmental system.

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United States Constitution: Goals and Powers Explained

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  1. The Constitution SS book pg. 348

  2. Preamble (Introduction) • We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of the Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

  3. The Preamble set the major goals of the Constitution. justice • To establish _______________________ • To ensure_________________________ • To _______________________ the nation • To protect the people’s well-being and _________________________. peace defend liberty

  4. Powers of the national government trade • Only the national government can make laws about __________________________ • Only the national government can make _________________________ and paper ___________________________. • Other powers are left to the ________________________ government. coins money state

  5. State Government Powers reserved • These powers are called ___________________________ powers, because they are reserved, or left, for the states. • States can manage _______________________ and elections. • The nation and state share powers such as tax laws and managing _____________________________. education roads

  6. Three Branches of government laws • Legislative Branch – makes the _________________________ (Congress) • Executive Branch – putting the laws into practice and make sure they are _________________________. (President) • Judicial Branch – interprets _____________ and makes judgments (Supreme Court) obeyed laws

  7. Checks and Balances checks • To stop one branch from becoming more powerful than another the Constitution sets up a system of ______________________ and balances. • One branch can check the power of another so all branches can maintain a balance of power among them. • Look at the chart on pg. 349 to see how each branch can check the others.

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