CARD 13 - US Constitution
Preamble to the US Constitution
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, 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.
Facts/Trivia
Q. How long did it take to frame the Constitution?
A. It was drafted in fewer than one hundred working days
Q. What was the Connecticut Compromise?
A. This was the first great compromise of the Constitutional Convention, whereby it was agreed that in the Senate each State should have two members, and that in the House the number of Representatives was to be based upon population. Thus the rights of the small States were safeguarded, and the majority of the population was to be fairly represented.
Q. Where, in the Constitution, is there mention of education?
A. There is none; education is a matter reserved for the States.
