Vocabulary

1. Preamble                                    2.      Tranquillity

3. common defence                          4.     Blessings of Liberty

5. Posterity                                    6.      vested

7. Electors                                      8.      apportioned

9. Bound to Service                         10.    Speaker of the House

Review Questions

1. The U.S. Legislature is comprised of how many Houses? What are their names?

2. What does the following phrase imply? Rewrite the following in you own words.

" 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”.

3. How long does each member of the House of Representatives serve?

4. What are the qualifications to serve in the House of Representatives?

5. How is a State’s number of Representatives decided?

6.  Who chooses the Speaker of the House?

7. Article I of the Constitution “covers” what area(s)?

8. Section  2of Article I, states:

 “. . . three fifths of all other Persons.”

Who is the Constitution referring to? For what purpose are these people being counted? Why are they being counted in this manner?