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
Why is the Preamble to the Constitution considered to be based on Enlightenment
philosophy?
a) it was instituted by absolute monarchs

b) it reflects the idea of the social contract

c) it was drafted using language from the diaries of Thomas Hobbes

d) it allowed for total control by religious leaders

Which of the following quotes from the constitution describes the senate? "no person…who shall not have attained to the age of twenty five years, and been seven years a citizen of the united states, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state in which he shall be chosen." "the…shall chose their other officers, and also a president pro tempore, in the absence of the vice president, or when he shall exercise the office of president of the united states.""the…shall be composed of members chosen every second year by the people of the several states.""the…shall choose their speaker and other officers; and shall have the sole power of impeachment."