Section: Social Studies

9) Which of the following phrases, found in the US Constitution, accurately describe the call towards self-government?

1. “…in order to form a more perfect union.”
2. “We the people…”
   
3. “All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.”
   
4. “No Person shall be a Representative 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.”

Answer 1 is the reason for the Constitution. Answer 3 is a granting of lawmaking powers to the Congress. Answer 4 dictates the requirements of Representatives. Answer 2 (the correct answer) shows that the Constitution was written by "people" not politicians and is thus the correct answer.