guided reading
the constitution
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lesson 3 the structure of the constitution
essential question
• why do people create, structure, and
change governments?
the parts of the constitution
1. explaining the preamble states six purposes of
government. match each quotation from the preamble
with its purpose from the list that follows.
1. "to form a more perfect union"
2. "to establish justice"
3. "to insure domestic tranquility"
4. "to provide for the common defense"
5. "to promote the general welfare"
6. "to secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and
our posterity
a, to maintain peace and order in society
b. to people live healthy, happy, and prosperous live
c. to unite the states so they can operate as a single
nation
d. to protect the rights of citizens and of future
generations
e. to make certain that all citizens are treated equally!
f. to protect the country and its citizens from attack

the answer is a. for apex ur welcome

abraham lincoln, according to anyone who was connected with agriculture, represented the worst of northern politicians. shortly after lincoln was elected, south carolina seceded from the union. they along with other southern states, retained their anger. in a way, it was their own fault: the democrats were split in the south. some wanted slavery to be extended in other states that were about to join the union and some didn't want it badly enough. lincoln had a solid backing from his party: the republicans were united in not wanting slavery to be expanded.

in mcculloch v. maryland (1819) the supreme court ruled that congress had implied powers under the necessary and proper clause of article i, section 8 of the constitution to create the second bank of the united states and that the state of maryland lacked the power to tax the bank.

gibbons v. ogden, (1824), was a landmark decision in which the supreme court of the united states held that the power to regulate interstate commerce, granted to congress by the commerce clause of the united states constitution, encompassed the power to regulate navigation.

missouri compromise of 1820 which prohibited slavery