English 123 Checkup 1

U.S. Constitution

James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay wrote ........

form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves & posterity

As the preamble to the Constitution states, the purpose of the Constitution is to:

First Amendment

The .......... to the Bill of Rights states that the government should not interfere with the operations and ministries of a church.

Miracle

The U.S. Constitution has often been called a ........ document.

National Archives Building in Washington, DC

The original Constitution is displayed in the .........

Founding Period

The third period of American literature is called the ..........

George Washington, James Madison

The two U.S. Presidents who signed the Constitution were ........ and .........

Constitution, Bill of Rights

The two important documents that came out of this period were the ......... and the .........

Constitution

These papers explain the ........

War for Independence

This period covers the time just after the ........

Benjamin Franklin

......... requested prayer at the Constitutional Convention, and both houses of Congress are opened with prayer until this day.

George Washington

......... was the first President of the United States.

Christian

In faith and practice, almost all the Founding Fathers were .........

Divine, Biblical

In writing the Constitution, the Founding Fathers insured that the recognition of ......... Providence and ........ principles would be incorporated into the new government.