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.