1.Do you know or could you memorise the Preamble of our Constitution?
2. How many articles are in this Document?
3. How many Amendments are in the Constitution?
4. Can you name at least 5 signers of this document out of the 40 signatories?
5. What is the most popular and well-known Amendment?
6. What is the exact date of the ratification?
7. Who was the Secretary who attested the document?
If you can answer at least 5 of the questions above, you know your constitution and I salute you. Thus, there is no need to continue reading this posting.
Answers:
1. 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, promise 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.
2. There are 7 Articles in this document
3. There are 27 Amendments
4. Among the well-known signers are: George Washington( President), Alexander Hamilton, B. Franklin, James Madison, Jr., W. Livingstone, John Blair, Charles Pickney, John Langdon and William Jackson
5. Amendment XIV-Civil Rights
6. September 17, 1787
7. William Jackson
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