The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B. Part A

America’s Constitution: A Biography quotes from the Preamble to the Constitution: “We the People of the United States, . . . do ordain and establish this Constitution. . . .” Which of the following best describes the special importance of the Preamble?

A. The Preamble emphasizes that the government will be a representative republic.

B. The Preamble emphasizes that the citizens have decided how they will be ruled.

C. The Preamble emphasizes that all the citizens are equal under the law.

D. The Preamble emphasizes the universal belief in individual liberty.

Part B

Which sentence from America’s Constitution: A Biography best supports the answer to Part A?

A. Ordinary citizens would govern themselves … under rules that the populace would ratify and could revise.

B. No one could be certain how the American people would ultimately respond to the competing appeals.

C. In many states, sitting legislatures . . . revised constitutions . . . sometimes without even waiting for new elections that might have given their constituents more say.…

D. This Constitution had never been . . . voted on by the British people or even by Parliament.