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Question 2

What does the Constitution do?

  1. It lists the names of the fifty states
  2. It sets up the governmentCorrect answer
  3. It declares independence from Great Britain
  4. It sets federal income tax rates

Official answer

  • sets up the government
  • defines the government
  • protects basic rights of Americans

Explanation

The Constitution is the founding blueprint of the government: it creates the branches, assigns their powers and limits them. Tax rates are set by ordinary legislation, and independence was declared eleven years earlier by a different document.

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Question 2: What does the Constitution do? · U.S. Civics Test 2008 · Questena