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Question 3

The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?

  1. Of the people
  2. In Congress assembled
  3. We the PeopleCorrect answer
  4. We the States

Official answer

We the People

Explanation

The Preamble opens with "We the People," placing the authority for the Constitution in the citizens rather than in the states or a monarch. That is the idea of self-government.

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