[ 619 ] U.S. History GED ® TEST SOCIAL STUDIES FLASH REVIEW _____________ • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Use the excerpts below, taken from the Constitution of the United States and the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, to answer the following two questions. The Constitution of the United States (1787) 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, promote 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. Article I. Section. 1. All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. Amendment I (1791) Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. These excerpts are taken from the public domain. Based on the excerpts, which of the following has the right to establish laws to insure [ensure] domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence [defense], and promote the general welfare of and for people in the United States? a. unions in the United States b. Congress of the United States c. citizens of the United States d. Supreme Court Justices in the United States