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List and explain the 6 main democratic ideals in the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution.

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Answer: 1. Justice -

the quality of being just; righteousness, equitableness, or moral rightness

2. Insure domestic Tranquility -

A state of peace and quiet

3. Provide for the common defense - The ability to defend the rights and lives of the citizens of the United States

4. Promote the general Welfare - issues such as poverty, housing, food and other economic and social welfare issues facing the citizenry were of central concern to the framers.

5. Secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves - confirms the Framer's vision that the very purpose of the Constitution is to protect the nation's blood-earned rights for liberty, justice, and freedom from a tyrannical government

6. Posterity - all future generations of people