Learn the U.S. Constitution

Welcome to “Learn the U.S. Constitution” sponsored by The Freedom Library where every Wednesday in the Yuma Sun you can learn about the U.S. Constitution and give yourself an opportunity to earn a prize. Each week a question concerning the U.S. Constitution or related history will appear in this section of the Yuma Sun. Some weeks may have multiple questions requiring multiple answers.

Submit the correct answer (s) to the question(s) to info@freedomlibrary.org by Sunday at 6 p.m. MST for a chance to win a prize. The first randomly selected submission with

the correct answer (s) will be declared the winner whose name along with the correct answer (s) will appear the following week.

This week’s questions:

• What branch of government is the only one allowed to make law under the Constitution?

• What are the names of the components of that branch of government?

Congratulations to Benny Dickison, who correctly answered last week’s quiz! Here is the July 26 answer:

The Preamble answers this question: “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 (sic), 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.”