"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, prov
ide 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." -Preamble to the United States Constitution, 1787
What does the first three words of the Preamble mean?
all citizens will be able to vote
people will be able to impeach government officials
people will be elected to all the different branches of government
The most important reason that the Confederate States needed to be recognized was to better its trade with Europe. It was different if the Europeans were trading with a set nation rather than a large chunk of land that wanted nothing to do with the Union, a big part of the trade at the time.
