Which part of the Constitution outlines its goals and purposes?

• A. Articles
• B. Amendments
• C. Preamble
• D. Constitution

Answer: (C)

The Preamble explains why the Constitution exists and what its authors aimed to accomplish with the new government. It lays out the goals the framers wanted to achieve, such as forming a more perfect union, establishing justice, ensuring domestic tranquility, providing for the common defense, promoting the general welfare, and securing the blessings of liberty for ourselves and our posterity. This section is about purpose and intent, not the detailed rules or rights that follow in the rest of the document. The Articles describe how the government is structured and how it operates; amendments are changes or additions to rights after the fact; and the Constitution as a whole is the complete charter. So the part that outlines goals and purposes is the Preamble.