Term | Definition |
What the constitution is | The supreme law of the u.s.a |
Two reasons its the sumpreme law | No law can contradict it
No one is exempt from following it |
Why the constitution written | Set up the structure of the US government |
Reasons the articles of confederation failed | No separation of powers
Weak central government
No power to tax |
Preamble | Statement of purpose |
Articles | 1: Legislative Branch
2: Executive branch
3: Judicial Branch
4: Relations Among the States
5: Amendment Process
6: Federal Power
7: Ratification |
Congress | Make laws
Declare war |
Executive Branch | Enforce Laws |
Supreme Court | Interpret Laws |
Relations Among the States | How the states are supposed to deal with each other |
Amendment Process | How you get an amendment approved |
Federal Power | How the constitution is the supreme law |
Ratification | How states approve things |
Amendments | 27 Total
1st ten are the bill of rights |
13th Amendment | Abolished Slavery |
15th Amendment | Right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous servitude |
19th Amendment | Womens Sufferage |
26th Amendment | Lowers voting age to 18 |
1st Amendment | freedom of religion, of speech, of the press, to asseble, and to petition |
2nd Amendment | Right to bear arms |
3rd Amendment | No quartering of soldiers during peace time |
4th Amendment | No unreasonable search and seizure |
5th Amendment | Indictments; Due process; Self-incrimination; Double Jeapordy, and Rules for Eminent Domain |
6th Amendment | Right to a Fair and Speedy Public Trails, Notice of Accustaions, Confronting One’s Accuser, Subpoenas, Right to Counsel |
7th Amendment | Right to trail by jury in civil cases |
8th Amendment | No excessive bail, fines, or cruel and unusual punishments |
9th Amendment | There are other rights not written in the constitution |
10th Amendment | All rights not given to Federal Government belong to states and people |