| 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 |
