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