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25 - the vice president shall take over as president if the president dies or is impeached

26 - anyone over the age of 18 may vote in presidential elections

27 - the salaries of members of congress can only be changed after an election

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22 - limited presidency to two terms maximum

23 - granted voting rights to citizens of Washington DC

24 - prohibited government from imposing taxes for voting

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19 - granted women the right to vote

20 - if the president passed away during their term, vice president would take over until the end of that term

21 - ended prohibition era

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16 - congress has the power to collect taxes from income

17 - each state gets two senators

18 - made producing and selling liquor illegal, which led to the prohibition era

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13 - no slavery

14 - granted citizenship to anyone born within the US

15 - granted men of color the right to vote

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10 - reserves powers not mentioned in the constitution to the states, such as education.

11 - prohibits the supreme court from hearing lawsuits against states

12 - establishes the presidential and vice president election procedures

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7 - the right for anyone to have a trial

8 - forbids small bails and fines and punishment that is unusual or cruel

9 - protects the rights that are not specifically mentioned in the constitution

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4 - the right to refuse a police search

5 - no cruel punishments

6 - the right to a fair and speedy trial

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1 - freedom of speech and religion

2 - the right to bear arms

3 - citizens cannot be forced to quarter soliders

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the judicial branch consists of the supreme court, the highest court in the US, and established in 1803.

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To qualify to run for presidency you must be over 35 years old, and born within the US. A president can only serve 2 terms, except for Roosevelt who served 3, which is why the rule was made.

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The preamble is the introduction to the constitution and sets the main idea for the rest of the document. Article 1 describes the powers of congress, including the house of representatives, the senate, and the president-legislative branch

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during the constitutional convention, they were deciding how to consider slaves in the population count, and eventually compromised that each slave counts for 3/5 of a person. the slave trade was later banned in 1808.

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at the constitutional convention, delegates discussed the articles of confederation, and what they can do to improve their political system. they compromised with a bicameral legislature, consisting of the senate and house of representatives.

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the idea of federalism was that the federal government was to be more powerful than the states individual governments.

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they wanted stronger rules than the articles of confederation, but not so much to where a monarchy would form. They believed the power should come from the peoples voices, through elected officials.

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the US took inspiration from Greece by implementing a democracy, as well as the enlightenment era for the concept of three branches of government/

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The new US constitution was written to replace the articles of confederation, which were too weak to stand as a foundation for the nation.