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What is the Preamble to the Constitution?

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What is the Preamble to the Constitution?

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"We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United of America"

The opening statement of the Constitution providing an explanation as to why the people of the United States wanted a Constitution.

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What branch is Article I of the Constitution about? What powers are given to that branch?

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What branch is Article I of the Constitution about? What powers are given to that branch?

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Legislative Branch
(Congress) can make laws for the country and includes two sections: the House of Representatives and the Senate

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What is Article II of the Constitution about? What powers are given to that branch?

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What is Article II of the Constitution about? What powers are given to that branch?

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Executive Branch
Has the responsibility and authority for the administration on a daily basis, made up of the President and executive officers

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What branch is Article III of the Constitution about? What powers are given to that branch?

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What branch is Article III of the Constitution about? What powers are given to that branch?

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Judicial Branch
Gives them the authority to make and enforce laws (or rules) and to punish those who disobey

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Relation to the states to each other.
This article talks about the responsibilities of the states and those states' duties.

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What is Article V About? Explain the process described in Article V.

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What is Article V About? Explain the process described in Article V.

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Article V is about how no amendment in the Constitution can go against another and how you can add an amendment to the Constitution.
If an amendment is proposed officially, it needs to be ratified (approved) by 75% of the states. If it's ratified, it becomes a law.

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What is Article VI About? Define supremacy and explain why the Constitution is the "Law of the Land".

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What is Article VI About? Define supremacy and explain why the Constitution is the "Law of the Land".

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-About establishing the laws and treaties of the United States.
-Supremacy: being in the state of higher authority over others
-Forbids religious tests as a requirement for holding a government position.

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What is Article VII about? Explain the process stated in this article.

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What is Article VII about? Explain the process stated in this article.

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Ratification of the conventions of 9 states
Many states get together in order for the proposed constitution to take place in the United States

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Briefly describe each of the 27 Amendments

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Briefly describe each of the 27 Amendments

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I. Freedom of  Religion, Speech, and Press
II. Right to Keep and Bear Arms
III. Housing of Soldiers
IV. Search and Arrest Warrants
V. Rights in Criminal Cases
VI. Rights to a Fair/Speedy Trial
VII. Rights in Civil Cases
VIII. Bails, Fines and Punishments
IX. Rights Retained by the People
X. Rights Retained by the States and the People
XI. Citizen of one state can't sue another state in federal court
XII. Separate balance for Vice President and President, can't be from the same state.
XIII. Black codes, abolition of slavery
XIV. Protection and rights of former slaves
XV. Right to vote regardless of gender, race, or background
XVI. Income Tax
XVII. Direct election of senators
XVIII. Manufacture, sale, and consumption of alcohol
XIX. Women's voting rights
XXI. Each state has separate rules
XXII. Presidential term
XXIII. Gives three electoral votes to Washington D.C.
XXIV. Poll tax banned
XXV. Presidential succession is Vice President, by majority in Senate and House of Representatives
XXVI. Right to vote by age eighteen
XXVII. Limiting congressional pay raises, can't do it in the middle of the term, control their own pay, COLA=Cost Of Living Adjustment

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Judging by the framework of the Constitution, which branch did the framers want to be most powerful? Why do you believe this?

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Judging by the framework of the Constitution, which branch did the framers want to be most powerful? Why do you believe this?

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The Legislative Branch because it was given the most powers.
The article that deals with the legislative branch is the longest of all the articles, as well that article being the first.

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List and define four principles of our Constitution

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List and define four principles of our Constitution

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1. Checks and Balances: Each branch can check and balance the power of other branches
2. Limited Government: Government is not all powerful but can only do what the people can do
3. Popular Sovereignty: The people hold the final authority of power
4. Separation of Powers: Government is divided between 3 branches, each with its own power

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-Popular Sovereignty: the source of the government's authority
-Separation of Power: the reasoning for a balanced government in which each branch have their own powers
-Limited Government: a government with restricted powers by law
-Checks and Balances: limits imposed on all branches of a government by vesting in each branch the right to amend or void those acts of another that fall within its purview