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U1, C3: The Constitution
Outline of the Constitution
ARTICLES OF THE CONSTITUTION
Section Subject
Preamble States the purpose of the Constitution
Article I Legislative Branch
Article II Executive Branch
Article III Judicial Branch
Article IV Relations among the States
Article V Amending the Constitution
Article VI National debts, supremacy of national law, and oaths of office
Article VII Ratifying the Constitution
Basic Principles of the Constitution
Popular Sovereignty
Limited Government
Separation of Powers
Checks and Balances
Judicial Review
Federalism
Instructions
Write definition of principle (in own words)
Two examples of term (from Constitution)
Constitutional Change
Two-thirds vote of members present in both house of Congress (thirty-three amendments proposed
National Convention called by Congress at request of two-thirds of state legislatures (no amendments proposed)
Three-fourths of state legislatures (twenty-six amendments ratified)
Constitution conventions in three-fourths of the states (one amendment, the 21st, ratified)
or or
Proposal Stage Ratification Stage
Bill of Rights
Proposed by First Congress 1789; ratified by states late 1791
Constitutional guarantees of:
Freedom of belief and expression
Freedom and security of person
Fair and equal treatment under the law
Amendment
Subject
11th Immunity of States from certain lawsuits
12th Changes in electoral college procedure
13th Abolition of slavery
14th Citizenship, due process, equal protection
15th No denial of vote because of race, color, or previous enslavement
16th Power of Congress to tax income
17th Popular election of US Senators
18th Prohibition of alcohol
19th Woman suffrage
20th Change of dates for start of presidential and Congressional terms
21st Repeal of Prohibition (18th Amendment)
22nd Limit on presidential terms
23rd District of Columbia vote in presidential elections
24th Ban on tax payment as voter qualification
25th Presidential succession, vice presidential vacancy, and presidential disability
26th Voting age of 18
27th Congressional pay
Agent of Change Explanation Examples of Change
Congress
President
Supreme Court
Party Practices
Custom
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