essential question how is the constitution structured?
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Essential Question
• How is the Constitution structured?
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Structure of the Constitution
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Preamble
• The introduction states why the Constitution was written
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Articles
• Seven major divisions of the Constitution
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Article 1
• The legislative branch
• Organizes the U.S. Congress into the Senate and House of Representatives
• How to make laws
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Article 2
• Creates the executive branch
• Details the powers and duties of the presidency
• Qualifications for election
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Article 3
• Establishes the Supreme Court as head of the judicial branch
• Created lower federal courts
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Article 4• Relationship of states
• Citizens of other states have the same rights as their own citizens
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Article 5
• Explains how the Constitution can be amended
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Article 6• Contains the supremacy clause
• The Constitution and laws passed by Congress are the supreme law of the land
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Article 7
• Ratification
• 9 states needed to adopt the Constitution
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The Amendments
• Changes to the Constitution
• 27 have occurred thus far
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• Let’s (legislative)• Eat (executive)• Jumbo (judicial)• Shrimp (states’ relations)• At (amendment process)• Sonic (supremacy clause)• Restaurant (ratification)
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Powers of Congress
• Enumerated powers are listed in Article 1, Section 8
• List of specific actions Congress may take
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Powers of Congress?
• Elastic Clause
• Gives Congress the right to make all laws deemed “necessary and proper”
• Can stretch their powers
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The Amendment Process
• Amendments are proposed by the national government and ratified by states
• Example of federalism
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Proposing Amendments
1. Two-thirds vote from both houses of Congress
2. Convention called by Congress on petition of 2/3 of the states
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Ratifying Amendments
1. Legislatures of ¾ of the states approve it
2. Each state calls a special ratifying convention and ¾ approve it.
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Federalism
• Government power is divided between the state and national governments
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Concurrent Powers
• Powers that both the national government and the states possess
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Power to Tax
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Power to Maintain a Court System
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Power to Define Crimes
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10th Amendment
• States may exercise any power not reserved in the Constitution for the national government
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What Can States Not Do?
• Restrictions outlined in Article 1
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Make treaties with foreign governments
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Coin money
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Grant titles of nobility