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