Constitution

Preamble to the Constitution

• Powers that both the federal and state governments have under the Constitution. These powers include collecting taxes and enforcing laws.
• Each state receives representation in this legislative body based on the population of the state.
• Introduction to the U.S. Constitution, establishing the goals and purposes of government.
• This amendment limits the power of federal government by reserving for the states all powers that are not explicitly granted to the federal government.

Article 1 of the Constitution

• This part of the Constitution sets up the legislative branch of the federal government.
• This article of the Constitution sets up the supremacy of national law over state law.
• Things that government can do because of the Necessary and Proper Clause of the Constitution. These things were not written directly into the Constitution. Congress created the Interstate Highway System using these powers.
• A constitutional amendment giving full rights of citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the United States, except for American Indians.

Article 2 of the Constitution

• This part of the Constitution sets up the executive branch of the federal government.
• The constitutional amendment adopted in 1920 that guarantees women the right to vote.
• This clause of the Constitution makes it clear that state laws that conflict with federal laws are invalid.
• The idea that laws and rules are established by the vote of more than half of the representatives.

Article 3 of the Constitution

• The idea that laws and rules are established by the vote of more than half of the representatives.
• A form of government in which the people select representatives to govern them and make laws.
• This amendment provides for freedom of speech, press, and assembly.
• This part of the Constitution sets up the judicial branch of the federal government.

Article 6 of the Constitution

• The constitutional amendment adopted in 1920 that guarantees women the right to vote.
• The constitutional amendment that guaranteed voting rights regardless of race or previous condition of servitude.
• Introduction to the U.S. Constitution, establishing the goals and purposes of government.
• This article of the Constitution sets up the supremacy of national law over state law.

Article 7 of the Constitution

• This amendment provides for due process of law and protection from self-incrimination.
• This part of the Constitution establishes how the Constitution will be ratified (approved).
• A form of government in which the people select representatives to govern them and make laws.
• This amendment provides for the election of the president and vice president as a "ticket."

Republic

• This amendment provides for the election of the president and vice president as a "ticket."
• A form of government in which the people select representatives to govern them and make laws.
• This part of the Constitution sets up the executive branch of the federal government.
• Lowered the voting age to 18 years old in the United States.

Majority Rule

• The idea that laws and rules are established by the vote of more than half of the representatives.
• Sometimes called enumerated powers. These powers were written into the Constitution and spelled out expressly in the Constitution. The Constitution, for example, says only Congress can declare war.
• Powers that the Constitution does not give to the national government and are reserved for the states. Since conducting elections was not stated as a federal government job this power is reserved to the states.
• This amendment provides for the right to keep and bear arms.

Federalism

• Each state receives the same number of votes in this legislative body.
• Powers that the Constitution does not give to the national government and are reserved for the states. Since conducting elections was not stated as a federal government job this power is reserved to the states.
• A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments.
• This part of the Constitution sets up the judicial branch of the federal government.

The Supremacy Clause of the Constitution

• This amendment provides for the right to keep and bear arms.
• This clause of the Constitution makes it clear that state laws that conflict with federal laws are invalid.
• The constitutional amendment that guaranteed voting rights regardless of race or previous condition of servitude.
• This amendment provides for due process of law and protection from self-incrimination.