Articles in the Constitution Flashcards
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Article 1
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- Longest part of the Constitution
- Creates the Legislative Branch
- Creates legislature called Congress
- Divides Congress into 2 houses(Senate and House of Representatives)
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Article 2
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- Describes the executive branch
- Explains Electoral College
- States the powers of the president
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Article 4
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- States can create and enforce their own laws
- How states interact with each other
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Article 3
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- Creates the judicial branch
- Creates Supreme Court
- Allows Supreme Courts to create federal courts
- What cases they can hear
- Judges are appointed
-They stay for life
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Article 5
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- How the Constitution is changed(Amendments)
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Article 6
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- laws and treaties of the U.S. government are supreme
- federal law beats state law
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Article 7
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- Constitution doesn’t take affect until 9 out of 13 states approve
- State convention in every state
- this lead the way to the Bill of Rights
