Unit 3 Flashcards
What areas of government are covered in Article 1?
Established by Article I of the Constitution, the Legislative Branch consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate, which together form the United States Congress.
What areas of government are covered in Article 2?
Article Two of the United States Constitution establishes the executive branch of the federal government, which carries out and enforces federal laws.
What areas of government are covered in Article 3?
Article Three empowers the courts to handle cases or controversies arising under federal law, as well as other enumerated areas. Article Three also defines treason. Section 1 of Article Three vests the judicial power of the United States in the Supreme Court, as well as inferior courts established by Congress.
What goals are stated in the Preamble?
To form a more perfect Union meant creating a better government than the British colonial rule. Establish Justice. Ensure domestic Tranquility. Provide for the common defense. Promote the general Welfare.Secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity.
What are Enumerated powers?
Enumerated powers are specifically granted to the federal government. This includes the power to coin money, to regulate commerce, to declare war, to raise and maintain armed forces, and to establish a Post Office.
What are Reserved powers?
Reserved powers are powers given to the state including running elections, creating marriage laws, and regulating schools.
What are concurrent powers?
Concurrent powers refers to powers which are shared by both the federal government and state governments. This includes the power to tax, build roads, and create lower courts.
What amendment is most connected with equal protection under the law?
The Fourteenth Amendment addresses many aspects of citizenship and the rights of citizens. The most commonly used phrase in the amendment is “equal protection of the laws”, which figures prominently in a wide variety of landmark cases.
How are amendments important to citizens today?
amendments guarantee essential rights and civil liberties, such as the right to free speech and the right to bear arms, as well as reserving rights to the people and the states.
What ideas make up the structure and framework of the Constitution?
First is the Preamble, an introduction that states the goals and purposes of the government. Next are seven articles that describe the structure of the government. Third are 27 amendments, or additions and changes, to the Constitution.
Why is the fourth amendment important to the rights of citizens?
the Fourth Amendment, the people have a right “to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures.” This right limits the power of the police to seize and search people, their property, and their homes.
What is the importance of the sixteenth amendment?
The Sixteenth Amendment played a central role in building up the powerful American federal government of the twentieth century by making it possible to enact a modern, nationwide income tax. Before long, the income tax would become by far the federal government’s largest source of revenue.
What is the importance of the seventeenth amendment?
The Seventeenth Amendment changed the way senators were selected. Before the 17th amendment senators were selected by state legislatures, that allowed party bosses too much influence. The 17th amendment allowed voters of each state to directly elect their senators.
What process is used to amend the Constitution?
The Constitution provides that an amendment may be proposed either by the Congress with a two-thirds majority vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate or by a constitutional convention called for by two-thirds of the State legislatures.
What process is used to amend the Constitution?
The Constitution provides that an amendment may be proposed either by the Congress with a two-thirds majority vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate or by a constitutional convention called for by two-thirds of the State legislatures.
Why is the 14th amendment important to citizens?
The Fourteenth Amendment granted citizenship to all persons “born or naturalized in the United States,” including formerly enslaved people, and provided all citizens with “equal protection under the laws,” extending the provisions of the Bill of Rights to the states.
Article 1
Article I describes the design of the legislative branch of the US Government — the Congress. Important ideas include the separation of powers between branches of government (checks and balances), the election of Senators and Representatives, the process by which laws are made, and the powers that Congress has.
Article Two
Article Two vests the power of the executive branch in the office of the president of the United States, lays out the procedures for electing and removing the president, and establishes the president’s powers and responsibilities, it also gives the president the power to grant pardons.
Article 3
Under Article Three, the judicial branch consists of the Supreme Court of the United States, as well as lower courts created by Congress. It guarantees that every person accused of wrongdoing has the right to a fair trial before a competent judge and a jury of one’s peers. Article Three also defines treason. Article III of the Constitution established a Supreme Court, but left to Congress the authority to create lower federal courts as needed.
Article 4
Article Four of the United States Constitution outlines the relationship between the various states, as well as the relationship between each state and the United States federal government. It also empowers Congress to admit new states and administer the territories and other federal lands.
Article 5
Article V Amending the Constitution.The convention can propose amendments, whether Congress approves of them or not. Those proposed amendments would then be sent to the states for ratification. Knowing that the country would change over time, the framers wanted the Constitution to change with the country’s times and needs. To enable these changes, they wrote an amendment process into the Constitution
Article 6- supremecy 6
Article 6 referred to as the “supremacy clause,” this article declares that the Constitution and the laws and treaties of the federal government are the highest in the land. While state courts rule on state laws, the federal courts can step in and order changes if the state laws go against federal law.
Article 7
The text of Article VII declares that the Constitution shall become the official law of the ratifying states (state indicates its consent to be bound to a treaty if the parties intended to show their consent) when nine states ratified the document. States could choose their own military leaders.
What is the importance of the Establishment Clause?
The First Amendment’s Establishment Clause prohibits the government from making any law “respecting an establishment of religion.” This clause not only forbids the government from establishing an official religion, but also prohibits government actions that unduly favor one religion over another.
