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US Constitution: Articles
US Constitution Test
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History
11th Grade
10/01/2008

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Article 1
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Legislative Branch; sets it up, divides it into a bicameral legislature with the House and the Senate, gives requirements and powers of both
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Article 2
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Executive Branch, establishes the president, his/her powers, qualifications, and removal
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Article 3
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Judiciary Branch; establishes Supreme Court, and define Treason
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Article 4
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Full faith and Credit; all states will honor each others laws, fugitive slave paragraph, protection of states by gov't
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Article 5
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The Amendment Process: details the method of amending, or changing, the Constitution.
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Article 6
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Supreme Law of the Land; the constitution is the supreme law of the land, no states law can contradict it, all officials must take an oath but they will not be religious
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Article 7
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The Radification of the Constitution; details the method for ratification, or acceptance, of the Constitution: of the original 13 states in the United States, nine had to accept the Constitution before it would officially go into effect.
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