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Constitution Guide
Constitutional Convention
Compromises
A. The Virginia Plan was proposed by Edmund Randolph of Virginia. The plan included a proposal for a national government with 3 branches of government. Congress would consist of ______houses and in each house the number of representatives would be based on a state’s population.
B. The New Jersey Plan was proposed by ______of New Jersey. It called for a national government with 3 branches of government. Congress would consist of _____ house with each state being represented ______.
C. The Great Compromise or the ______Plan was proposed by Roger Sherman of Connecticut. This plan combined elements of both the Virginia and New Jersey Plans. This plan proposed that the national government consist of 3 branches. Congress would consist of ______houses. A state’s representation in the ______would be based on population and each state would receive ______representatives in the Senate.
D. The delegates agreed that ______of a state’s total slave population would count for representation and taxation purposes. It was also decided that Congress would not interfere with the slave trade for ______years.
E. The delegates agreed that a group of electors known as the ______would be chosen to select the President and Vice President.
Important Dates
On ______the Constitution was signed by the delegates.
Federalist v. Antifederalist
The authors of the Federalist Papers were: ______,
______, and ______. The Papers were a series of essays urging support of ratification of the Constitution among the states.
Federalists supported the Constitution because:
Antifederalists opposed the Constitution because:
Important Dates
The Constitution was ratified by the 9th state, ______(name of state), on
June 21, ______(year) and essentially went into effect.
Rhode Island was the last state to ratify in ______(year).
The Living Constitution
The ______is the introduction to the Constitution.
List the 6 purposes of the Constitution and the national government:
We the People…1. …in order to:
2. …establish:
3. …insure:
4. …provide for:
5. …promote the:
6. …and secure the:
Article I: The ______Branch
Sec. 1: All ______powers are vested in Congress which consists of a ______and a ______.
House of Representatives
Sec. 2, Clause 3: Representatives are apportioned among the states according to their respective ______(population). The count of the population shall be done every ___ years.
Sec. 2, Clause 5: The House also has the sole power of ______.
Senate
Sec. 3, Clause 1: The Senate is composed of ______
Sec. 3, Clause 6: The Senate has the sole power to ______all impeachments.
Powers of Congress
Sec. 8, Clause 18: To make all laws which shall be ______and ______for
carrying into execution the powers of the government. (Also known as the Elastic Clause and
establishes Implied Powers.)
Powers Denied to Congress
Sec. 9, Clause 2: The ______shall not be suspended unless when in cases of ______or ______.
Sec. 9, Clause 3: No ______or ______shall be passed.
Sec. 9, Clause 5: No tax on goods ______from any state.
Sec. 9, Clause 8: No titles of ______.
Powers Denied to States
Sec. 10, Clause 1: States may not enter into ______, coin ______, pass any bill of ______, ex post ______law.
Sec. 10, Clause 3: No state may engage in ______unless actually invaded or in imminent danger.
Article II: The ______Branch
Sec. 1, Clause 1: All executive power shall be vested in a ______. He holds
office for a term of ______years. He serves along with a ______.
Sec. 1, Clause 2: Electors to choose the President are equal to the number of ______
and ______each state has.
Sec. 1, Clause 6: If the President cannot fulfill his duties, the ______assumes the office.
Sec. 1, Clause 8: The President must take the following oath before entering office:
“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully ______the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, ______, ______and ______the ______of the United States.”
Impeachment
Sec. 4: The President, Vice President, and all civil officers of the United States, shall be
removed from office on ______for, and conviction of, ______,
bribery, or other ______and misdemeanors.
Article III: The ______Branch
Sec. 1: The ______power of the United States, shall be vested in one
______, and in such ______courts as the Congress may
from time to time establish.
Sec. 2, Clause 3: The trial of all crimes, except in cases of ______, shall be by ______; and such trial shall be held in the ______where the crimes shall have been committed.
Sec. 3, Clause 1: ______against the United States, shall consist only in levying ______against them, or in adhering to their ______, giving them ______and ______. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of ______witnesses, or on ______in open court.
Article IV: Relations Among the States
Sec. 1: Full ______and ______must be given in each state to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state.
Sec. 2, Clause 1: The citizens of each state shall be entitled to all ______and immunities of citizens in the several states.
Sec. 2, Clause 2: A person charged in any state with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee from ______, and be found in another ______, shall on demand of the ______authority of the state from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the state having ______of the crime.
Sec. 3, Clause 1: New ______may be admitted by the ______into this Union; but no new state shall be formed within any state; nor any state formed by joining 2 or more states, without the consent of the ______of the states as well as ______.
Sec. 4: The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a ______form of government, and shall protect each of them against ______or against ______violence.
Article V: Amending the Constitution
What are the 2 methods of proposing amendments?
What are the 2 methods of ratifying amendments?
Article VI: Supremacy of the National Government
Clause 2: This ______, and the laws of the United States, and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the ______law of the land.
Article VII: Ratification
How many states were needed to ratify the Constitution before it went into effect?
AMENDMENTS
Bill of Rights (1791)
1st Amendment: Freedom of ______, ______, ______, ______, and ______.
2nd Amendment: Right to bear ______.
3rd Amendment: No ______soldiers in private homes.
4th Amendment: No illegal ______and ______.
5th Amendment: Rights of Persons Accused of a Crime – Protection from ______jeopardy, right to due ______, right to grand ______, freedom from self-______, and ______domain.
6th Amendment: Right to a Fair and Speedy Trial – Right to an impartial ______, informed of the ______of the accusation, trial in ______where crime occurred, right to be informed of charges, to call ______in one’s favor, to confront ______, and to have a ______.
7th Amendment: Trial by jury in ______suits.
8th Amendment: Freedom from ______or unusual punishment, and excessive ______or fines.
9th Amendment: Powers reserved to the ______.
10th Amendment: Powers reserved to the ______.
Amendments 11 – 27
11th Amendment: Lawsuits against ______. (1795)
12th Amendment: Electing the ______and Vice President. (1804)
13th Amendment: ______abolished. (1865)
14th Amendment: All persons born or naturalized in the United States are citizens. No state shall deprive any person of ______, liberty, or ______, without due ______of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal ______of the law. (1868)
15th Amendment: No one can be denied the right to vote because of ______, color, or previous condition of servitude. (1870)
16th Amendment: Federal ______tax. (1913)
17th Amendment: Direct election of ______. (1913)
18th Amendment: Prohibition of ______. (1919)
19th Amendment: Women’s right to ______. (1920)
20th Amendment: Lame Duck Amendment – Moved ______day for President and Vice President to January ______, and Congress to January ______. (1933)
21st Amendment: Repealed ______. (1933)
22nd Amendment: Limited President to ______terms in office. (1951)
23rd Amendment: Electors for the District of ______(Washington, D.C.). (1963)
24th Amendment: No more ______taxes. (1964)
25th Amendment: Presidential disability and ______. (1967)
26th Amendment: Voting rights for ______-year-olds. (1971)
27th Amendment: Restraint on Congressional ______. (1992)