The Constitution

Article 1. The Legislature Section 1. Congress Section 2. The House of Representatives 1. Elections 2. Qualifications 3. Numbers of representatives 4. Vacancies 5. Officers and Impeachment

Article 1. The Legislature Section 3. The Senate 1. Numbers 2. Classifying Terms 3. Qualifications 4. Role of Vice-President 5. Officers 6. Impeachment Trials 7. Punishment for Impeachment

Article 1. The Legislature Section 7. How a Bill Becomes a Law 1. Tax Bills 2. Lawmaking process 3. Role of the President Section 8. Powers Granted to Congress 1. taxation10. International Law 2. Credit11. War 3. Commerce12. Army 4. Naturalization, Bankruptcy13. Navy 5. Money14. Regulation of Armed Forces 6. Counterfeiting15. Militia 7. Post Office16. Regulations for Militia 8. Patents, Copyrights17. District of Columbia 9. Federal Courts18. Elastic Clause

Article 1. The Legislature Section 10. Powers Denied the States 1. Restrictions 2. Import and Export Taxes 3. Peacetime and War Restraints

Article 2. – The Executive Section 1. The Presidency 1. Terms of Office 2. Electoral college 3. Election Day 4. Qualifications 5. Succession 6. Salary 7. Oath of Office

Article 2. The Executive Section 2. Powers of the Presidency 1. Military Powers 2. Treaties, Appointments 3. Vacancies Section 3. Presidential Duties Section 4. Impeachment

Article 3. The Judiciary Section 1. Federal Courts and Judges Section 2. The Courts Authority 1. General Authority 2. Supreme Court 3. Trial by Jury Section 3. Treason 1. Definition 2. Punishment

Requirements for Holding Federal Office Position Minimum Age Resident Citizenship Representative25state in 7 years which elected Senator30State in 9 years which elected President3514 Years in thenatural-born USA Supreme Ct.nonenone none Justice

Article 4. Relations Among States Section 1. State Acts and Records Section 2. Rights of Citizens 1. Citizenship 2. Extradition Section 3. New States 1. Admission 2. Congressional Authority Section 4. Guarantees to the States

Article 5. Amending the Constitution The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the several states, or bay conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress; and that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate.

Article 6. Supremacy of the National Government Section 1. Valid Debts Section 2. Supreme Law Section 3. Loyalty to Constitution

Article 7. Ratification The ratification of the convention of nine states shall be sufficient for the establishment of the Constitution between the states so ratifying the same. Done in convention by the unanimous consent of the states present, the seventeenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven and of the independence of the United States of America the twelfth. In witness whereof we have hereunder to subscribe our names.

Bill Of Rights Added in 1791 First ten amendments

Amendments 11. Lawsuits Against States (1795) 12. Election of Executives (1804) 13. Slavery Abolished (1865) 14. Civil Rights (1868) 15. Right to Vote (1870) 16. Income Tax (1913) 17. Direct election of Senators (1913) 18. Prohibition (1919) 19. Woman Suffrage (1920) 20. “Lame Duck” Sessions (1933) 21 Repeal of Prohibition (1933) 22. Limit of Presidential Terms (2 terms) (1951) 23. Voting in district of Columbia (1961) 24. Abolition of Poll Taxes (1964) 25. Presidential Disability, Succession (1967) Year-old Vote (1971) 27. Congressional Pay (1992)