U.S Constitution Flashcards

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The united states constitution

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Is the basic law of the united states . it creates our nations’s government and says what it can and can’t do.

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The preamble

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Is the first section. it states the purpose of it , famously beginning
‘we the people’.

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Article 1

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Creates congress, the legislative branch, which makes the law

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Article 2

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Defines the president, who is head of the executive branch which execute the law.

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Article 3

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Create the courts, the supreme court being the highest in the land. it interprets the law.

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An Amendment

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IS a change made to the constitution . it must be passed by two thirds of both houses of congress and ratified by 37 states. (there has only been 27 amendments. the first ten were passed in 1791 and are known as the bill of rights
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