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Understanding the U.S. Constitution: Structure and Purpose

This guide provides an overview of the United States Constitution, detailing its introduction through the Preamble, which outlines the goals of the new government: to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure liberty for future generations. It explains the three branches of government - Legislative, Executive, and Judicial - their roles, and how they interact. Additionally, it covers inter-state relations, the amendment process, national debts, and the ratification of the Constitution.

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Understanding the U.S. Constitution: Structure and Purpose

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  1. Constitutional Articles The part our Founding Fathers wrote

  2. preamble The Constitution’s Introduction

  3. Goals of the New Government • Form a more perfect union • Establish justice • Insure domestic tranquility • Provide for the common defense • Promote the general welfare • Secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity

  4. Article i The Legislative Branch

  5. The Legislative Branch • Congress: their job is to make laws • The House of Representatives—435 members • The Senate—100 members

  6. Article II The Executive Branch

  7. The Executive Branch • Role is to enforce the nation’s laws • Includes the President, the Vice President, and the White House Staff

  8. Article III The Judicial Branch

  9. The Judicial Branch • Their job is to interpret the laws and the Constitution • Includes all the federal courts and especially the U.S. Supreme Court

  10. Article IV How Everyone Works Together

  11. Relationships Between the States • Section 1: Full Faith and Credit—all the states have to recognize what happens in the others (you can drive in Ohio, you can drive in the other 49 states) • Section 2: we have rights in all states as citizens; and if you’re guilty in one state, you can’t flee to another

  12. Section 3: • New states can be admitted to the union • Done by Congress • Cannot be from a current state unless the state legislature approves • Congress is in charge of U.S. Territories and cannot infringe on the rights of current states • Section 4: • All states will be republics • The federal government will provide each state with safety

  13. Article V How to Amend the Constitution

  14. The Process

  15. Article VI National Debts (insert jokes here) Supremacy

  16. The new government would cover debts under the Articles of Confederation (the Revolutionary government) • The Constitution and all federal laws are more important than any individual state’s laws • All elected and appointed officials must take oaths of office; there will not be any religious requirements

  17. Article VII Ratifying the Constitution

  18. Only needed 9 states to ratify to pass (12 were present) • Finally passed September 17, 1787

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