Parts+of+Constitution

Amendment 1 - Freedom of religion, press, speech Amendment 2 - Right to bear arms Amendment 3 - Limits the quartering of soldiers Amendment 4 - Search and seizure of property Amendment 5 - Right to a trial if accused, no self-incrimination required, no double-jeopardy (you cannot be tried twice for the same crime), right to compensation for takings by gov't. Amendment 6 - Right to a speedy trial by jury and confrontation of witnesses Amendment 7 - Right to a trial by jury in civil cases Amendment 8 - Prohibits cruel and unusual punishment Amendment 9 - People may have other rights, even if they are not listed here Amendment 10 - The federal government's powers are limited to those listed in the Constitution** Amendment 11 (1798) - Judicial limits Amendment 12 (1804) - Method for choosing the President, Vice President Amendment 13 (1865) - Abolished slavery Amendment 14 (1868) - Rights of citizenship to all people born in USA or naturalized Amendment 15 (1870) - Gives the right to vote to all citizens, regardless of color or race, but women are not mentioned Amendment 16 (1913) - Income tax authorized Amendment 17 (1913) - Senators elected by the popular vote Amendment 18 (1919) - Prohibition - Liquor prohibited Amendment 19 (1920) - Women's suffrage (voting rights) Amendment 20 (1933) - New terms of office for the President and Congress Amendment 21 (1933) - Amendment 18 repealed (overturned) Amendment 22 (1951) - Presidential term limited Amendment 23 (1961) - Presidential vote given to Washington, D. C. Amendment 24 (1964) - Poll taxes barred (you cannot charge people to vote) Amendment 25 (1967) - Presidential disability and succession Amendment 26 (1971) - Voting age lowered to 18 years old (same as the age at which men can be drafted into the army) Amendment 27 (1992) - Congressional pay increases go into effect only during the next Congressional session.**
 * A SYNOPSIS OF THE CONSTITUTION:**
 * PREAMBLE (Introduction) - Explains that the Constitution proposes to establish a more perfect government complete with justice, tranquility, and liberty**
 * ARTICLE I - Establishes the Legislative Branch (House of Representatives and the Senate).**
 * ARTICLE II - Establishes the Executive Branch (headed by the President).**
 * ARTICLE III - Establishes the Judicial Branch (a system of courts and judges).**
 * ARTICLE IV - Establishes the relationship between the states and the federal government. Describes how to admit new states to the Union.**
 * ARTICLE V - Describes how to amend the Constitution.**
 * ARTICLE VI - Establishes the Constitution as the supreme law of the USA. Authorizes the national debt (Congress can borrow money). Public officials must take an oath to support the Constitution.**
 * ARTICLE VII - Lists the requirements for ratification of the Constitution.**
 * AMENDMENTS 1-10 (THE** [|**BILL OF RIGHTS**]**) (added in 1791) - Preserves the rights of the people.
 * AMENDMENTS 11-27
 * Worksheets and**


 * The Provisions of the U.S. Constitution**
 * Written in 1787 and ratified in 1789, the U.S. Constitution is the oldest national Constitution still in use.
 * The U.S. Constitution contains seven Articles.
 * Article I established the Legislative Branch of government.
 * Article II established the Executive Branch of government
 * Article III established the Judicial Branch of government.
 * Article IV regulated the relations of individual states with each other.
 * Article V established a means for amending the Constitution.
 * Article VI established the Constitution as the Supreme Law of the Land.
 * Article VIII established a procedure for ratifying the Constitution.
 * There are 27 Amendments to the U.S. Constitution of which only 25 are active.
 * The first Ten Amendments are known as the Bill of Rights. They list specific rights of the people which the government may not infringe upon. They were added immediately after the Constitution was ratified. (e.g., freedom of religion).
 * The Eighteenth Amendment prohibited the sale or transportation of alcohol and the Twenty-first Amendment repealed the Eighteenth.
 * The remaining amendments either alter portions of the Constitution or expand individual rights.