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The document provides an overview of key aspects of the United States Constitution, including that it was written in 1787 and took effect in 1789. It lays out the basic framework of government and limits what the government can do. It establishes the three branches of government and incorporates systems of checks and balances and judicial review to limit their power. It also protects individual rights and liberties through amendments like the Bill of Rights.

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Constitution Questions & Answers

The document provides an overview of key aspects of the United States Constitution, including that it was written in 1787 and took effect in 1789. It lays out the basic framework of government and limits what the government can do. It establishes the three branches of government and incorporates systems of checks and balances and judicial review to limit their power. It also protects individual rights and liberties through amendments like the Bill of Rights.

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The United

States
Constitution
•When was the United
States Constitution
written and when did it
take effect?
•1787 | 1789
•(A). What does the
Constitution lay out?

•(B). What does the


Constitution set limits on?
•a. The basic framework and
procedures of our government.

•b. How our government must


conduct itself.
•Is the Constitution
considered to be a long
or short document?
•Short | 7,000
words | read in a
half an hour
•Is the Constitution
detailed or is it simple
and straight to the
point?
•Straight to the point.
•What is the introduction
to the Constitution
known as?
•Preamble
•How many sections
or articles are there
to the Constitution?
•seven
•How many amendments
are there in the
Constitution?
•27: printed in the
order in which they
were adopted
• Identify the six basic
principals that the
Constitution is built
around.
•1. popular sovereignty
•2. limited government
•3. separation of powers
•4. checks and balances
•5. judicial review
•6. federalism
•According to the idea of
popular sovereignty all
the political power resides
with whom?
•The people
•According to the
Constitution are
Americans sovereign?
•yes
•Where does the
National Government
draw its power from?
•The people
•What does the principal of
limited government state?
Identify two things.
•1. No government is all-powerful.

•2. A government may do only


those things that the people have
given it the power to do.
•According to the concept on
limited government, what
must the government obey?
•The law.
•Define the term
rule of law.
•Government and its officers
are always subject to and
never above the law.
•Is much of the Constitution a
document which limits
government power or is it a
document that grants
government an excessive amount
of power?
•A document which limits
government power. Examples,
freedom of religion, press,
speech, assembly, and petition.
•What areas does the
Constitution distribute the
powers of the National
Government among?
•Congress (legislative branch)
•President (executive branch)
•Supreme Court (judicial branch)
•Are the three branches of
Government entirely
separated and completely
independent of one another?
•no
•What ties the three
branches of Government
together?
•The system of checks
and balances.
•Give an example of a check-
and-balance arrangement
between Congress and the
President.
•Congress has the power to make a law,
but the President may veto any act of
Congress

•The Senate may refuse to approve a


treaty or an appointment made by the
President.
•Define the term
judicial review.
•It is the power of a court to
determine the
constitutionality of a
government action.
•Define the principal of
federalism.
•The division of power among a
central government
(Washington D.C.) and regional
governments (State & local).
•What was one of the most difficult
problems the Framers of the
Constitution faced when creating the
Constitution?
•How to build a new, stronger, more
effective National Government while
preserving the existing States and the
concept of local self government.
•How many articles are there
in the Constitution? What
are the titles of the first
three articles?
Seven

1. Legislative Department

2. Executive Department

3. Judicial Department
Bill of Rights
Constitutional
Amendments
1-10
Amendment 1
Free speech, religion, press,
& right to assemble.
Amendment 2

Right to own guns.


Amendment 3
No housing (quartering)
soldiers.
Amendment 4
A search warrant is needed for the
police to enter your home.
Amendment 5
Right to due process, (fair trial &
attorney), & self-incrimination
(testifying against yourself).
Amendment 6
Right to a speedy trial & an
attorney.
Amendment 7

Jury trial.
Amendment 8

Protections against
unreasonably bail & fines and
cruel & unusual punishment.
Amendment 9
Rights not listed in the
Constitution cannot be taken
away by the government.
Amendment 10

Federal government has only those


powers (declare war & collect taxes)
granted by the Constitution. Any power
not given to the federal government
belongs to the States.
Delegated Powers
•To declare war.
•To provide and maintain a Navy.
•To establish post offices.
•To make all Laws which shall be necessary and
proper.
•Examine the following
slides and decide which
Constitutional Amendment
relates best to the
information presented in
the cartoons.
Amendment 8
Protections against
unreasonably high bail & fines
as well as from cruel & unusual
punishment.
Amendment 5
Protections against double jeopardy (tried
more than once for the same offense), right to
due process, (fair trial & attorney), & self-
incrimination (testifying against yourself).

(The purpose of the 5th amendment is to limit government's


ability to harass its citizens)
Amendment 9
Provides reassurance that rights
not listed in the Constitution
cannot be taken away by the
government.
Amendment 3

The government cannot


force you to let a soldier
stay (quartered) in your
home.
Amendment 10

Federal government has only those


powers (declare war & collect taxes)
granted by the Constitution. Any power
not given to the federal government is
given to the people or States.
Amendment 7

Allows for a jury trial.


Amendment 2

Citizens have the right


to own guns.
Amendment 4
People may not enter your house
without your permission unless
they have a search warrant.
Amendment 1
Congress cannot make laws
limiting freedom of speech,
press, right to assemble & to
petition the Government.
Amendment 6
Right to a speedy trial & an attorney. The
accused must be told what it is they're being
tried for & have the right to provide witnesses
for himself.

(The purpose of the 6th amendment is to prevent the


government from detaining citizens unfairly)

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