Constitution (Article 1-7) Flash Cards

Article 2: Executive Branch

the President, Vice-President, Cabinet, and Departments under the Cabinet Secretaries carry out the laws made by Congress.

Article 3: Judicial Branch

the Supreme Court decides ourt cases according to US Constitution. The courts under the Supreme Court decide criminal and civil court cases according to the correct federal, state, and local laws.

Article 1: Legislative Branch

the U.S. Congress makes the laws for the United States. Congress has two parts,called "Houses," the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Article 4: States' powers

States have the power to make and carry out their own laws.

Article 6: Federal powers

The Constitution and federal laws are higher than state and local laws. All laws must agree with the US Constitution.

Article 5: Amendments

The Constitution can be changed. New amendments can be added to the US Constitution with the approval by a two-thrids vote in each house of Congress (967,281) and three-fourth vote by the states (38).

Article 7: Ratification

The Constitution was presented to George Washington and the men at the Constitutional Convention on September 17, 1787, Representatives from twelve out of the thirteen original states signed the Constitution. From September 1787 to July 1788, the states meet, talked about, and finally voted to approve the Constitution.