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14801948979Article 1Legislative Branch (Makes laws. Split up into the House of Representatives and Senate. Can draft legislation, raise a military, tax, and keep checks and balances system)0
14801963955Article 2Executive Branch (Headed by the president, day-to-day operations. Enforces the laws.)1
14801994081Article 3Judicial Branch (Creates judicial system and supreme court. Supreme court judges are sworn in for life)2
14802003627Article 4States (regulates the states' powers, and their interaction with the National government. All states are equal to each other and can make their own laws)3
14802017201Article 5Amending the Constitution (Clauses can be added to the constitution by future constituents; can be done by states or congress)4
14802025653Article 6Supremacy Clause (laws from the constitution are the supreme law of the land, so all government officials [including state] have to swear into it.)5
14802042446Article 7Ratification (has to be signed by 9/13 states, and the constitution will go into full effect)6

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