14801948979 | Article 1 | Legislative 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 | |
14801963955 | Article 2 | Executive Branch (Headed by the president, day-to-day operations. Enforces the laws.) | 1 | |
14801994081 | Article 3 | Judicial Branch (Creates judicial system and supreme court. Supreme court judges are sworn in for life) | 2 | |
14802003627 | Article 4 | States (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 | |
14802017201 | Article 5 | Amending the Constitution (Clauses can be added to the constitution by future constituents; can be done by states or congress) | 4 | |
14802025653 | Article 6 | Supremacy Clause (laws from the constitution are the supreme law of the land, so all government officials [including state] have to swear into it.) | 5 | |
14802042446 | Article 7 | Ratification (has to be signed by 9/13 states, and the constitution will go into full effect) | 6 |
Constitution Articles, AP GOV Flashcards
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