Chapter 1
These three branches of National Government are the first three articles of the Constitution.
What are the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches
This article states the Constitution is the Supreme Law of the Land.
What is Article 6
This kind of Amendment changes or adds to the language of the Constitution.
What is a Formal Amendment
This act of 1789
This case in 1803 was the 1st time a law was declared unconstitutional.
What is Marbury vs. Madison
This states that the government and its officials are always subject to the law.
What is Rule of Law
This is the number of Amendments that were adopted by the First Method of Formal Amendments.
What is 26
This method to ratify the Constitution has never been done before.
What is Third Method
The first 10 Amendments were the First Action by this in 1791.
What is Congress
The Louisiana Purchase is an example of this kind of action.
What is Executive
This is when then the Judicial branch decides if a law is unconstitutional.
What is Judicial Review
This article set up how to ratify the Constitution.
What is Article 7
This is another name for the First 10 Amendments that were ratified in 1791.
What is the Bill of Rights
This requires approval from the Senate.
What is a treaty
This was the year the Constitution was finally ratified.
What is 1789
This Article deals with amendment proposal and ratification of the Constitution.
What is Article 5
The Constitution is a this and this document.
What is living and changing
There are two methods to do this and this to the Constitution.
What are propose and ratify
There are this many proposed Amendments, but only 27 exist today.
This type of agreement is a pact between the head of state that doesn't require approval from the Senate.
What are Executive Agreements
People are the source of all government power the the government can only exist with the consent of the people.
What is popular sovereignty
This article set up state powers and their relationship with the National Government.
What is Article 4
This amendment method may be proposed by a 2/3 vote in each House of Congress and ratified by 3/4 State Legislature.
What is First Method
The Constitution does not mention these
What are political parties
This was the last year the United States declared war against another country.
What is 1941