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The two parts of Congress in the Legislative Branch
What is the Senate and the House of Representatives
100
The parts of the Executive Branch
What is The President and Vice President
100
The parts of the Judicial Branch
What is one supreme Court, and some inferior Courts
100
The term for a written change to the Constitution
What is Amendments
100
The States that were apart of the Articles
What is New Hampshire, Massachusetts-bay Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.
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The two roles of the Legislative branch
What is creating laws/bills and impeachment of president
200
Qualifications for Executive Branch
What is natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.
200
Powers of the Judicial Branch
What is to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted.
200
Number of Amendments added
What is 27
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Reasoning for the union of the States
What is for their common defense, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretense.
300
Qualifications for Senators
What is Age of thirty Years, nine Years a Citizen of the United States, not an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen
300
Impeachable convictions of the President
What is Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.
300
Treasonable acts
What is levying War against the U.S, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort.
300
Needed in order to pass an Amendment
What is 2/3 Congress-both houses-and 3/4 State Legislatures
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Date of Congress agreement and date of enforcement after ratification
What is 15 November 1777 and 1 March 1781
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The qualifications for members of the House of Representatives
What is Age of twenty five Years, seven Years a Citizen of the United States, not an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.
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The President's oath of office
What is “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”
400
Type of trail and logistics of the trial
What is trial by Jury; and be held in the State where the said Crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any State, the Trial shall be at such Place or Places as the Congress may by Law have directed.
400
Unchangeable parts of the Constitution
What is the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate
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Rights and powers of the United States Congress assembly
What is determining on peace and war, of sending and receiving ambassadors, entering into treaties and alliances, provided that no treaty of commerce shall be made whereby the legislative power of the respective States shall be restrained from imposing such imposts and duties on foreigners, as their own people are subjected to, or from prohibiting the exportation or importation of any species of goods or commodities whatsoever, of establishing rules for deciding in all cases, of granting letters of marque and reprisal in times of peace, appointing courts for the trial of piracies and felonies committed on the high seas and establishing courts for receiving and determining finally appeals in all cases of captures, provided that no member of Congress shall be appointed a judge of any of the said courts.
500
Powers of the Legislative Branch
What is To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States
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The powers of the Executive Branch
What is Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, make Treaties, he shall nominate and appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, and can fill up all Vacancies
500
Types of cases under the authority of the Judicial Branch
What is all Cases arising under the Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties, to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction, to Controversies to which the United States shall be a Party, to Controversies between two or more States, between a State and Citizens of another State, between Citizens of different States, between Citizens of the same State claiming Lands under Grants of different States, and between a State, or the Citizens thereof, and foreign States, Citizens or Subjects.
500
The 10 amendments that make up the Bill of Rights
What is Freedom of Speech, Press, Religion and Petition, Right to keep and bear arms, Conditions for quarters of soldiers, Right of search and seizure regulated, Provisions concerning prosecution, Right to a speedy trial, witnesses, etc., Right to a trial by jury, Excessive bail, cruel punishment, Rule of construction of Constitution, Rights of the States under Constitution
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Limitation placed on the states
What is No State shall enter into any conference, agreement, alliance or treaty with any King, Prince or State, nor shall any person holding any office of profit or trust under the United States, or any of them, accept any present, emolument, office or title of any kind whatever from any King, Prince or foreign State, nor shall the United States in Congress assembled grant any title of nobility, No two or more States shall enter into any treaty, confederation or alliance whatever between them, without the consent of the United States in Congress assembled, specifying accurately the purposes for which the same is to be entered into, and how long it shall continue, No State shall lay any imposts or duties, which may interfere with any stipulations in treaties, entered into by the United States in Congress assembled, with any King, Prince or State, in pursuance of any treaties already proposed by Congress, to the courts of France and Spain, No vessel of war shall be kept up in time of peace by any State, except such number only, as shall be deemed necessary by the United States in Congress assembled, for the defense of such State, or its trade; nor shall any body of forces be kept up by any State in time of peace, except such number only, as in the judgement of the United States in Congress assembled, shall be deemed requisite to garrison the forts necessary for the defense of such State; but every State shall always keep up a well-regulated and disciplined militia, sufficiently armed and accoutered, and shall provide and constantly have ready for use, in public stores, a due number of filed pieces and tents, and a proper quantity of arms, ammunition and camp equipage, No State shall engage in any war without the consent of the United States in Congress assembled, unless such State be actually invaded by enemies, or shall have received certain advice of a resolution being formed by some nation of Indians to invade such State, and the danger is so imminent as not to admit of a delay till the United States in Congress assembled can be consulted; nor shall any State grant commissions to any ships or vessels of war, nor letters of marque or reprisal, except it be after a declaration of war by the United States in Congress assembled, and then only against the Kingdom or State and the subjects thereof, against which war has been so declared, and under such regulations as shall be established by the United States in Congress assembled, unless such State be infested by pirates, in which case vessels of war may be fitted out for that occasion, and kept so long as the danger shall continue, or until the United States in Congress assembled shall determine otherwise.