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Preamble ✔Correct Answer-Introduction paragraph of the Constitution. States the objectives of
the document and the government
Article I ✔Correct Answer-Establishes the structure and authority of the legislative branch
enumerated powers ✔Correct Answer-powers specifically granted to Congress (Article I section 8)
necessary and proper clause (elastic clause) ✔Correct Answer-the ability of Congress to make laws
in order to carry out its duties (stretches the enumerated powers)
Article II ✔Correct Answer-Establishes the structure and authority of the executive branch
Article III ✔Correct Answer-Establishes the structure and authority of the judicial branch
Article IV ✔Correct Answer-Establishes the relationship of the states to each other and the federal
government. Establishes the process for admitting states into the union
Full Faith and Credit clause ✔Correct Answer-section of Article 4 requiring each state to recognize
the legitimacy of the public acts, court proceedings, and records of other states
Article V ✔Correct Answer-Establishes the procedures for amending the Constitution
Article VI ✔Correct Answer-Establishes the Constitution as the supreme law of the land
Supremacy Clause ✔Correct Answer-Statement within Article VI that gives declares the federal
government to be the highest government in the nation and that the Constitution is the above all
levels of government
Article VII ✔Correct Answer-Establishes the procedures for ratifying the Constitution (9/13 states
must approve of the Constitution in order to have it become the law of the land)
1st Amendment ✔Correct Answer-Freedom of religion, press, and speech, and the right to
assemble, and petition the government for a redress of grievances
Establishment Clause ✔Correct Answer-Statement in the 1st Amendment that forbids the
government from proclaiming an official religion within the United States
Clear and present danger ✔Correct Answer-Idea that one's speech is not free if that speech could
endanger the lives of the people around them (established by Shenck v. US Supreme Court Case)
2nd Amendment ✔Correct Answer-the right of the people to keep and bear arms
3rd Amendment ✔Correct Answer-the protection of the people against the quartering of soldiers
during a time of peace