The Constitution of the United States of America

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The Constitution of the United States of America

• Mrs. Campos
• US History I
• Mother Seton Regional High School

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The Constitution of the United States of America

• Our governments framework
• Historical background
• Articles
• Amendments

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Constitutional Convention

• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• May to September, 1787

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Preamble We the People...

• Goals of the Founding Fathers
• FEIPPS

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Article 1 The Legislature

• All legislative power herein granted shall be
  vested in a Congress of the United States

• HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
• 435 members
• 2 year term

• SENATE
• 100 members
• 6 year term

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Article 1 Powers of Congress

• Lawmaking powers
• Delegated powers
• Reserved Powers
• Powers denied Congress
• Powers denied the states
• Elastic Clause

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Powers of Congress

• Declare War, raise an army and navy
• Coin money, establish punishment for counterfeit
• Establish Post Offices
• Patent Laws
• Naturalization Laws
• Return

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Powers Denied Congress

• Taxes on exports
• Granting titles of nobility
• Bills of Attainder
• Ex Post Facto Laws
• suspending writ of Habeas corpus

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Powers Denied the States

• Entering treaties or alliances
• Coining money
• Waging war
• return

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Article 2 The Executive Department

• The executive power shall be vested in a
  President of the United States of America.

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Article 2 The Presidency

• Four year term
• Qualifications
• Vice President
• State of the Union Address
• Powers and duties
• Cabinet
• Impeachment

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Powers of the President

• Commander in-Chief of armed forces
• With consent of 2/3 of the Senate
• Appoints federal judges
• Makes treaties
• Appoints ambassadors
• Regulates foreign Affairs

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Duties of the President

• Carries out or enforces laws
• Commissions military officers
• Receives ambassadors from foreign nations

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Article 3 The Judicial Department

• The judicial powershall be vested in one
  Supreme Court and in such inferior courts as the
  Congress mayestablish.

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The Supreme Court

• Chief Justice
• 8 Associate Justices
• Life Term during good behavior

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Article 3 Federal Courts

• Supreme Court Jurisdiction
• Original
• Cases involving ambassadors, consuls and states
• Appellate
• Cases appealed from lower courts

• Trial by jury
• Treason defined

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Article 4 Relations among states

• State acts and records
• Rights of Citizens
• Territories and New States

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Article 5 Amending the Constitution

• Proposing Amendments
• Congress
• State Legislatures
• Two thirds

• Ratifying Amendments
• State Conventions
• State Legislatures
• Three Quarters

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Article 6 Supremacy of the Federal Government

• This Constitution and the laws of the United
  Statesshall be the Supreme Law of the Land.
• Loyalty Oath
• Religious test

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Article 7 Ratification

• State Conventions
• 9 of 13 States Required
• July, 1788 - 11 states ratified
• April 30, 1789 - Constitution went into effect

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An Enduring Document

• From 1789 to 2005
• small agricultural nation to world power

• World War
• Cold War
• Amendments
• Bill of Rights
• 11-27

• Challenges
• Territorial Growth
• Civil War
• Immigration
• Depression