Articles of the Constitution

Article 1

Establishes the Legislative Branch

Article 2

Establishes the Executive Branch

Article 3

Establishes the Judicial Branch

Article 4

explains the relationships between the states

Article 5

explains the process for amending the constitution

Article 6

discusses the Law of the land, supremacy of the Constitution

Article 7

explains the conditions for Ratification of the Constitution

preamble

Introduces the constitution

Amendment- Ratify

3/4 of state legislatures must approve the amendment

Amendment- Propose

2/3 House of Rep and Senate must vote

Term of office - Senate

6 years

Term of office - House of Representatives

2 years

Term of office - President

4 years

Census

A count of citizens - every 10 years

Most important federal court

The Supreme Court

Federalism

division of power between the states and the national governments

Each state has how many senators?

2

Each state has how many members of the House of Representatives

depends on the state's population, proprotional out of 435