AP Gov. 7 Articles and 10 Amendments

Article I

Legislative Branch - Organizations, powers, and restraints (also Necessary and proper clause)

Article II

Executive Branch - Powers, duties, restraints, and election of the President

Article III

Judicial Branch - Powers, restraints, and the definition of Treason

Article IV

Relation of the states to each other and to the federal government, guarantees to the states, and government of the territories

Article V

Method of Amending the Constitution. Guarantee of equal representation of the states in the U.S. Senate

Article VI

Provision for national debts. Supremacy of the United States Constitution, federal laws and treaties. Pledge of national and state officials to uphold the constitution. No religious test required as qualification for public office (Also Supremacy Clause)

Article VII

Method for ratification of the Constitution

1st

Freedom of religion, speech, press, petition, and assembly

2nd

Right to bear arms

3rd

Limitation on the quartering of soldiers in private homes

4th

Limitations on search and seizure

5th

Criminal proceedings: due process, eminent domain, no double jeopardy, right to no self incrimination

6th

Right to a fair, speedy, and public trial

7th

Trial by jury in civil cases

8th

Excessive bail and cruel punishment forbidden

9th

People possess rights, other than those enumerated

10th

Undelegated powers belong to the states or to the people