The United States Constitution
Course Connections
Connections Template
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Preamble |
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Article I |
Article II |
Article III |
Article IV |
Article V |
Article VI |
Article VII |
Bill of Rights Amends 1 to 10 |
Amendments 11 to 27 |
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Presidential Actions |
Legislative Landmarks |
Key Supreme Court Cases |
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16th Amendment
The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several states, and without regard to any census of enumeration.
Class Connection: On page #113 of your Constitution highlight the sixteenth Amendment noting that it was a carryover from the Populist Party agenda.
17th Amendment
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each state, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each state shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legislatures.
When vacancies happen in the representation of any state in the Senate, the executive authority of such state shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, that the legislature of any state may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.
This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution.
Class Connection: On page #113 of your Constitution highlight the seventeenth Amendment, noting that it was a carryover from the Populist Party agenda (Impact of a third party on the American political landscape
18th Amendment
Article V - The Amendment Process
The first ten amendments are known as the Bill of Rights. The amendment process was included in the Constitution as part of Article V
Amendment #18, 1919
Section 1. After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.
Section 2. The Congress and the several states shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Section 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several states, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the states by the Congress.
Class Connection: On page #114 of your Constitution highlight the eighteenth Amendment, noting that it was eventually repealed with the 21st Amendment
Creation of the Executive Cabinet
Article II - The Executive Branch
Section 1. The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows....
Class Connection
In your Constitution include the words "Unwritten Constitution" and highlight Washington's first cabinet. Keep in mind this is considered a important precedent in the early years of Constitution. The Cabinet included GW’s Cabinet : Alexander Hamilton(Treasury), Thomas Jefferson (State), Henry Knox (War), and Edmund Randolph (Attorney General ). These executive department heads were also his chief advisers.
Multiple Choice Questions
#1 What were two key precedents established by George Washington during his presidency?
(1) Aid to farmers and the end of the slave trade
(2) Universal male suffrage and support for political parties
(3) Foreign policy of neutrality and the use of presidential advisors
(4) Protective tariffs and foreign alliances during peacetime
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