| A | B |
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| Preamble | Makes clear that the power of government comes from the people |
| Article I | Legislative Branch |
| Article II | Executive Branch |
| Article III | Judicial Branch |
| Article IV | Explains the relationship between the States and Federal government |
| Article V | Specifies under what conditions the Constitution can be changed or Amended (2/3 vote) |
| Article VI | Explains the Supremacy Clause |
| Supremacy Clause | The Constitution, laws passed by Congress & treaties of the US are the SUPREME LAW OF THE LAND! |
| Article VII | States that the Constitution will become supreme law of the land when 9 of the 13 states ratify it . |
| Signed the Constituion | Ben Franklin George Washington James Madison & more! |
| Did NOT sign the Constitution | Thomas Jefferson |
| Another Name for the Legislative Branch | Congress |
| Houses of Congress | Senate & House of Representatives |
| enumeration | census or population count |
| Last State to join the Union/ratify the Constitution | Rhode Island |
| The ninth state to ratify the Constitution | New Hampshire |
| VOTERS n each state choose | Electors for Electoral College |
| Federalists | For strong central government supporters of ratifying the Constitution |
| Anti-Federalists | Feared strong central government would favor the wealthy few over the common people |
| Federalists and Anti-Federalists | agreed the Constitution needed a Bill of Rights |
| Federalist Papers | Rhetoric written in support of ratifying the Constitution |
| Constitution Signed | September 17, 1787 |
| The First Ten Amendments | Bill of Rights |
| Writers of the Federalist Papers | James Madison, John Jay, Alexander Hamilton |
