| A | B |
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| The Preamble | states the Purpose of the Constitution |
| Article 1 | the Legislative Branch |
| Article 2 | the Executive Branch |
| Article 3 | the Judicial Branch |
| The Bill of Rights | first 10 amendments to the Constitution |
| First Amendment | freedom of religion, sppech, press, assembly and petition |
| Second Amendment | right to keep and bear arms |
| Amendments | changes to the Constitution |
| number of amendments | 27 |
| 3 branches of government | legislative (congress), executive (president), judicial (courts) |
| requirements for House of Representatives | 25 years old, lives in state, citizen at least 7 years |
| requirements for Senate | 30 years old, lives in state, citizen at least 9 years |
| requirements for President | 35 years old, 14 years in U.S., natural born citizen |
| 3 powers of Congress | makes laws, collects taxes, regulates commerce, sets rules for citizenship, declares war, sets up lower courts |
| 3 powers of the President | carries out laws, makes treaties, appoints ambassadors, leads armed forces |
| 3 powers of the courts | decides whether laws follow the Constitution, decides appeals from lower courts |
| how to amend the Constitution | approved by 2/3 majority vote in both the Senate and House of Representatives,3/4 of state legislatures must approve change |
| amendment that ended prohibition | 21st |
| 13 amendment | end slavery in all states |
| 14 amendment | citizenship for African Americans |
| 15 amendment | Voting rights for Africal American males |
| ERA | equal rights amendment |
| 19 amendment | gives women the right to vote |
| poll tax | tax to be paid before voting |
| Grace Greenwood | an anti-slavery author and women's rights activist |
| Ida B. Wells | blocked the establishment of segregated schools in Chicago |
| Elizabeth Cady Stanton | organized the women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, N.Y. |
| Patricia Schroeder | believed women should have the same rights as men in the military |
| Susan B. Anthony | women's civil rights leader, had a major role in helping with giving women civil rights |
