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    The document outlines the Constitution of the United States, including the preamble, 7 original articles, the Bill of Rights (first 10 amendments), and subsequent amendments up to the 27th. It describes the division of powers between the legislative, executive, and judicial branches in Articles I-III, and addresses relations between states, amendments, and other provisions. The preamble expresses the purpose of the Constitution to form a more perfect Union and secure liberty. The Bill of Rights protects civil rights and liberties of citizens. Subsequent amendments further expanded rights and altered government processes.

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    The document outlines the Constitution of the United States, including the preamble, 7 original articles, the Bill of Rights (first 10 amendments), and subsequent amendments up to the 27th. It describes the division of powers between the legislative, executive, and judicial branches in Articles I-III, and addresses relations between states, amendments, and other provisions. The preamble expresses the purpose of the Constitution to form a more perfect Union and secure liberty. The Bill of Rights protects civil rights and liberties of citizens. Subsequent amendments further expanded rights and altered government processes.

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    The document outlines the Constitution of the United States, including the preamble, 7 original articles, the Bill of Rights (first 10 amendments), and subsequent amendments up to the 27th. It describes the division of powers between the legislative, executive, and judicial branches in Articles I-III, and addresses relations between states, amendments, and other provisions. The preamble expresses the purpose of the Constitution to form a more perfect Union and secure liberty. The Bill of Rights protects civil rights and liberties of citizens. Subsequent amendments further expanded rights and altered government processes.

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    The document outlines the structure and powers of the US federal government as divided into three branches (legislative, executive, judicial) as well as individual rights and liberties.

    The main sections are the Preamble, Articles (I-VII), and Amendments. The Articles outline the powers and duties of Congress, the President, and the judicial system.

    The main parts of the Bill of Rights are the first ten amendments, which protect civil liberties like freedom of speech, religion, press, rights to legal counsel and trial by jury.

    The Constitution of the

    United States of America


    Bill E. Leonard II
    EDU 225
    September 18th, 2016
    Instructor Sell

    Outline of the U.S.


    Preamble
    Constitution
    The Articles: I thru VII
    The Bill of Rights: First ten
    Amendments
    The Amendments: 11th thru 27th

    The Constitution is the Supreme


    law of the land in the United
    States.
    "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more
    perfect Union, establish Justice, ensure domestic Tranquility,
    provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare,
    and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity,
    do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of
    America." Preamble to the Constitution (The Constitution, n.d.)

    The Articles of the Constitution


    Article I: Powers of Congress (Legislative Branch)
    Article II: Powers of the President (Executive Branch)
    Article III: Powers of the Judicial Branch
    Article IV: Relations amongst the States
    Article V: Amending the Constitution
    Article VI: Public Debts; Supremacy of National Government over State and
    Local; Oaths of Office
    Article VII: Provisions for ratification of Constitution

    The Bill of Rights est. 1791


    First Amendment: Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly
    Second Amendment: Right to Bear Arms
    Third Amendment: Quartering of Troops
    Fourth Amendment: Search and Seizure
    Fifth Amendment: Grand Jury, Double Jeopardy, SelfIncrimination,
    Due Process

    The Bill of Rights

    (continued)

    Sixth Amendment: Criminal Prosecutions - Jury Trial, Right to Confront


    and to Counsel
    Seventh Amendment: Common Law Suits - Jury Trial
    Eighth Amendment: Excess Bail or Fines, Cruel and Unusual
    Punishment
    Ninth Amendment: Non-Enumerated Rights

    The Amendments 11

    th

    thru 16

    Eleventh Amendment: Suits Against a State (1795)


    Twelfth Amendment: Election of President and Vice-President
    (1804)
    Thirteenth Amendment: Abolition of Slavery (1865)
    Fourteenth Amendment: Privileges and Immunities, Due
    Process, Equal Protection, Apportionment of Representatives, Civil
    War Disqualification and Debt (1868)
    Fifteenth Amendment: Rights Not to Be Denied on Account of
    Race (1870)

    th

    The Amendments 17

    th

    thru 22

    Seventeenth Amendment: Election of Senators (1913)


    Eighteenth Amendment: Prohibition (1919)
    Nineteenth Amendment: Women's Right to Vote (1920)
    Twentieth Amendment: Presidential Term and Succession
    (1933)
    Twenty First Amendment: Repeal of Prohibition (1933)
    Twenty Second Amendment: Two Term Limit on President

    nd

    The Amendments 23

    rd

    thru 27

    Twenty Third Amendment: Presidential Vote in D.C. (1961)


    Twenty Fourth Amendment: Poll Tax (1964)
    Twenty Fifth Amendment: Presidential Succession (1967)
    Twenty Sixth Amendment: Right to Vote at Age 18 (1971)
    Twenty Seventh Amendment: Compensation of Members of
    Congress (1992)

    th

    References
    Cornell University Law School. (n.d.) U.S.
    Constitution. Retrieved from
    https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/overview
    [Keith Piirto]. (2014, July 29). The Articles of the US
    Constitution. [Video File]. Retrieved from
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiahGIKTl00
    [TED-Ed]. (2013, 30 October). A 3-minute guide to
    the Bill of Rights-Belinda Stutzman. [Video File].
    Retrieved From
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYEfLm5dLMQ
    The Whitehouse. (n.d.). The Constitution.
    Retrieved from
    https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/constitution

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