The Constitution
of the United States of America

• The Constitution of the United States of America

• What is it?

• Constitutional Convention

• It Becomes Law

• Constitution has three parts

• The Preamble

• Bill of Rights

• Articles

• Article I - Defines the Legislative Branch

• Article II - Defines the Executive Branch

• Article III - Defines the Judicial Branch

• Article IV- How the states work together and with the national government

• Article V - Tells how the Constitution can be changed

• Article VI - Declares the Constitution to be the supreme laws of the land

• Article VII - Describes how the states should ratify the Constitution

• Founding Fathers-signers

• Signers

• Signers

• George Washington

• James Madison

• Benjamin Franklin

• Alexander Hamilton

• Amendments

• Amendment I

• Amendment II

• Amendment III

• Amendment IV

• Amendment V

• Amendment VI

• Amendment VII

• Amendment VIII

• Amendment IX

• Amendment X

• Amendment XI

• Amendment XII

• Amendment XIII

• Amendment XIV

• Amendment XV

• Amendment XVI

• Amendment XVII

• Amendment XVIII

• Amendment XIX

• Amendment XX

• Amendment XXI

• Amendment XXII

• Amendment XXIII

• Amendment XXIV

• Amendment XXV

• Amendment XXVI

• Amendment XXVII

Email:

• lgarrido@pocanticohills.org

• thongell@pocanticohills.org

• Pocantico Hills School

• Miss Garrido's class

  created 10/10/01