1. Name Sept 29, 2015 The Constitution Structure and Principles
Chapter 3, Section 1 pg 63

2. Warm up #1
What motivations guided the original framers of the Constitution when they met in 1787 at the Constitutional Convention to create the Constitution?

3. Warm up:
“We the people of the United States in order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common Defense…….
1. What is this from?? Why is it important to you? What does it say specifically? -

4. Key Terms: Any term/words pharses/people
Define 3 Key Terms (any 3 terms) 1) 2) 3)

5. Another Warm Up!!
How did the founders prevent any one branch of government from gaining too much power?

6. Structure and Principles
a. Preamble
1) Introduction and states why
the Constitution was written.
2) States the goal of the
government.
3) What are 3 goals in our preamble?

7. Articles b. Seven Articles (Divisions)
Article I – Legislative Branch Congress
Article II – Executive Branch------President
Article III – Judicial Branch Supreme Ct
Article IV – Explains Relationship with
States and National government.
Article V – How constitution can be amended
Article VI – Supremacy Clause Federal Gov’t is supreme
Article VII – Ratification

8. C. Amendments Changes to the Constitution
#1-10 are the Bill of Rights (1791)

9. II. Major Principles Popular Sovereignty 1) Rule by the People
2) Cornerstone of Constitution
Federalism
Power divided between National
government and the State
government.

10. II. Major Principles C. Separation of Powers
Division of Powers between the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branch.
D. Checks and Balances
Each Branch exercises some power over the other.
No Branch will become too powerful

11. III. Major Principle Judicial Review
The power of the court to declare laws invalid if they violate the constitution.
Limited Government
The constitution will limit the action of the government

12. Review (Suggest writing them down)
What are 3 Major Principles of the Constitution?
What are the first 3 Articles of the Constitution?

13. Individual Assessment
Pg. 67 Choose any 2
Using a graphic organizer like the one ot the right, show how the Constitution divides the powers of the federal Government?
3) Identify Marbury v. Madison
5) Analyzing Information:
What is the relationship between the principles of federalism and the separation of powers as suggested by Montesquieu and detailed in the Constitution?