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| When were the Articles of Confederation put into effect? |
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| What is the opening line in the constitution? |
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| We the People of the United States... |
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Bicameral Congress
Membership of House
Power to impeach
Membership of the Senate
Power to try impeachments
Laws governing elections
Rules of Congress
Salaries and immunities of members
Bar on members of Congress holding federal appointive office
Money bills originate in House
Procedure for enacting laws: veto power
Powers of Congress
Restrictions on powers of Congress
Restrictions on powers of states |
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The President
Office, Election, Requirements, Pay, Powers, Relation with Congress, Impeachment |
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| Federal Courts and their jurisdiction |
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States
Full faith and credit
Privileges and immunities
Extradition
Creation of new states
Governing territories
Protection of states |
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| Amending the Constitution |
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Assumption of the debts of the Confederation
Supremacy of federal laws and treaties
No religious test |
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Ratification procedure
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1791
Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly |
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| 1791 Quartering troops in private homes |
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| 1791 Prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures |
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| 1791 Right when accused: "due-process" clause |
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| 1791 Rights when on trial |
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| Bail: no "cruel and unusual" punishments |
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| 1791 Unenumerated rights protected |
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| 1791 Powers reserved for states |
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| 1795 Limits on suits against states |
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| 1804 Revision of electoral-college procedure |
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1868 Ex-slaves made citizens
"Due process" clause applied to states
"Equal-protection" clause
Reduction in congressional representation for states denying adult males the right to vote
Southern rebels denied federal office
Rebel debts repudiated |
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| 1870 Blacks given right to vote |
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| 1913 Authorizes federal income tax |
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| 1913 Requires popular election of senators |
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| 1919 Prohibits manufacture and sale of liquor |
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| 1920 Right to vote for women |
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1933 Federal terms of office begin in January
Emergency presidential succession |
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| 1933 repeals the 19th Amendment (prohibition) |
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| 1951 Two-term limit for president |
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| 1961 Right to vote for president in DC |
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| 1964 Prohibits poll taxes in federal elections |
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| 1967 Presidential disability and succession |
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| 1971 Voting age lowered to eighteen |
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| 1992 Congressional pay raises |
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| The Declaration of Independence begins with... |
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| When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another.... |
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