Article 4-7 Review

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Article IV: States

Sections 1-2: Rights and Privileges

·         Citizens of one state have the same rights and privileges as citizens of other states: True or False

·         In 1788, fugitive (runaway) slaves had to be ____________________ by other states.

Section 3: Adding states and dealing with territories

·         New states can be admitted as long as they are not made:

A.

B.

·         Rules about territories are made by __________________________

·         The United States will protect the states from

A.

B.

Article V: Process for Amending the Constitution

·         Amendments to the Constitution are proposed when ________ (fraction) of both Houses of Congress or ________ (fraction) of the state legislatures agree.

·         A proposed amendment actually becomes part of the Constitution when _______ (fraction) of the states ratify it.

·         Before 1808, no amendment could do anything about

___________________________.

·         No amendment can take away equal suffrage (voting) in the

______________________.

Article VI: Supreme Law of the Land

·         The United States promised to still pay its ________________ even though the Articles of Confederation were being replaced.

·         The Constitution is the _____________________ law of the land, overruling the laws or constitutions of the states where they are different.

·         All members of the _________________________,

_______________________, and ___________________________

branches take an oath to support the Constitution, but no

__________________________ test can ever be required to hold any public office.

Article VII: Ratification

·         ____________ of the 13 state conventions ratifying the Constitution will make it official because that number of states would make over _______ (fraction) saying yes. This changed the requirement of the Articles of Confederation for unanimous agreement.