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Article I:

1. Identify four relevant categories for comparing the House and the Senate, and explain the similarities and differences within those
categories.

2. Explain the reasons for the differences between the House and Senate. What did the framers accomplish with these structures?

3. Explain the significance of the difference between the powers of Congress described in Article 1, Section 8, paragraphs 1-17 and the power described in Article 1, Section 8, paragraph 18.

Article II:

4. On September 8, 1974, President Gerald Ford issued former President Richard Nixon "a full, free, and absolute pardon" for any wrongdoings while he was president, especially in relation to the Watergate scandal. Describe the executive power Ford used to accomplish this act and the relationship of that power to the duty outlined in Section 3 to "take care that the laws be faithfully executed."

5. Compare the powers of the president with those of the legislature, and explain how those differences affect the government.
Article III:

6. Compare the process for settling disputes between states outlined in the Articles of Confederation with the process outlined in the Constitution. Draw a conclusion about the purpose of the plan for the courts outlined in the Constitution that was lacking in the plan in the Articles of Confederation.

7. Why did the founders establish a system where federal judges are appointed for life? How could one suggest that this supports
the aims of Anti-Federalists?

Article IV:
8. Much of the conflict today related to Article IV centers on family law issues. For example, the legal adoption of a child by unmarried partners in one state is not recognized in another state that does not allow unmarried partners to adopt. Based on the example of Obergefell v. Hodges (2015), what might be necessary to make such adoptions uniformly recognized?

Article V:
9. How did the amendment process change with the adoption of the Constitution to replace the Articles of Confederation?

Article VI:
10. Describe the fundamental change in the relationship between the states and the federal government as a result of Article VI,
Section 2.

Article VII:
11. The absence of a religious test was a matter of debate in many state ratification conventions. At the 1788 convention in Massachusetts, Theophilus Parsons expressed his views: "But what security is it to government, that every Publick officer shall swear that he is a Christian? ...Sir, the only evidence we can have of the sincerity and excellency of a man's religion, is a good life - and I trust that such evidence will be required of every candidate by every elector. That man who acts an honest part to his neighbor will most probably conduct honourably toward the Publick." Has the electorate lived up to Parsons's expectations?
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