The United States Constitution

Questions and Answers

John R. Vile

• Publisher: ABC-CLIO
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN: 9781610695718
• eBook ISBN: 9781610695725
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Constitutions
• Index: Politics & International Relations

An up-to-date, all-encompassing, and nonpartisan presentation of questions and answers about the U.S. Constitution and its amendments—an invaluable tool for readers regardless of their political orientation. Readers will easily grasp the foundations and purposes of the U.S. Constitution—and the critical importance and implications of its amendments—through a series of questions and answers about constitutional topics. The work proceeds logically, covering each article, section, and amendment, explaining how each constitutional change over history affects earlier parts of the document. Created as an approachable, introductory book for high school and college students as well as general readers, The United States Constitution: Questions and Answers, Second Edition is an effective learning tool when read from start to finish, or when used to focus on and research specific constitutional provisions of interest. Its extensively updated and revised coverage since the first edition includes many key cases and serves to direct paramount attention to the constitutional document itself.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• Chapter 1 Foundations and Purposes of the United States Constitution
• Chapter 2 Article I: The Legislative Branch
• Chapter 3 Article II: The Executive Branch
• Chapter 4 Article III: The Judicial Branch
• Chapter 5 Articles IV, V, VI, and VII: Federalism, the Amending Process, Miscellaneous Matters, and Ratification
• Chapter 6 The Adoption of the Bill of Rights and the Meaning of the First Amendment
• Chapter 7 The Rest of the Bill of Rights and the Eleventh and Twelfth Amendments
• Chapter 8 Amendments Thirteen through Fifteen: The Post-Civil War Amendments
• Chapter 9 Amendments Sixteen through Nineteen: The Progressive Era Amendments
• Chapter 10 Amendments Twenty through Twenty-Seven: The Modern Amendments
• Chapter 11 1215 through 2013: A Walk through American Constitutional History
• Appendices: A: The Constitution of the United States
• About the Author
• Index