Lesson 8 – Articles IV Through VII

Assignment 1

Article IV Section 4 states “The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a republican form of Government,…”  What in your opinion is a republican form of government? (Hint — look at the definition of republic^def in the link as well as the word republican.^def) 

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Assignment 2

Article V of the Constitution relates to amending the Constitution. Describe the two methods of proposing amendments.  How many of the amendments have been proposed by each of the methods?

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Assignment 3

Article VI of the Constitution refers to the Constitution as the “supreme^def Law of the Land.”  We have talked about the Constitution as the fundamental^def law.  What is the difference between these terms and their application with reference to the Constitution?

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