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Constitution Scavenger Hunt

Instructions:
● Form a group of 2 or 3 members
● Each member must TYPE in answers to all the questions, even if their
partners share this info with them
● Search the ​Constitution PDF​ or ​Constitution by section​ to find the answers to
the below questions.
● Make sure to ​highlight ​or ​type​ your answer in a different color.
● GOOD LUCK!

“Two Soviets . . . were talking to each other. And one of them asked, "What's the
difference between the Soviet Constitution and the United States Constitution?" And the
other one said, "That's easy. The Soviet Constitution guarantees freedom of speech and
freedom of gathering. The American Constitution guarantees freedom ​after​ speech and
freedom ​after​ gathering."
-Ronald Reagan.

This above joke by Ronald Reagan means ___________________________

Article I is about ______________________


1. How often are Representatives to be elected?
2 years
2. How old must a Representative be to be elected?
25 years old
3. How long is the term for a senator?
4 years
4. How were senators originally chosen? Which amendment changed that?
They were voted in by state legiuators and amendment 7 changed that.
5. How old does someone have to be to be a senator?
30 years
6. Who is the president of the Senate and when may that person vote?
The vice presdient and when the person can vote is when it is tied.
7. Which legislative body as the power of impeachment and which body has the power to
try an impeached official?
House of represented had the power to impeached and the senate has they have power to
make an offical impeachment.
8. Who shall officiate when a president is tried for impeachment?
Chief of justice of the supreme court
9. What is the required vote that is necessary to convict someone who has been
impeached?
2/3rd or basically 66 out of 100 votes is needed to convict.
10. What is the only penalty that can be imposed on someone who has been impeached?

11. Who decides the times, places, and manner for holding elections for Congress?
Being removed from office and also prevented from ever holdinng a federal postion
again.
12. In what federal body do all bills concerning taxes originate?
Each state legistlaor but congress can overule state section laws.
13. What fraction of both houses must vote to override a veto?
The house of rep
14. What happens when a president doesn’t return a bill in 10 days and what is the
exception to that rule?
2/3rd the vote
15. In Section 8, the Constitution lists or enumerates the powers of Congress. List six of
them.
​Bill automatically becomes a law, and the exception is if congress has adjourned the bill
dies.

16. In Section 8, which clause gives Congress the most general, non-specific powers?
​Power to tax
Power to declare war
Maintain a navy
Power to borrow bonds
17. In Section 9, there are three limitations on the power of Congress to deny people
rights. What are those three limitations?
Clause 18 and the elastic clause gives Congress most general, non-specific
powers.​
18. When may the writ of ​habeas corpus ​be suspended?
​1. Ex post facto where the government can't make an action a crime after it has
already been committed.
2. Right of Habeous Corpus where the government can not hold someone
without evidence.
3. Bills of Attainder is where the government can't pass a law which denies the
jury a trial.
19. Name three limits on the powers of the states.
Carry on a war
Pass laws the federal government is prohibited from passing
Collect fees from foreign vessels
Article II is about ______________________
20. How old does someone have to be to be elected president?
35 years old

21. How is it determined how many electors each state has?


The complete number of representatives and senators from each state.​
22. Name three powers of the President.
Make treaties
Give Congress information of the state of the Union
Be commander and chief of the Navy and Army when called to help serve​

23. Name the body of Congress that must approve a treaty that the president has
negotiated and the fraction of the vote they must approve it by.
​Senate approves treaty and takes 2/3rds to vote and approve.

24. Which body of Congress approves nominations?


Senate​
25. When can the president appoint people without approval by anyone else?
When Congress is not in session.​
26. What can a president or other officers be impeached for?
Being convicted of bribery, high crimes, treason, and misdemeanors.

Article III is about ______________________


27. What is the term of office for Supreme Court justices? When may they be removed?
​They serve their entire lives and can be removed if they commit treason.
28. Who gets to decide how many federal courts we have?
​Congress
29. In which cases does the Supreme Court have original jurisdiction?
​Is the authority to hear the case for the first time and is used when the U.S.
Supreme Court hears cases which involve ambassadors and high officials.
30. What must be necessary to convict someone of treason?
​There must be two witnesses to testify And some form of treason has been
committed.
Article IV is about ______________________
31. What is the topic of Article IV?
The relations which are among the states.

32. What does the Constitution say about how one state must regard the laws of another
state?
​They must recognize the laws and the court decisions of all the states.
33. What limitation is put on admitting new states to the Union?
Each citizen of a state has equal treatment in al the states.​
Article V is about ______________________
34. What fraction of the houses of Congress is necessary to approve a proposed
amendment?
​2/3 of the houses

35. What fraction of the states must approve a proposed amendment for it to be ratified?
​3/4th of a vote is needed to approve a proposed amendment.
36. What fraction of the states can ask for a convention to propose new amendments?
2/3 of the states

37. What is the only limitation in the Constitution as to what can be the basis of an
amendment?
An amendment which would ban slave trade couldn't be added before the year
1808.

Article VI is about ______________________


38. What does the Constitution say about which law shall predominate if there is any
conflict between laws?
The constitution is the supreme law of the land and no law can ever conflict it.
39. What qualification for holding any public office is forbidden?
​No religious test allowed
Article VII is about ______________________
40. How many states had to ratify the Constitution?
9 states

Amendments ​
41. Name the five basic civil liberties guaranteed in the First Amendment.
Speech
Religion
Press
Assembly
Petition
42. Which amendment extended the vote to 18 year olds?
​26th
43. Which amendment outlaws “cruel and unusual punishments?”
​8th
44. Which amendment ended slavery?
​13th
45. Put the Ninth Amendment in your own words.
​People's rights aren't limited to those in the Constitution.

46. Put the Tenth Amendment in your own words.


​The states or the people retain all powers except those which deny them or
those specifically granted to the federal government.

47. Which amendment prevents a citizen of North Carolina suing the state of Georgia?
​11th

48. Which amendment said that states couldn’t prevent people from voting based on their
race?
15th​
49.. Which amendment said that a person couldn’t be tried twice for the same crime?
5th

50. When can the government take private property and what must the government give
the owners? Which amendment establishes this?
​Property can be taken from the public as long as the people get compensated
and this is in the 5th amendment.

51. What phrase is repeated in both the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments?
​Right to due process

52. Which amendment defined citizenship?


​14th
53. List the rights that the accused has when suspected of a crime.
​Grand jury to determine if there should be a trial form evidence and the right for
a fast and fair trial.
54. Which amendment prohibited alcohol? Which Amendment repealed the prohibition
on alcohol?
​18th and 21st repealed it
55. Which amendment gave women the right to vote and in what year was it passed?
19th

56. Which amendment decided that a person could be president for only two terms?
22nd​
57. On what day does the Constitution state that a new president shall be inaugurated?
Which amendment establishes this? When must the new Congress meet?
​January 20th and Congress meets January 3rd.

58. Which amendment prevents the president and vice president from being inhabitants
of the same state? In that same amendment, who should choose the president if no one
gets a majority in the Electoral College? And the vice president?
​12th House should choose president if no one gets a majority and the senate
chooses the Vice President.

59. Which amendment requires a warrant to search some one's property?


​4th
60. Which amendment gave government the power to impose an income tax?
​16th
61. Which amendment establishes what to do if the president is incapacitated and can’t
perform his duties?
25th

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