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The Constitution of the United States Reading Guide
Directions: You will find answers to the questions in the Constitution of the United States.
Page 1 The Preamble of the Constitution of the United States
1. Who ordained and established the Constitution of the United States of America?
State six objectives of the Constitution as stated in the Preamble:
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Pages: 1-9 Article I
8. Who is granted “All” legislative powers?
What two bodies make up the Congress?
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11. How often are members of the House of Representatives chosen?
25. Who is the President of the Senate?
26. When can he vote?
27. Who has the sole power to try all Impeachments?
28. Who presides over the impeachment of a President?
29. How many votes are needed to convict the President?
30. What is the severest penalty that a President can receive if convicted during an
impeachment trial?
31. Who “shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and
Punishment, according to Law.”?
32. Who decides the time and place of the elections for Representatives and Senators?
33. How often shall Congress assemble?
34. How many votes are needed to expel a member from the House of Representatives?
35. What are responsible for keeping the Journal of its Proceedings (Congressional Record)?
36. What pays for the services of the Senators and Representatives?
37. What are Senators and Representatives privileged from “during their Attendance at the
Session of their respective Houses”?
38. Where do all “Bills for raising Revenue…originate”?
12. How old does a Representative have to be?
39. What does a bill have to pass in order to become a law?
13. Where must a Representative live?
40. Who can veto (object) this bill?
14. How often must a census be taken?
41. What vote is needed to override a veto?
15. How many people should be represented by one representative?
16. Each State should have at least how many Representatives?
17. What office shall the House of Representatives choose?
18. Who has the power of impeachment?
42. What will happen to a bill that is not signed “…by the President in ten Days (Sundays
excepted)”?
43. Who has the power to lay and collect taxes?
Briefly paraphrase the 18 enumerated powers of Congress: (Hint: They all start with “To…”)
“Congress shall have Power To…”
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19. How many Senators does each state have?
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20. Who chooses these Senators? (prior to the 17th amendment)
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21. How long is a term for a Senator?
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22. How many Senators are selected every two years?
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23. How old do Senators need to be?
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24. Where must the Senators live?
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76. Who is eligible to the Office of President?
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77. How old must the President be?
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78. What does the President take before he enters the Execution of his Office?
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79. Who is the Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States?
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80. What can the President make if two thirds of the Senators concur?
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81. Who is appointed by the President?
82. What does the President, from time to time, give Congress?
83. How can the President be removed from office?
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Pages: 12-13 Article III
84. Who is vested with judicial Power of the United States?
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85. Which branch of government can establish inferior courts?
62. Which branch of government has the power to “…coin money, …declare war, …raise
and support Armies, …provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the
Militia…”?
86. What is considered treason against the United States?
63. What can Congress make in reference to the “foregoing Powers, and all other Powers
vested by this Constitution…”?
Pages: 14-15 Article IV
87. What does the United States guarantee to every State?
88. What may be admitted by the Congress into the United States?
64. When can Habeas Corpus be suspended?
89. What form of government is guaranteed to each state?
65. What two kinds of Law shall not be passed?
90. What protects the States against invasion?
66. What kind of titles shall not be granted by the United States?
67. What can States use as currency?
Pages: 9-12 Article II
68. In which office is vested executive power?
69. What is the term for President?
70. What is the term for Vice-President?
71. What two groups are added together make up the number of electors for each state?
72. Who shall not be appointed as an Elector?
73. What office will a candidate hold if they win the greatest number of electoral votes?
74. What office will a candidate hold if they win the second greatest number of electoral
votes?
75. Which house of Congress chooses the President if the electoral votes are tied?
Page: 15 Article V
91. How many votes are necessary for Congress to propose an Amendment to the
Constitution?
92. How many states are needed to call for a new Constitutional Convention (Con-Con)?
93. How many state Legislatures must approve the amendment or Constitutional Convention
(Con-Con)?
94. What “…without its Consent, shall [not] be deprived of it’s equal Suffrage in the Senate.”?
Page: 15-16 Article VI
95. What is the “supreme Law of the Land”?
96. Who is bound by Oath or Affirmation to support the Constitution?
97. What test shall never “be required as a Qualification of any Office or public Trust under
the United States.”?
Pages: 16 Article VII
98. How many states are needed to ratify the Constitution?
99. What is the day, month, and year of the signing of the Constitution?
100. Who was the President of the Constitutional Convention?