50 Question Constitutional Scavenger Hunt
Complete using pages 232-252 of your textbook.
Directions: Please answer the following questions on a separate piece of paper. For each answer, include the Article and Section where you found the answer.
1.
How many Articles are in the Constitution?
2.
Which article covers the legislative branch?
3.
Which article covers the judicial branch?
4.
How many total Amendments are there to the Constitution?
5.
Which article covers the executive branch?
6.
What’s the minimum age for a Senator?
7.
Which branch of government can declare war?
8.
Name the 5, 1 st Amendment rights.
9.
Write the Presidential “Oath of Office”.
10. In what cases does the Supreme Court have original jurisdiction?
11. Which article of the constitution deals with Ratification?
12. What kind of government is guaranteed to the states?
13. Define treason.
14. Who determines where Congressional elections are held?
15. What’s the role of the Vice-President in the Senate?
16. How long is a Presidential term of office?
17. For what can the President be impeached?
18. What role does the President play in the Military?
19. Which Article details the Supremacy of the National Government?
20. How many states need to ratify the Constitution before it became official?
21. Which Amendment grants a right to a speedy public trial?
22. What is the title of Article 4?
23. What is included in the Presidential Duties?
24. Who determines what day is Election Day?
25. How long is the term of a Senator?
26. Where do impeachment trials take place?
27. How many words are in the Preamble to the Constitution?
28. Name the 2 Houses of Congress.
29. What role does the President play in how a bill becomes a law?
30. Can a writ of habeas corpus be suspended?

31. List the minimum age requirement, residency and citizenship requirement of the President.
32. Which branch of government has the power of taxation?
33. What does the elastic clause allow Congress to do?
34. What does the President need to do in order to make a treaty or
appointment?
35. Can a state ask another state to return an escaped fugitive?
36. What rights does the 5 th Amendment grant?
37. Who takes over the Presidency in the event that he should die in office?
38. List the minimum age requirement, residency and citizenship requirement of
a Representative.
39. What does the 3 rd Amendment state?
40. What must Senators and Representatives do to show loyalty to the
Constitution?
41. What determines the number of Electoral College votes per state?
42. List 1 power denied to the states.
43. Can Congress gives titles of nobility to any person holding office?
44. Who has the power to coin money in the U.S.?
45. Can someone who is not a natural U.S. Citizen become President?
46. What does the 8 th Amendment prohibit?
47. Which is supreme, federal or state law?
48. Where do all tax bills originate?
49. How many Electoral College votes does Texas have?
50. What rights does the 6 th amendment grant?