Constitution Articles:
Article I:
1. Article I deals with which branch of Government? Legislative Branch
2. How are the people in the House of Representatives elected into office? By the people
3. What is the age requirement to be a member of the House of Representative? 25 years-old
4. How long do you have to be a citizen of the US to be a member in the H.O.R? 7 years
5. Can you be a member of the H.O.R. for any state, or do you have live in a particular
state?
You have to represent the state you are living in
6. How many members are in the House of Representatives? 435
7. Who is the leader of the House of Representatives? The Speaker of the house
The Senate
8. Congress is made up of the House of Representatives and _________
9. What role does the House of Representatives have in the Impeachment process? to trial them
10. How many Senators are there presently in the US? 100
11. What is a Senators term in office? 6 years
12. What is the age requirement of a Senator? 30 years-old
13. How long do you have to be a citizen of the US to be Senator? 9 years
14. Answer question 5, but make it pertain to Senators.
15. What is the Vice President’s role in the Senate? He is the leader of the Senate
16. Who is “Head of the Senate”? (not the VP) President Pro Tempore
17. What role does the Senate play in the Impeachment process? to convict them
Article 8 is about to make laws which shall be necessary and proper
18. What is Section 8 about?
for carrying into the execution the foregoing powers
19. ** Why would 18 under Section
8 be called the ELASTIC CLAUSE?**
because of the flexibility it gives to Congress when it comes to exercising its enumerated
20. What is Section 9 about?
powers
Article 1, Section 9 of the U.S. Constitution places limits on the powers of Congress, the
Legislative Branch.
21. **Section 10 deals with limits on States. Why is it in Article I?**
As is Congress, states are prohibited from passing laws that assign guilt to a specific person or group without court
proceedings (bills of attainder), that make something illegal retroactively(ex post facto laws) or that interfere with legal contracts.
Article II:
1. Article II deals with which branch of Government? Executive Branch
2. The President is elected by the Electoral College. How do we get the Electoral
College? We get the electoral college by each senator and representative in each state
3. How long do you have to be a citizen of the United States to be President?
14 years
4. How old do you have to be to be President? 35 years-old
5. What Amendment changed the way we get a Vice President? 12th amendment
6. Who becomes President if the original elected President dies or gets removed
from office? the Vice president
7. What does Section 2 in Article II deal with? Section 2 of Article Two lays out the powers of the
8. What does Section 3 in Article II deal with?
presidency, establishing that the president serves as the
commander-in-chief of the military, among many other
roles.
Article II, Section 3 both grants and constrains presidential power