6th Grade Constitution Day Online Scavenger Hunt
DIRECTIONS: Save this file to your desktop as SEPT17_username. Close the file. Find it on your desktop
and reopen it. Open up Google and use the internet to find the answers to the following questions.
TYPE your answers in RED into the space BELOW each question. DO NOT COPY and PASTE!
1. Who was the oldest delegate at the Constitutional Convention in 1787? Who was the youngest?
2. Which Founding Father was nicknamed the “Atlas of American Independence?”
3. How many of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention actually signed the Constitution?
4. Which state chose not to have representation at the Constitutional Convention?
5. Name the three Founding Fathers who did not sign the Constitution.
6. Who was elected the first governor of Pennsylvania after the Constitution went into effect?
7. Name the first appointed position that Gouverneur Morris had under the new Constitution.
(Yes, his first name was Gouverneur. That is NOT his title!)
8. Name the Founding Father from Pennsylvania who was a member of the first Supreme Court.
9. Name the longest surviving Founding Father.
10. Which Founding Father appointed John Marshall as a Supreme Court Chief Justice?
11. Who was called the “Father of the Constitution?”
12. Name three Founding Fathers who did not attend the Constitutional Convention.
13. Who was the president of the Constitutional Convention?
14. What document did the Constitution replace?
15. What was passed four years after the Constitutional Convention to ensure individual rights?
16. Article II of the Constitution clearly states the qualifications a candidate must fulfill in order to
become President. What is the minimum age for a Presidential candidate?
17. According to the Constitution, one of the President’s most important jobs is leader of the
nation’s armed forces. What title comes with that job?
18. What can Congress do if the President vetoes a bill that Congress really wants to become a law?
19. The Constitution does not allow a President to create laws. However, he can propose bills and
issue proclamations. What famous 1863 proclamation did Lincoln issue, one which eventually
led to a change in the Constitution?
20. In what year was the 19th Amendment finally ratified?
21. Which Constitutional Amendment allowed all future Presidents only two terms?
22. What was the name of the high school in Little Rock, Arkansas, where the Constitution was used
to challenge state segregation laws?
23. The Constitution authorizes Congress to impeach and remove a President for serious crimes.
What was the name of the scandal which caused President Nixon to resign the Presidency rather
than face the possibility of impeachment?
24. What are the three words which are the foundation of our government and our democratic way
of life that begins the Preamble to the Constitution?
25. How many representatives does our state send to the House of Representatives?
26. What was the name of the 1966 Supreme Court case which defended the rights of those being
arrested?
27. What is the term for the power the judiciary has to declare acts of the President or Congress
unconstitutional?
28. What was the name of the political faction which opposed ratifying the Constitution?
29. Nine of the thirteen states had to ratify if the Constitution was to become the law. Which state
was the ninth to ratify?
30. Who was among the first Convention delegates to demand a list of guaranteed rights for
individual citizens?
31. Which amendment prohibits excessive bails?
32. What are the five parts to the First Amendment that includes those rights that Americans
believe are among the most important individual freedoms?
33. According to the Fourth Amendment, police searches can only be conducted with a judge’s
permission. What is the name given to that permission?
34. The Fifth Amendment can be used to protect a suspect from incriminating himself. What is the
popular term for using this protection?
35. The Fifth Amendment prevents a suspect from being tried twice for the same crime. What is the
popular term for this?
36. What rights are guaranteed provided by the Sixth Amendment?