Constitution Scavenger Hunt
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Directions: Use your copy of the Constitution; find the answers to the following.
Match the topics listed in column B with the correct Article number of the Constitution listed in column A.
Article 1
Article 2
Article 3
Article 4
Article 5
Article 6
Article 7
A. Judicial Branch
B. Methods to Amend the Constitution
C. Legislative Branch
D. Supremacy of Federal Laws
E. Ratification of the Constitution
F. Executive Branch
G. Relations among States
Preamble
1.
Name the 6 reasons given as to why the Constitution was written.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
Article I:
1.
Name the 2 branches/houses of Congress.
2.
If a Representative to the house dies, who fills the vacancy?
3.
Who serves as President of the Senate?
4.
When is the first day the Congress is supposed to meet each year?
5.
Who sets the salaries of Congressmen and who pays them?
6.
If Miss Bunch was a senator, what would her name be?
7.
Could Congress make Mrs. Zimmer a princess? What if she gave them $1,000,000?
8.
Fill in the following chart:
House of Rep.
Age Requirement
# yrs. As citizen
Elected how often
Senate
President
9. Which house tries impeachment?
Who presides?
10. All bills for raising money must start in which house of Congress?
11. How can Congress override a presidential veto?
12. The powers given to Congress are called delegated or enumerated powers. Name 6 of them:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
13. Section 8, Clause 18 is known as the “necessary and proper clause,” “Implied powers clause,” or “elastic clause.”
Please explain in your own words.
14. Name 4 powers denied to the states that you understand.
a.
b.
c.
d.
15. Name 4 powers denied to the national government that you understand.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Article 2:
1. The President is the head of the
branch of government.
2. Name the three requirements one has to meet for the Presidency.
a.
b.
c.
3. Name the 5 powers of the President
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
4. What is the main duty of the President of the United States?
5. If the President is found dead, who takes on the office as President?
6. What does the President swear to do in his oath?
7. Can the President make a treaty with Mr. Warr to give him all the land south of the Mason-Dixon line?
8. How can the President be removed from his office during the middle of his term?
Article 3
1. The courts are part of the
branch of government.
2. How long does a federal judge serve?
3. Name the two instances where Supreme Court has “original jurisdiction.”
a.
b.
4. Define original jurisdiction.
5. Can Congress, in a fit of anger, decide to abolish the Supreme Court?
6. Can the Supreme Court declare any law unconstitutional?
7. How many justices are on the Supreme Court?
Article 4
1.
Can Florida discriminate against Mrs. Zimmer because she is from North Carolina and wants to go to school at
Florida State University?
2.
If Miss Bunch were officially married in Hawaii, does North Carolina still consider her to be married?
3.
If Mrs. Zimmer holds up a convenience store in Idaho to pay for her shopping addiction (teaching doesn’t pay
much and Mrs. Zimmer shops a lot), then flees to Virginia, can Butch Otter (the governor of Idaho) demand her
return to Idaho?
4.
Who has the power to accept a new state into the union?
5.
If Kansas decides to make a distant relative of Hitler their governor and he decides to have a dictatorship in
Kansas, can the national government do anything about that?
Article 5
1.
There are methods to ratify an amendment once it has been proposed. Who decides which method to use?
2.
How many states must approve a proposed amendment now for it to pass?
3.
In what two areas can the constitution be amended?
Article 6
1.
Who pays the bill when Congress over-spends on its charge accounts?
2.
If there is a federal law that prohibits any homework given in a school, and there is an Idaho law that makes all
teachers assign homework every night, which law wins out?
3.
If Mr. Warr were to run for Senate of the US, would he have to swear to uphold the Constitution? Would he have
to meet any religious requirements?
4.
How does the Constitution support separation of Church and State?
Article 7
1.
How many states were required to ratify the Constitution before it was established?
2.
Who was the first person to sign the Constitution and why?
3.
How many delegates to the Philadelphia Convention did NOT sign the Constitution (Hint 55 were there)?
4.
Who do you think had the strangest name of all the signers of the Constitution?
5.
Which state is missing from the list of signers?
Question: Do you think that the framers of the Constitution did a good job of creating our government? Was it too
detailed, or not detailed enough?