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Constitutional Scavenger Hunt Article I: _____ Branch 1. How often are representatives elected? 2. What are the 3 requirement listed for House members...

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Constitutional Scavenger Hunt

Article I: ________________________ Branch 1.

How often are representatives elected?

2.

What are the 3 requirement listed for House members?

3.

How long is the term for a senator?

4.

What are the 3 requirements listed for members of the Senate?

5.

Who is the president of the Senate and when may that person vote?

6.

Who shall officiate when the president is tried for impeachment?

7.

What is the required vote that is necessary to convict someone who has been impeached?

8.

In which house do all bills concerning taxes/revenue originate?

9.

What fraction of both houses must vote to override a veto?

10. How long does the president have to sign a bill before it will automatically become a law? 11. Which of the 18 powers of Congress listed allows them to declare war? Give the number. 12. Which of the 18 powers of Congress listed gives them the authority to make any laws that are “necessary and proper” for the government? Give the number.

Article II: ________________________ Branch 13. How old does someone have to be to be elected president? 14. What are the other requirements for president? 15. In the presidential Oath/Affirmation, what three things does he/she swear to do for the Constitution, to the best of their ability? 16. Name the body of Congress that must approve a treaty that the president has negotiated and the fraction of the vote they must approve it by. 17. Which body of Congress approves nominations, in other words “advices and consents”? 18. What must the president do “from time to time”? 19. What can a president, vice president, or civil officer be impeached for? List all.

Article III: ___________________________ Branch

20. What is the term of office for Supreme Court justices? 21. Who gets to decide how many federal, or “inferior” courts we have? 22. What must be necessary to convict someone of treason?

Article IV 23. Who decides if a new state can be admitted to the Union? 24. What does the United States guarantee to every state in the country?

Article V 25. What fraction of the houses of Congress is necessary to approve a proposed amendment? 26. What fraction of states must approve a proposed amendment for it to be ratified?

Amendments 27. Which amendment extended the vote to 18 year olds? ______________ 28. Which amendment outlaws “cruel and unusual punishments?” ______________ 29. Which amendment ended slavery? ______________ 30. Which amendment prevents a citizen of North Carolina suing the state of Georgia? ______________ 31. Which amendment said that a person could not be tried twice for the same crime? ______________ 32. Which amendment repealed its prohibition? ______________ 33. Which amendment decided that a person could only be president for 2 terms? ______________ 34. Which amendment separated the vote for President and Vice President in the Electoral College? ______________ 35. In that same amendment, who should choose the president if no one get a majority in the Electoral College? And the vice president? ______________ 36. Which amendment gave government the power to impose an income tax? ______________