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Directions: Follow the link below to access the Constitution (1787). Answer the questions below about the Constitution. DUE October 13, 2017

The U.S. Constitution and Amendments

Answer the following questions as you read the Constitution and its Amendments.

Questions on the Constitution

  1. According to the Preamble, what are the six reasons the Constitution was written?

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  1. What is explained in Article I of the Constitution?
  2. How long is the term of office for a member of the House of Representatives?
  3. How often must a census be taken?
  4. What legislative body has the power of impeachment?
  5. How long is a senator’s term of office?
  6. How were senators chosen under the original Constitution (before the 17th Amendment)?
  7. What fraction of the Senate is chosen each election year?
  8. Who presides over the U.S. Senate?
  9. What legislative body has the power to try cases of impeachment?
  10. Who presides over the impeachment of a president?
  11. Who decides when, where, and how elections for Congress are held?
  12. How often must Congress meet?
  13. When was Congress supposed to meet according to the original Constitution (before the20th Amendment)?
  1. Who is the judge of elections and qualifications for members of Congress?
  2. How many members of each house must be present to do business?
  3. Where do bills to raise revenue originate?
  4. For a bill to become law, it must first pass both houses of Congress. The bill then becomeslaw in one of three ways. What are those three ways?

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  1. Who has the power to declare war?
  2. When can a writ of habeas corpus be suspended?
  3. What is explained in Article II of the Constitution?
  4. Who chooses the president?
  5. What determines the number of electors from each state in the Electoral College?
  6. How was a vice-president chosen under the original Constitution (before the 12thAmendment)?
  7. What are the three requirements for being president?

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  1. What are the military powers of the president?
  2. What fraction of the Senate is needed to ratify a treaty that the president has made with aforeign
  1. What legislative body must confirm presidential appointments?
  2. What is explained in Article III?
  3. How long do judges hold office?
  4. What is explained in Article IV?
  5. Who has the power to add new states to the United States?
  6. Who decides how U.S. territories are governed?
  7. What is explained in Article V?
  8. What are two ways of proposing an amendment?

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b.

  1. What are two ways of ratifying an amendment?

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b.

  1. What is explained in Article VI?
  2. What type of test can never be required to hold office?
  3. What is explained in Article VII?
  4. How many of the original thirteen states were needed for ratification of the Constitution?

Questions on Amendments

  1. What five rights are guaranteed by the 1st Amendment?

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  1. What right is guaranteed by the 2nd Amendment?
  2. What are the four rights guaranteed to an accused person by the 5th Amendment?

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  1. What is forbidden by the 8th Amendment?
  2. If no candidate receives a majority of the electoral vote, who chooses a president accordingto the 12th Amendment?
  1. If no candidate receives a majority of the electoral vote, who chooses a vice-president?
  2. What was abolished by the 13th Amendment?
  3. According to the 14th Amendment, what cannot be denied to any person without the dueprocess of law?
  1. According to the 15th Amendment, what cannot be used to deny someone the right to vote?
  2. What type of tax was made constitutional by the 16th Amendment?
  3. According to the 17th Amendment, how are senators to be elected?
  4. Who was given the right to vote in the 19th Amendment?
  5. Before the 20th Amendment presidents took office on March 4. According to the 20thAmendment, presidents now take office on what date?
  1. According to the 22nd Amendment, presidents are limited to how many terms of office?
  2. Who was given the right to vote in the 26th Amendment?