Constitution Scavenger Hunt

Instructions:
● Form a group of 2 or 3 members
● Each member must TYPE in answers to all the questions, even if their
partners share this info with them
● Search the ​Constitution PDF​ or ​Constitution by section​ to find the answers to
the below questions.
● Make sure to ​highlight ​or ​type​ your answer in a different color.
● GOOD LUCK!

“Two Soviets . . . were talking to each other. And one of them asked, "What's the
difference between the Soviet Constitution and the United States Constitution?" And the
other one said, "That's easy. The Soviet Constitution guarantees freedom of speech and
freedom of gathering. The American Constitution guarantees freedom ​after​ speech and
freedom ​after​ gathering."
-Ronald Reagan.

This above joke by Ronald Reagan means ___________________________

Article I is about ______________________

1. How often are Representatives to be elected?
Every second year by the people of the several states
2. How old must a Representative be to be elected?
Must be at least 25 years old
3. How long is the term for a senator?
6 years
4. How were senators originally chosen? Which amendment changed that?
The 17 amendment
5. How old does someone have to be to be a senator?
Has to be 30 years old
6. Who is the president of the Senate and when may that person vote?
The vice president is the president senate
7. Which legislative body as the power of impeachment and which body has the power to
try an impeached official?
The house of representative have the power to impeach and, the senate has power to
make an official impeach official
8. Who shall officiate when a president is tried for impeachment?
​The chief justice of the supreme court
9. What is the required vote that is necessary to convict someone who has been
impeached?
​2/3 of the members present is the miniunm to convict someone to be impeached
10. What is the only penalty that can be imposed on someone who has been impeached?
​The penalty is removal from the office and is not allowed to hold someone elses federal
position
11. Who decides the times, places, and manner for holding elections for Congress?
​The state legislatures decides what time, place and manner is at for holding congress
12. In what federal body do all bills concerning taxes originate?
​The house of representatives the power of the purse
13. What fraction of both houses must vote to override a veto?
​The minunim is ⅔ is the house have to vote to override a veto
14. What happens when a president doesn’t return a bill in 10 days and what is the
exception to that rule?
​The bill becomes a law or unles congress adjournes the bill
15. In Section 8, the Constitution lists or enumerates the powers of Congress. List six of
them.
1. Borrow money
2. Regulate commerce
3. Establish post offices
4. collect taxes
5. punish conter fitters
6. declare war
16. In Section 8, which clause gives Congress the most general, non-specific powers?
​Clause 1 gives congress the most general, non-specific powers
17. In Section 9, there are three limitations on the power of Congress to deny people
rights. What are those three limitations?
​The three limitations are no laws on trade that fabor certain states, no levying on income
tax, and no export taxes
18. When may the writ of ​habeas corpus ​be suspended?
​It can only be suspended in case of an upcoming rebellion
19. Name three limits on the powers of the states.
1. limitation of power
2. export
3. duties armend forces
Article II is about executive branch of the federal government
20. How old does someone have to be to be elected president?
They have to be 35 years of age
21. How is it determined how many electors each state has?
​It is determined by as much electors they have as senators and respesentatives in
congress
22. Name three powers of the President.
1. Appoint judges
2. commander in chief to the military
3. make treaties
23. 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.
​The senate
24. Which body of Congress approves nominations?
The senate
25. When can the president appoint people without approval by anyone else?
​He or she can improve during a congressional recess
26. What can a president or other officers be impeached for?
They can be impreached for treason or bribery

Article III is about ​the judicial branch

27. What is the term of office for Supreme Court justices? When may they be removed?

28. Who gets to decide how many federal courts we have?

​Congress gets to decide
29. In which cases does the Supreme Court have original jurisdiction?
​IN cases affecting public ministers
30. What must be necessary to convict someone of treason?
​There needs to be 2 witnesses to testify
Article IV is about ​______________________
31. What is the topic of Article IV?
​It is about the relation among the states
32. What does the Constitution say about how one state must regard the laws of another
state?
​It says we must recongize other state laws
33. What limitation is put on admitting new states to the Union?
One limitation is admitting new states to the union is that they can’t be formed from other
states​
Article V is about ​______________________
34. What fraction of the houses of Congress is necessary to approve a proposed
amendment?
​2/3 of the house
35. What fraction of the states must approve a proposed amendment for it to be ratified?
​3/4 of the state
36. What fraction of the states can ask for a convention to propose new amendments?
​2/3 of the state
37. What is the only limitation in the Constitution as to what can be the basis of an
amendment?
The only limitation is that each state will be equal in senate
Article VI is about ______________________
38. What does the Constitution say about which law shall predominate if there is any
conflict between laws?
The conflict is federal laws prevailing over each other state law
39. What qualification for holding any public office is forbidden?
​No religious qualification

Article VII is about ______________________

40. How many states had to ratify the Constitution?
There has to be 9 states​
Amendments ​
41. Name the five basic civil liberties guaranteed in the First Amendment.
The five basic civil liberties is freedom of speech, religion, right to assemble, petention,
and press
42. Which amendment extended the vote to 18 year olds?
​The 26 amendment
43. Which amendment outlaws “cruel and unusual punishments?”
​The 8 amendment
44. Which amendment ended slavery?
 The 13 amendment
45. Put the Ninth Amendment in your own words.
​We all have more rights that said in the consitution
46. Put the Tenth Amendment in your own words.

47. Which amendment prevents a citizen of North Carolina suing the state of Georgia?
​The 11th amendment
48. Which amendment said that states couldn’t prevent people from voting based on their
race?
​The 15 amendment
49.. Which amendment said that a person couldn’t be tried twice for the same crime?
The 6 amendment
50. When can the government take private property and what must the government give
the owners? Which amendment establishes this?

51. What phrase is repeated in both the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments?
​The phrase is “due process”
52. Which amendment defined citizenship?
​The 14 amendment
53. List the rights that the accused has when suspected of a crime.

54. Which amendment prohibited alcohol? Which Amendment repealed the prohibition
on alcohol?
​The 21 amendment
55. Which amendment gave women the right to vote and in what year was it passed?
​The 19 amendment
56. Which amendment decided that a person could be president for only two terms?
​The 22 amendment
57. On what day does the Constitution state that a new president shall be inaugurated?
Which amendment establishes this? When must the new Congress meet?
​The 20 of janurary and the 20 amendment established this, and they meet on the 3 and 20
of Janurary
58. Which amendment prevents the president and vice president from being inhabitants
of the same state? In that same amendment, who should choose the president if no one
gets a majority in the Electoral College? And the vice president?
​The 12, The house and senate chooses the president
59. Which amendment requires a warrant to search some one's property?
​The 4th amendment
60. Which amendment gave government the power to impose an income tax?
​The 16th amendment
61. Which amendment establishes what to do if the president is incapacitated and can’t
perform his duties?
The 25th amendment