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    This document provides a webquest for students to learn about the US Constitution by having them answer questions about its key components. It includes 37 multiple choice and short answer questions about the Preamble, the three branches of government established in Articles 1-3, amendments, and the amendment process. Students are directed to specific articles and sections to find the answers in order to explore and understand the Constitution.

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    This document provides a webquest for students to learn about the US Constitution by having them answer questions about its key components. It includes 37 multiple choice and short answer questions about the Preamble, the three branches of government established in Articles 1-3, amendments, and the amendment process. Students are directed to specific articles and sections to find the answers in order to explore and understand the Constitution.

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    Constitution WebQuest

    Name:
    Directions: Use the web links provided below to help you explore the
    U.S. Constitution.
    1. What is a preamble?
    An introduction to a document
    2. Who wrote the Preamble to the Constitution?
    http://www.usconstitution.net/constfaq_con.html
    Pennsylvanias Gouverneur Morris
    3. Is the Preamble considered a law?
    http://www.usconstitution.net/constfaq_con.html
    No it grants no power nor take away rights.
    4. What branch does Article 1 define?
    See: Article 1
    Legislative Branch
    5. How many houses of Congress are there?
    See: Article 1 Section 1
    Two houses
    6. How old do you have to be to be a Representative?
    See: Article 1 Section 2
    25 years old
    7. How long must you have been a citizen to be a Representative?
    See: Article 1 Section 2
    7 years or more
    8. How long is a Representative's term of office?
    See: Article 1 Section 2
    2 years
    9. How is a vacancy in a seat in the House of Representatives filled?
    See: Article 1 Section 2
    The executive authority will issue writs of election to fill
    vacancies
    10. How old do you have to be to be a Senator?
    See: Article 1 Section 3
    30 years old
    11. How long must you have been a citizen to be a Senator?
    See: Article 1 Section 3

    8 years or more
    12. How long is a Senator's term of office?
    See: Article 1 Section 3
    6 years
    13. How is a vacancy in a seat in the Senate filled?
    See: Amendment 17
    The executive authory issues writs
    14. How many Senators does each state have?
    See: Article 1 Section 3
    2
    15. What role does the Vice President serve in the Senate?
    See: Article 1 Section 3
    The vice president of Untied States is the president for senate
    but shall have no vote
    16. When is the only time that the Vice President can vote in the
    Senate?
    See: Article 1 Section 3
    Only if they are equally divided
    17. How often does Congress have to meet?
    See: Article 1 Section 4
    Once a year
    18. Which is the only house of Congress that can propose a bill for
    raising revenue?
    See: Article 1 Section 7
    House of represenitives
    19. What are some of the powers the states cannot have?
    See: Article 1 Section 10
    Treaty, alliances, confederation
    20. What branch does Article 2 define?
    See: Article 2
    The executive Brach
    21. How old do you have to be to be President?
    See: Article 2 Section 1
    35 years or older
    22. How long must you have been a citizen to be President?
    See: Article 2 Section 1
    14 years or more

    23. How long is a President's term of office?


    See: Article 2 Section 1
    4 years unless they are reelected, then 8 years
    24. Who negotiates treaties and who approves them?
    See: Article 2 Section 2
    The president
    25. Who is Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy?
    See: Article 2 Section 2
    President of the U.S.
    26. How often is the President required to present a state of the union
    address to Congress?
    See: Article 2 Section 3
    Every few months
    27. What branch does Article 3 define?
    See: Article 3
    The judicial branch
    28. How old do you have to be to be a judge?
    See: Article 3 Section 1
    25 years or older
    29. How long must you have been a citizen to be a judge?
    See: Article 3 Section 1
    4 years
    30. How long is a judge's term of office?
    See: Article 3 Section 1
    Until they retire
    31. What is the constitutional definition of treason?
    See: Article 3 Section 3
    2 Testimonies or witnesses with the same overt act
    32. How much of the Congress has to pass a constitutional
    amendment?
    See: Article 5
    Two thirds
    33. How many states have to ask for an amendment convention?
    See: Article 5
    Two thirds of the states
    34. How many states have to ratify an amendment?
    See: Article 5
    8
    35. How many articles are there in the Constitution?

    See: The Table of Contents


    47
    36. What are the first ten amendments otherwise known as?
    See: The Amendments
    Freedom of religion, right to bear arms, quartering the soldiers, search
    and seizure, trial and punishment, right to speedy trial, trial by jury in
    civil cases, cruel and unusual punishment, construction of constitution,
    powers of the states and people.
    37. How many amendments to the Constitution have there been?
    See: The Table of Contents
    27

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