Constitution Worksheet Using the Constitution on pages 82-103 in your text book, answer the following questions.

Please write answers in your own words. Article I 1. Article I deals with ____________. 2. How often are house members elected? 3. What are the three qualifications to be a member? 4. How many members is each state guaranteed? 5. How often do seats become reapportioned? After what procedure? 6. Who is the leader of the house? How are they chosen? 7. What is the Houses role in impeachments? 8. How many Senators is each state guaranteed? 9. Who were Senators originally chosen by? 10. What is the term of a Senator? 11. Who is the President of the Senate and when does he/she vote? 12. Who serves in the President of the Senates absence? 13. What role does the Senate play in impeachments? 14. What vote is needed to convict someone of impeachable offenses? 15. What is the penalty assigned for impeachment? 16. What type of bills must originate from the House? 17. What vote is needed to override a veto? 18. What power does the commerce clause give the Legislature? 19. Who controls naturalization (immigration)? 20. Why is the elastic clause so important? Article II 1. Art II deals with _____________________. 2. What is the term of the President and the Vice President? 3. How many presidential electors is every State guaranteed? 4. Who determines the outcome of the presidency if there is a tie and no one earns the majority of the Electoral College? 5. What are the qualifications for being President/Vice President? 6. What is the salary of the President? 7. List five duties of the President. (There are many more) 8. What type of cases does the President have no pardon power over? 9. Who votes to approve treaties and what is the vote needed? 10. On what basis can a President be impeached? Article III 1. Article III deals with _________________. 2. What is the only other court listed in the Constitution? 3. How long do federal judges serve for? 4. List the type of cases do federal judges serve for? 5. Define treason and what is the maximum penalty assigned?

Article IV 1. Explain the Full Faith and Credit Clause. 2. How can you expect to be treated while visiting another State? 3. What was changed by the 13th amendment? 4. Who has power to admit new States? Who govern over US territories? 5. What type of government is guaranteed to the states? 6. What type of services can State expect from the federal government? Article V 1. List the two ways an amendment can be proposed. 2. List the two ways an amendment can be ratified. Article VI 1. What is considered the Supreme Law of the Land? 2. What must all elected officials pledge their allegiance to? 3. What cannot be made as a requirement to hold public office? Article VII 1. How many States are needed to ratify the document in order for it to become functional? 2. What date was the Constitution signed and sent to the States? Bill of Rights (Amendments 1-10) 1. Do we have an unlimited right to free speech in the United States? 2. What would you define as cruel and unusual punishment? 3. If the Constitution does not mention a power for the federal government then who holds it? Amendments 11-20 1. In the 14th Amendment which personal status takes priority- that of a US citizen or that of a state citizen?