USE THIS LINK TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING 

1) For each of the following, identify the main subject:

      a) Article I

      b) Article II
     

     c) Article III

     

     d) Article IV

     

     e) Article V

     

     f) Article VI

     

     g) Article VII

2) Section 2 of Article I describes which part of the legislative branch?

3) Section 3 of Article I describes which part of the legislative branch?

4) Prior to the 17th Amendment, how were senators chosen?

5) Prior to the 17th Amendment, creating national laws involved three parts of American society.  Complete the following:
     a) Who/ what was represented by the Executive Branch? 
     b) Who was represented by the House of Representatives?
     c) Who was represented by the Senate?

6) When added together, what is the total number of lawmakers (Senate + House of Representatives).
     a) # of Senators   _______________
     b) # of Congressmen  _____________

7) Define "impeachment".

8)) Which part of the legislative branch issues articles of impeachment?

9) Which part of the legislative branch has the power to try an impeachment (hold trials for impeachments)?

10) What are the qualifications to become a member of the House of Representatives?

11) What are the qualifications to become a member of the Senate?

12) What are the qualifications to become President of the United States?

13) Why are the qualifications to be Vice President the same as those to become President?

14) Why are the Three Fifths and Fugitive Slave clauses invalidated?

15) Go to Article IV of the Constitution and identify the following clauses and what they do:

     a) Full Faith and Credit Clause

     b) Privileges and Immunities Clause

     c) Extradition Clause

     d) Fugitive Slave Clause

     e) Admission Clause

     f) Needful Rules and Regulations/ Property Clause

     g) Guarantee Clause

For this next section, you will need THIS LINK to the Bill of Rights.

1) You will need to know what each of the ten amendments of the Bill of Rights protects/ provides.  You will need to how whether the protection or provision is a right of conscience, a right of property, or a right of the accused.  In some cases, it may be more than one.  Also, you will need to know if the right is a negative or positive right.  Definitions are provided below.

Rights of Conscience, Rights of Property, Rights of the Accused

Scholars have described the Bill of Rights as protecting three types of rights: 1) rights of conscience, 2) rights of the accused (persons accused of a crime), and 3) rights of property.

 

Positive and Negative Rights

In addition to there being three categories of rights (conscience, accused, and property), there also exists a categorization of rights being either positive or negative.  A positive right is an obligation by others to provide something to the one who possesses that positive right.  A negative right is an obligation of others to avoid depriving whatever is granted by that right.

For this section you will need THIS LINK to information about the Magna Carta.

1) When and where was the Magna Cart formed and signed?

2) Who was the king of England at the time of the forming of the Magna Carta?

3) What issues did the English nobility have with have the way in which King John ruled?

4) What actions did the English nobility take in response to the way in which the king ruled?

5) What is the translated meaning of the term “Magna Carta?”

6) List the conditions that were agreed to by King John at Runymeade?

7) Why is the Magna Carta important?

For this section, you will need THIS LINK to information about the electoral college.

1) List the number of electoral votes.  

2) The number of electoral votes is equal to  

 3) What determines the number of electoral votes possessed by a state?  

4) When people vote for president, what are they actually doing?  

 5) When did the nation’s capital receive electoral votes?  

6) Are the electors required to vote for the candidate who wins their state? 

7) When does the electoral college cast votes for the president?