Constitution

Happy Constitution Day!

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• It's the Law: Government Agencies, Schools and Universities Mark Constitution Day is a September 17, 2010 article explaining how various universities commemorate the United States Constitution.
• March 4, 1789 is when the United States Constitution became the supreme law of the land.
• Answer these questions with a short phrase or sentence.

1. How many Articles make up the Constitution?
2. What is the current total number of United States Senators?
3. How many years makes one term for a United States Representative?
4. Who is in charge of the executive branch?
5. What is the minimum age for a person to get elected to the House of Representatives?
6. What is the minimum age to become President of the United States?
7. What is the minimum age to become a United States Senator?
8. What is the introduction to the Constitution called?
9. How many Sections are in Article I of the Constitution?
10. All legislative powers granted by the Constitution are vested in a ______________________________.
11. What are the two houses of the Congress of the United States?
12. Which house of Congress can write bills raising revenue?
13. Who is the President of the Senate?
14. What are the three branches that make up the government of the United States?
15. Which Amendment outlawed slavery in the United States? In what year?
16. How many States had to ratify the Constitution before it could become the law of the United States?
17. Which Article makes the Constitution the "supreme law of the land"?
18. Which Article deals with relations among the States?
19. Which Article created the Supreme Court?
20. Which Article created the office of President of the United States?
21. Which Article created the Legislative branch?
22. How many Senators are there currently in America?
23. How many days (Sundays excepted) does the President have to return a bill to Congress?
24. What are the first ten Amendments called?
25. What is the current total number of Amendments?
26. List the rights protected by Amendment One.
27. Which Amendment was repealed on December 5, 1933?
28. On what day, month, and year was the Constitution signed?
29. Which Amendments expanded suffrage?
30. Who has the power to create a government?

• Write this question on the back of the Answer Sheet:

Why does learning about the Constitution matter to me?

• Answers should reflect thoughts a student has about future responsibilities, goals, and further pursuits of happiness.

How does a bill become a law?

While watching "I'm Just a Bill," write a response about how a bill becomes a law.

Include ALL of these terms in the response:

Legislative

Executive

Judicial (not in the cartoon)

Congress

House of Representatives

Senate

U.S. Capitol

White House

President of the United States

veto

committee

bill

law