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HANDOUT 1
A CONSTITUTIONAL SCAVENGER HUNT

1. The President may pardon people of offenses committed against the United
States.

2. American citizens have freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and

petition.

3. The presiding officer of the House is the Speaker of the House.

4. Congress has complete control over the territories.

5. Congress has the power to declare war.

6. The Constitution created one Supreme Court and gave Congress the right to
establish inferior courts.

7. Congress cannot grant titles of nobility.

8. The right to vote cannot be denied because of sex.

9. The salary of the President cannot be changed during his period in office.

10. The practice of slavery can never be legal in the United States.

11. A representative must be a citizen for seven years, twenty-five years

old, and live in the state.

12. Congress has the power to establish post offices.

13. The President can call special sessions of Congress.

14. All state and federal officials are under oath to support the
Constitution.

15. Federal courts have original jurisdiction over all cases affecting
ambassadors, public ministers,
and consuls.

16. The President is limited to two terms in office.

17. All revenue bills must originate in the House of Representatives.

18. The Vice President is the presiding officer of the Senate.

19. Treason is levying war against the United States, adhering to our
enemies, or giving them aid and comfort.

20. No state can make a treaty with a foreign country.

21. The Constitution was ratified by conventions in nine states.

22. The President promises to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution.

23. The governor has the authority to call an election to fill a vacancy in
the House of Representatives.

24. Unreasonable search and seizures are forbidden.

25. Each state has as many presidential electors as the number of senators
and representatives.

26. Expulsion can be used to remove a member of either house of Congress for
an infraction of
the rules.

27. Congress may propose amendments to the Constitution by a two-thirds vote

of both houses.

28. The Constitution is the highest or supreme law in the United States.

29. A person cannot be tried twice for the same crime and does not have to
testify against himself.

30. Congressmen are paid a salary out of the Treasury of the United States.

31. Judicial proceedings in each state are given full faith and credit in
every other state.

32. A term in the Senate is six years for each senator.

33. The President must be thirty-five years old to meet eligibility

requirements.

34. Race, color, or previous servitude cannot be used to deny someone the
right to vote.

35. Congress has the power to establish a uniform rule of naturalization.

36. The President has the power to make treaties with approval from the
Senate.

37. All bills must be passed by the House and the Senate, and presented to
the President.

38. The President and the Vice President are subject to removal from office
by the impeachment
process if convicted of treason, bribery, or other crimes and misdemeanors.

39. Congress has the power to levy and collect an income tax.

40. Amendments may be ratified by three-fourths of the legislatures of the

states.

41. A person convicted by the impeachment process can still be tried in a

regular court if he or she
violated a law of the United States.

42. The President and Vice President are elected to a four-year term.

43. The President has the power to appoint members of the Supreme Court with
Senate approval.

44. The governor can request that a person be returned to the state where a
crime was committed.

45. A person has a right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury of
the state.

46. Congress has the power to borrow money on the credit of the United
States.

47. Congress has the power to make all laws which are necessary and proper to
execute all other powers. (Elastic Clause)

48. Any person accused of a crime (other than by impeachment) shall be

guaranteed a trial by jury.

49. Powers that are not granted to the national government are reserved to
the states or the people.

50. The President shall be Commander in Chief of our armed forces.

HANDOUT 3
ANSWER KEY

1. Article II, Section 2, Clause 1

2. Amendment 1
3. Article I, Section 2, Clause 5
4. Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2
5. Article I, Section 8, Clause 11
6. Article III, Section 1
7. Article I, Section 9, Clause 8
8. Amendment 19
9. Article II, Section 1, Clause 6
10. Amendment 13
11. Article I, Section 2, Clause 2
12. Article I, Section 8, Clause 7
13. Article II, Section 3, Clause 1
14. Article VI, Clause 3
15. Article III, Section 2, Clause 2
16. Amendment 22
17. Article I, Section 7, Clause 1
18. Article I, Section 3, Clause 4
19. Article III, Section 3, Clause 1
20. Article I, Section 10, Clause 1
21. Article VII
22. Article II, Section 1, Clause 7
23. Article I, Section 2, Clause 4
24. Amendment 4
25. Article II, Section 1, Clause 2
26. Article I, Section 5, Clause 2
27. Article V
28. Article VI, Clause 2
29. Amendment 5
30. Article I, Section 6, Clause 1
31. Article IV, Section 1
32. Article I, Section 3, Clause 1
33. Article II, Section 1, Clause 4
34. Amendment 15
35. Article I, Section 8, Clause 4
36. Article II, Section 2, Clause 2
37. Article I, Section 7, Clause 2
38. Article II, Section 4
39. Amendment 16
40. Article V
41. Article I, Section 3, Clause 7
42. Article II, Section 1, Clause 1
43. Article II, Section 2, Clause 2
44. Article IV, Section 2, Clause 2
45. Amendment 6
46. Article I, Section 8, Clause 2
47. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
48. Article III, Section 2, Clause 3
49. Amendment 10
50. Article II, Section 2, Clause 1
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