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Constitution Web Quest

***Go to the Web site www.usconstitution.net/constkids.html ***

Read the information to find the answers…

1). What exactly is the Constitution?


2). How many amendments are there to date?

3). Where is the Constitution located now?

4). What state was the final state to accept the Constitution, thus ratifying it?

5). When was the Bill of Rights accepted?

6). How many delegates did not sign the Constitution?

***Go to the Web site www.constitutioncenter.org/consitution/ ***

1). How is the Constitution set up? How many articles are there? How many amendments?


2). Where in the Constitution can you find the establishment of Congress?


3). How often are members of the House of Representatives elected? Where in the Constitution did you find this?

4). How many years do you need to be a citizen to become a senator? Where did you find this?

5). What is the Presidential oath? Where did you find this?


6). Name one duty or power of the President. Where in the Constitution did you find this?


7). Where did the idea of judicial review come from?


8). What is the purpose of Article IV?



9). Article V deals with the amendment process. How many must agree in Congress to begin the amendment process?



10). What does federalism have to do with the supremacy of the Constitution?


11). Which state had the most delegates sign the Constitution?


12). Why is the ninth amendment considered to be controversial?


13). Which amendment do you think is the most important? Why?



14). What is the Bill of Rights? Where can it be found in the Constitution?


*** Go to www.eslpartyland.com/quiz%20center/constit.htm ***

Take the quiz.

How many did you get right?
Which ones did you get wrong?


Do you know the right answers now?

****Use the internet to research the following bonus question****

Who was not present during the Constitutional Convention, that were present during the writing of the Declaration of Independence?

***Hint*** I am thinking of two famous Americans; it may surprise you who they are…