US Constitution Scavenger Hunt questions and answers well illustrated.

US Constitution Scavenger Hunt questions and answers well illustrated. How often are representatives to be elected? - correct 2 years How old must a representative be to be elected? - correct answers.25 years old (7 years a citizen) How long is a term for a senate? - correct answers.6 years How were senators originally chosen? Which amendment changed that? - correct en by the state legislature 17th- directly elected by the people How old does someone have to be to be a senator? - correct answers.30 years old (9 years a citizen) Who is the president of the Senate and when can that person vote? - correct president shall not vote unless there is a tie Which legistative body has the power of impeachment? Which body has the power to try the impeached official? - correct answers.House of Representatives Senate Who shall officiate when a president is tried for impeachment? - correct justice of Supreme Court What is the required vote that is necessary to convict someone who has been impeached? - correct answers.2/3 (of the members present) What is the only penalty that can be imposed on someone who has been impeached? - correct al from office Who decideds the times, places, manner for holding elections for congress? - correct legislatures In what federal body do all bills concerning taxes originate? - correct of representatives What fraction of both houses must vote to override a veto? - correct answers.2/3 What happens when a president doesn't return a bill in 10 days and what is the exception to that rule? - correct becomes a law unless there is a pocket veto (Congress adjurns within the 10 days) In section 8, the Constitution lists or enumerates the powers of Congress. List them. - correct answers.1. borrow money 2. regulate commerce (trade) 3. naturalization (becoming a citizen) 4. bankruptcy 5. coin money 6. counterfitig (puniching counterfiters) 7. establish post offices 8. patents (17years) and copyrights (lifetime + 15 years) 9. create courts 10. punish piracies 11. declare war 12. create army and navy 13. govern D.C. In section 8, which clauses gives Congress the most general, non-specific powers? - correct answers."necessary and proper" clause (elastic clause) In section 9, there are three limitations on the power of Congress to deny people rights. What are those three limitations? - correct us corpus: told what you are being held for no bill of attainer: act passed by legislature to punish a person without trial no ex post facto law: one that provides punishment for an act that was not illegal when the act was committed When may the writ "habeas corpus" be suspended? - correct me and acts of terrorism Name limits on the powers of the state. - correct answers.- states cannot make treaties with foreign countries - states cannot coin money - states cannot tax - states cannot grant titles of nobility - no bill of attainer How old does someone have to be to be elected president? - correct answers.35 years old (american born citizen and 14 years a resident) How is it determined how many electors a state has? - correct r of representatives and sentaors Name the powers of the president. - correct answers.- commander and chief of armed forces - establish the cabinet - grant pardons and reprieves - make treaties with foriegn nations - appoint various government officials - exectutive agreements and exectutive orders - fill vacancies (recess appointments) Name the body of Congress that must approve a treaty that the president has negotiated and the fraction of the vote they must approve it by. - correct es 2/3 Which body of Congress approves nominatiions? - correct e When can the president appoint people without approval by anyone else? - correct g recess of the senate What can a president or other officers be impeached for? - correct on, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors What is the term of office for Supreme Court justices? When may they be removed? - correct for life removed for bad behavior (impeached and convicted) Who gets to decide how many federal courts we have? - correct answers.Congress In which cases does the Supreme Court have original jurisdictions? - correct all cases affecting ambassadores and those in which a state shall be party What must be necessary to convict someone of treason? - correct mony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or one confession in open court. What is the topic of article 4? - correct ions among states What does the Constitution say about how one state must regard the laws of another state? - correct faith in credit: all state will honor the laws of all other states