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Miami Dade College
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POS2112 | State and Local Government in America
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2023
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Constitution Scavenger Hunt ARTICLE I Question 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. What are the 6 purposes of government according to the preamble? Who has legislative power at the national level? How often are members of the House of Representatives elected? How often does apportionment of the House of Representatives occur? What is the House of Representatives’ role in impeachment? How many senators does each state get? What role does the Vice President play in the Senate? What is the Senate’s role in impeachment Who decides how and when elections take place? How are the rules for each chamber of Congress decided? In which chamber of Congress doe revenue bills have to originate? Who must sign a bill for it to become a law What is the process for overriding a Presidential veto of a bill? What power does the Congress have regarding taxes? What military and war powers does the Congress have? What is meant by Congress’s power to “make all laws which shall be necessary and proper”? Answer 17. What restrictions of Congress are included in Article 1, Section 9 of the Constitution? ARTICLE II 18. What power is “vested in a president”? 19. Explain the process for electing a President? 20. What is the president’s role in the military? 21. Explain the president’s power to pardon. 22. Who can the President appoint with the advice and consent of the Senate? 23. What is the address called that the president gives to Congress? 24. Explain what a president can be impeached for ARTICLE III 25. Where is the judicial power of the United States vested? 26. What are the 2 types of jurisdiction mentioned in the Constitution? ARTICLE IV 27. How does the Full Faith and Credit clause relate to the states? ARTICLE V 28. How can changes be made to the Constitution? ARTICLE VI 29. What is meant by the Constitution and laws of the United States being the “supreme law of the land”? ARTICLE VII 30. What is the purpose of Article VII? AMENDMENTS 31. What are the five parts of the 1st Amendment? 32. What is meant by “the right of the people to keep and bear arms”? 33. What protections do individuals have against unreasonable searches and seizures? 34. What rights listed in the 5th Amendment do people have when accused of crimes? 35. How is your right to a fair trial protected in the Bill of Rights? 36. How does the Constitution address punishments for crimes? 37. What rights are included in the 9th and 10th Amendments? 38. How did the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments address the concept of equal rights for all? 39. What part of the Constitution created the way that Senators are currently elected? 40. How did the 19th Amendment address the concept of equal rights? 41. How are the 18th and 21st Amendments connected? 42. What were the events surrounding the 22nd Amendment? 43. How was the youth vote expanded in the Constitution? 44. What was the most recent change to the Constitution? Explain the change.

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