The Articles of the Constitution Worksheets [Answer Key]



Name: _____________________________ Date: _____________________ Block: _______

Article 1

The Legislative Branch

Directions: Complete the following outline of Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution by filling in the missing information of the different sections and clauses. Refer to the Constitution found on pages 109-120 in your textbook.

Article 1: The Legislative Branch

Section 1: __________________________________

▪ The Constitution gives _______________ the power to _______________

Section 2: _________________________

Clause 1: Election of Members

▪ Members of the __________________ are elected every ________ years

Clause 2: Qualifications

▪ Members of the ___________________ must be at least ___________ years old, an American ______________ for at least _______ years, and a ______________ of the state he or she represents.

Clause 5: Officers; Impeachment

▪ Only the ____________________ has the power to ___________________

Section 3: ____________________________________

Clause 1: Composition; Term

▪ Each state has __________ senators.

▪ Each ________________ serves for __________ years

Clause 2: Classification; Filling Vacancies

▪ Every two years _____________ of the ___________ runs for reelection.

Clause 3: Qualifications

▪ A senator must be at least _______________ years old, an American citizen for at least ___________ years, and a ______________________ of the state he or she represents.

Section 4: ________________________________

Clause 2: Sessions

▪ Congress must meet at least ______________________ a year.

Section 5: _________________________________

Clause 1: Organization

▪ A quorum is: __________________________________________________________

Clause 2: Rules

▪ A member of Congress can only be forced out by a _____________________ vote.

Clause 4: Adjournment

▪ Neither house can stop meeting for more than ________________ days without the approval of the other house

▪ Both houses of Congress must meet in the same _____________________.

Section 6: ___________________________________

Clause 1: Salaries; Immunities

▪ A member of Congress cannot be ______________ for anything he or she says on the ____________________ of Congress. This allows for ________________ of debate.

Section 7: __________________________________

Clause 2: How a Bill Becomes a Law; the Veto

▪ A proposed law is known as a _________________

▪ The _____________________ can ______________, or reject a bill by sending it back to the house where it was introduced.

▪ Congress can override the President’s _______________ if each house of Congress passes the bill again by a ____________________ vote

Section 8: __________________________________

Clause 1

▪ Congress has the power to ______________ and spend _________________ money.

Clause 3

▪ Congress can regulate foreign and interstate _____________________

Clause 5

▪ Congress has the power to coin _______________________

Section 9: _________________________________

Clause 2: Writ of Habeas Corpus

▪ A _________________________ protects people from unlawful imprisonment.

Clause 3: Bills of Attainder; Ex Post Facto

▪ Congress cannot pass a ___________________ or _____________________ laws.

Clause 6: Special Preference for Trade

▪ Congress cannot make laws that _________________________________ over another.

Section 10: ________________________

Clause 1: Unconditional Prohibitions

▪ Congress prohibited states from making ________________ or __________ money.

Uses the glossary to define each of the following words on the line provided or refer to the article location represented in parentheses below:

1. Impeach: l _________________________________________________________________

2. Writ of habeas corpus (Art. 1, Sect. 9, Cl. 2) : ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. Bill of attainder (Art. 1, Sect. 9, Cl. 3): l ___________________________________________________________________________

4. Ex post facto law (Art. 1, Sect. 9, Cl. 3): l ___________________________________________________________________________

Name: _____________________________ Date: _____________________ Block: _______

Article 2

The Executive Branch

Directions: Complete the following outline of Article 2 of the U.S. Constitution by filling in the missing information of the different sections and clauses. Refer to the Constitution found on pages 109-120 in your textbook.

Article 2: The Executive Branch

Section 1: _________________________________

Clause 1: ______________________

▪ The president is responsible for _________________________, or carrying out the laws passed by Congress.

Clause 2: ___________________

▪ Directs each state to choose _____________________, or delegates to the ____________________ to vote for ___________________

Clause 3: _________________________________________________

Clause 4: ____________________________

▪ The candidate for President who wins the __________________________ vote in each state wins that state’s _____________________________ votes.

Clause 5: __________________________________

▪ The President must be a citizen of the United States from ______________, at least _________ years old, and a _______________ of the country for ________ years.

Clause 6: ____________________________

▪ The powers of the President pass to the ___________________________ if the President leaves office or cannot discharge his or her duties.

Clause 7: _______________________

▪ The President’s salary cannot be _________________ or _____________ during his or her term of office.

Clause 8: _____________________

• The President must promise to ________________ and __________ the Constitution.

Section 2: ______________________________

Clause 1: _______________________________

▪ The president is the head of the _________________________ and the state militias.

▪ The president has the power to grant a _________________ or a ________________

Clause 2: __________________________

▪ The president has the power to make ______________________ with other nations.

Clause 3: ___________________________

▪ If the _____________________ is in recess the president can fill vacant posts by making _______________________ appointments.

Section 3: _________________________________

▪ Every year the President must give Congress a report on the nation, now called the __________________________________

Section 4: ______________________________

▪ The President, Vice President, and others can be forced out of office if _____________ and found guilty of certain crimes.

Uses the glossary to define each of the following words on the line provided or refer to the article location represented in parentheses below:

1. Electoral College: l _________________________________________________________

2. Misdemeanor: l ____________________________________________________________

3. Executive Branch: l _________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________

4. Electors (Art. 2, Sect.2, Cl. 2): l ___________________________________________________________________________

Name: _____________________________ Date: _____________________ Block: ____

Article 3

The Judicial Branch

Directions: Complete the following outline of Article 3 of the U.S. Constitution by filling in the missing information of the different sections and clauses. Refer to the Constitution found on pages 109-120 in your textbook.

Article 3: The Judicial Branch

Section 1: ____________________________

▪ The Constitution creates the _________________________, but lets Congress decide on the ___________________ of the __________________________

▪ Federal judges hold their offices for ____________________

Section 2: ______________________________

Clause 1: _____________________________

▪ In __________________ v. ____________________ the Supreme Court established the right to judge whether a law is constitutional.

Clause 2: __________________________

▪ The Supreme Court mainly acts as an ___________________________

Clause 3: _________________________

▪ A trial by jury is guaranteed to anyone accused of a federal crime, except those cases dealing with __________________________

Section 3: ____________________________

Clause 1: _____________________________

▪ A person can be convicted of treason only if he or she ____________________ or two _______________________ testify to it.

Clause 2: __________________________

Uses the glossary to define each of the following words on the line provided or refer to the article location represented in parentheses below:

1. Jurisdiction (Art. 3, Sect. 2, Cl. 1): l ____________________________________________

2. Original Jurisdiction: l _______________________________________________________

3. Appellate Jurisdiction: _______________________________________________________

4. Treason (see Art. 3, Sec. 3, Clause 1): l _________________________________________

Name: _____________________________ Date: _____________________ Block: _______

Article 4

Relations Among the States

Directions: Complete the following outline of Article 4 of the U.S. Constitution by filling in the missing information of the different sections and clauses. Refer to the Constitution found on pages 109-120 in your textbook.

Article 4: Relations Among the States

Section 1: ________________________

▪ Each state must recognize the official _____________ and _____________ of any other state.

Section 2: _______________________

Clause 1: ______________________

▪ Each state must treat _________________ of another state the same way it treats its own ____________________

Clause 2: ___________________

▪ Extradition means the: __________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

Clause 3: _____________________________

Section 3: ____________________________

Clause 1: _______________________

▪ Congress has the power to ____________________________ to the Union.

Clause 2: ___________________________

Section 4: _____________________________________

▪ The federal government must protect the states from _________________ invasion and from _________________________, or internal disorder.

Uses the glossary to define each of the following words on the line provided or refer to the article location represented in parentheses below:

1. Extradition (see Art. 4, Sect. 2, Clause 2): l ______________________________________________________________

2. Republic (see Art. 4, Sect. 4): l ________________________________________________________________

3. Domestic: l _______________________________________________________l

Name: _____________________________ Date: _____________________ Block: _______

Article 5

Amending the Constitution

Directions: Complete the following outline of Article 5 by filling in the missing words. Refer to the Constitution found on pages 109-120 in your textbook.

The ___________________, whenever two-thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, _____________________________ to this Constitution, or on the application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the several states, _____________________________________, in either case, __________________ to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, __________________________ _________, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by Congress.

Article 6

National Supremacy

Directions: Complete the following outline of Article 6 of the U.S. Constitution by filling in the missing information of the different sections. Refer to the Constitution found on pages 109-120 in your textbook.

Section 1: _____________________

▪ The U.S. government promised to pay all _______________ and honor all agreements made under the ______________________________

Section 2: ______________________

▪ The Constitution is the ______________________, or highest law of the land.

Section 3: __________________________

Article 7

Ratification of the Constitution

Directions: Complete the following outline of Article 7 by filling in the missing words on the line.

The ________________________________ shall be sufficient for the establishment of the Constitution between the states so ratifying the same.

................
................

In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.

Google Online Preview   Download