The Articles of the Constitution Worksheets Answer Key

Chapter 5: Creating the Constitution Civics 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 136-142 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. Chapter 5: Creating the Constitution Civics

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 or index 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 ______Chapter 5: Creating the Constitution Civics 4. Ex post facto law (Art. 1, Sect. 9, Cl. 3): l ______

Name: ______Date: ______Block: ______

ARTICLE 2 The Executive Branch

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: ______Chapter 5: Creating the Constitution Civics . The president has the power to make ______with other nations. Chapter 5: Creating the Constitution Civics 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.

1. Electoral College: l ______

2. Misdemeanor: l ______

3. Executive Branch: l ______

4. Electors (Art. 2, Sect.2, Cl. 2): l ______Chapter 5: Creating the Constitution Civics

Name: ______Date: ______Block: ____

ARTICLE 3 The Judicial Branch

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 or index 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 ______Chapter 5: Creating the Constitution Civics Name: ______Date: ______Block: ______

ARTICLE 4 Relations Among the States

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.

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

2. Republic (see Art. 4, Sect. 4): l ______Chapter 5: Creating the Constitution Civics 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 page 146 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 146-147 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.