Lesson 3: Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution

Barbara Daley

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  1. Articles I requires the Congress to meet

    2. Your answer:
    Monday through Friday for 36 weeks each year
    at least once a month
    at least once every two years
    at least once a year

  2. Delegated powers are powers

    3. Your answer:
    powers given to the delegates at the Constitutional Convention
    powers given to the states in Article I Constitution
    given to Congress in Article I of the Constitution
    that no branch of government can exercise

  3. Congress does have the power to

    4. Your answer:
    declare war
    act as commander in chief of the armed forces
    appoint Supreme Court justices
    veto laws

  4. Congress does not have the power to

    5. Your answer:
    recognize other countries
    declare war
    make coins and dollar bills
    pass laws about immigration

  5. Congress cannot pass an ex post facto law. An ex post facto law

    6. Your answer:
    applies only to post office employees
    makes an act illegal after it was done, even though when it was done, it was legal
    takes an unusually long time to go into effect
    allows discrimination based on religious preference

  6. Congress cannot suspend a person’s right to the writ of habeas corpus. This protects a person from

    7. Your answer:
    unjust imprisonment
    cruel and unusual punishment
    self incrimination
    high taxes

  7. How many Senators are there?

    8. Your answer:
    the number of Senators changes as the population gets larger or smaller
    2 from each state, no matter how many people live in the state
    435 always
    the same as the number of Representatives to the House

  8. The number of members of the House of Representatives

    9. Your answer:
    always totals 435
    always totals 100
    can be changed by the President
    is the same as the number of Senators

  9. The requirements to be a Senator include the following

    10. Your answer:
    25 years old and a citizen for 7 years
    30 years old and a citizen for 9 years
    30 years old, English speaking, U.S. citizen
    35 years old, a natural-born citizen, lived in the U.S. for 10 years

  10. To be eligible to run for the House of Representatives a person must

    11. Your answer:
    be at least 35 years old and a citizen for 9 years
    be born in the U.S. and at least 30 years old
    be at least 25 years old and a citizen for 7 years
    be at least 30 years old and speak English

  11. A person elected to the Senate serves a term of

    12. Your answer:
    1 year
    2 years
    4 years
    6 years

  12. Representatives to the House are elected for a term of

    13. Your answer:
    1 year
    2 years
    4 years
    6 years

  13. The Vice President is the person who presides over the Senate. However, when the Vice President is not present, the person who presides over the U.S. Senate is

    14. Your answer:
    the Speaker of the Senate
    the President of the United States
    the president pro tempore
    the Speaker of the House

  14. The person who presides over the U.S. House of Representatives is

    15. Your answer:
    the Vice President
    the Speaker of the House
    the Speaker of the Senate
    the president pro tempore

  15. The number of members each state sends to the House of Representative depends on

    16. Your answer:
    how many people voted in the last election
    how big the state is
    the population of the state (the number of people)
    how many Senators there are in the state

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