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Article I of the Constitution

Do now:
If you had a Congressional member in front of you right now, What issue would you talk to them
about?

Guided Practice:

Directions: Using your own copy of Article I of the Constitution fill in the blanks to the following

questions and statements.

Article I Scavenger Hunt

Section 1

Two Senate Legislative House of Representatives

1. Article one deals with which branch of government?

2. The branch that is laid out in Article I is divided into parts.

3. Those parts are the and the .

Section 2

Impeachment two twenty-five population seven inhabitant

4. Members of the House of Representatives are elected every years.

5. Members of the House of Representatives must be at least years old.

6. Members of the House of Representatives must be a of the state they

represent.
 7. Members of the House of Representatives must be an American citizen for at least years.

8. The House of Representatives has the sole power of or accusation.

9. The number of representatives for each state is based on its .

Section 3

Nine six inhabitant thirty two-thirds two

10. Members of the Senate are elected every years.

11. Members of the Senate must be at least years old.

12. Members of the Senate must be a of the state they represent.

13. Members of the Senate must be an American citizen for at least years.

14. Each state has Senators.

15. In impeachment trials conducted by the Senate, what fraction of Senators must vote for

conviction for the president to be removed from office?

Section 7

sign both two-thirds House veto ten

***Definition of Veto: a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body.

16. A bill must pass Houses and then be sent to the president.

17. The President may the bill making it a law.

18. The President may the bill and it would then have to be returned to the house where

it started.

19. The President may allow the bill to become law by not signing it within days of

receiving it from Congress.

 20. If the president chooses not to sign into law a bill that Congress has approved, the Senate and the

House of Representatives have a majority vote to override the president’s

veto.

21. All bills concerning money (revenue) must originate (start) in the of

Representatives.

Section 8:

22. List 5 powers granted to Congress

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5.