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US Constitution Scavenger Hunt

Click on http://www.wae.com/freedom/conhist.html and answer the following questions about the US Constitution.

1. Who was unanimously elected president of the Philadelphia convention?

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2. Who was Daniel Shays? ____________________________________________________________________

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3. Under the subtitle “The Document Enshrined” when was the US Constitution signed?

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 * Click on the following link http://www.colonialhall.com/biousc.asp and count how many signers of the US Constitution there were.

4. How many people signed the US Constitution? ___________________________________________________


 * After clicking on http://supreme.lp.findlaw.com/documents/aofc.html

5. How many Articles of Confederation are there? __________________________________________________

And answer the following.
 * Now, click on http://bensguide.gpo.gov/9-12/documents/constitution/background.html

6. What was the underlying foundation of the US Constitution? _______________________________________

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7. What was the Constitutional Convention of 1787? ________________________________________________

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http://www.sparknotes.com/history/american/constitution/htimeline.html state 8. what happened on July 16, 1787 in your own words.
 * Using the timeline hyperlink

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9. “Checks and Balances” for
 * Click on http://www.pinzler.com/ushistory/comchart.html and describe the

a. the Executive Branch ____________________________________________________________________

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b. the Legislative Branch _____________________________________________________________________

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c. the Judicial Branch _______________________________________________________________________

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a. Senators or House of Representatives _______________________________________________________
 * 10.Click on http://congress.indiana.edu/learn_about/qanda.htm and state the salaries for the following congressional members.

b. Speaker of the House ____________________________________________________________________

c. Senate Majority Leader ___________________________________________________________________

d. What is the current party breakdown (that is, how many Republicans and

Democrats in the Senate and House of Representatives)? __________________________________________

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 * 11. Click on http://www.ddal.org/howbill.html and state how a bill becomes a law in your own words.

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 * 12. According to the following hyperlink http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0770454.html how many steps are there

before a bill becomes a law? ________________________________________________________________

13. Using the same hyperlink (above) what is a filibuster? _________________________________________

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 * 14. According to the hyperlink http://www.usconstitution.net/constfaq_a1.html#Q4 what can’t congress do?

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 * 15. What does the legislative branch of government do according to the following hyperlink http://bensguide.gpo.gov/6-8/government/national/legislative.html

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 * 16. From the hyperlink http://bensguide.gpo.gov/6-8/glossary.html#Checks what does “checks and balances” mean?

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