The Constitution of The United States of America

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Article Four Relations Among the States: Section One: Official Acts

Directions: Using a copy of the Constitution, you are to write your answers to the questions on each portion of the Constitution of the United  States of America that are in this section.

1. What are three items that each state must honor from the other states?
   
   

   a. __________________________________________________________

   b. __________________________________________________________

   c. __________________________________________________________

2. What are two types of judicial proceedings that states do not have to honor from other states?
   
   a. __________________________________________
   
   b. __________________________________________

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Article Four Relations Among the States: Section Two: Privileges of Citizens

Directions: Using a copy of the Constitution, you are to write your answers to the questions on each portion of the Constitution of the United States of America that are in this section.

1. True or False    A resident of one state may not be discriminated against                 unreasonably by another state.
   
   

2. A person is charged in state with treason, felony, or other crime, and that person flees from the state where the crime occurred. If the same person is captured in another state, how can the state where the crime was committed get the fugitive back?  
   
   
   

3. What is the process of returning a fugitive to the state where the crime has been committed?
   
   
   

4. Does the Constitution absolutely require that a fugitive be surrendered to the state he has fled?
   
   
   

5. Do governors have to honor the request for the return of a fugitive criminal if it will result in an injustice to the fugitive criminal?
   
   
   

6. Why was Article Four, Section Clause three cancelled
   
   
   
   

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Article Four Relations Among the States: Section Three: New States and Territories

Directions: Using a copy of the Constitution, you are to write your answers to the questions on each portion of the Constitution of the United States of America that are in this section.

1. Who has the right to admit a state to the Union?
   
   
   
2. True or False  A new state can be carved out of an existing state.
   
   
   
3. Can new state be formed by combining two or more states, or combining parts of states without the legislatures consent of the states concerned and Congress?
   
   
   
4. What is the general process to become a state?
   
   
   
5. What is the only state to be formed from an existing state, which is the only exception to the rule?
   
   
   
6. Who has the power to control all property belonging to the United States?
   
   
   
7. List four items the United States legislature or _____________________ can set up.
   
   

   a._______________________________________________________________

   b. _____________________________________________________________

   c. ______________________________________________________________

   d.______________________________________________________________

8. What is eminent domain?

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Article Four Relations Among the States: Section Four: Protection of The States

Directions: Using a copy of the Constitution, you are to write your answers to  the questions on each portion of the Constitution of the United States of America that are in this section.

1. What form of government will the United States guarantee to every in the Union?
   
   
   

2. ________________ is the one item the United States guarantees for state's protection.
   
   
   

3. When will the United States' government help a state against domestic violence?
   
   
   

4. Does the Constitution define "republican form of government?"
   
   
   

5. If so how does it define "republican form of government?"
   
   
   

6. Are there any restrictions on the federal government's use of power to prevent foreign invasion and put down domestic violence?
   
   
   

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Article Five: The Amendment Process

Directions: Using a copy of the Constitution, you are to write your answers to the questions on each portion of the Constitution of the United States of America that are in this section.

1. What fractional part of the House of Representatives and the House of Senate are needed to propose amendments to the Constitution?
   
   
   
2. How many state legislatures are needed to call a convention of the states to propose a new amendment'?
   
   
   
3. When an amendment is proposed, it will become part of the Constitution and also become law when __________ of the state legislatures ratify the amendment.
   
   
4. If an amendment is proposed It will become part of the Constitution and also become law when _______ of the state conventions ratify the amendment.
   
   
   
5. When new amendments are proposed, there Is only one restriction placed on the proposed amendment. What is the restriction to changing the Constitution?
   
   
   
6. How many methods are there for proposing amendments to change the Constitution?
   
   
   
7. How many methods are there for proposing amendments to change the Constitution?
   
   
   
8. How many amendments have been proposed by Congress?
   
   
   
9. How many amendments have been ratified by state conventions Instead of by state legislatures?

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Article Six: General Provisions

Directions: Using a copy of the Constitution, you are to write your answer to the questions on each portion of the Constitution of the United  States of America that are in this section.

1. What will the United States government do to all of the debts contracted and engagements entered into before the adoption of the United States Constitution?
   
   
   
2. Why would the framers of the Constitution want to assure the nation's creditors that the new federal government will pay its debts?
   
   
   
3. What does the supremacy clause guarantee?
   
   
   
4. Which level of government has the supreme laws of the country?
   
   
   
5. For a law to be valid under the supremacy clause, what must a law be?
   
   a. ___________________________________________________
   
   b.____________________________________________________
   
6. If a person is elected to office or is appointed to a position in the government, what must the person do to take office?
   
   
   
7. Are there any religious qualifications set as requirements for office?

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Article Seven: Ratification

Directions: Using a copy of the Constitution, you are to write your answers to the questions on each portion of the Constitution of the United States of America that are in this section.

1. Define ratify. (Hint: use a dictionary.)
   
   
   
2. How many states had to ratify the Constitution to make the Constitution become operable (the law)?
   
   
   
3. What was the first state to ratify the Constitution?
   
   
   
4. What was the second state to ratify the Constitution? (Hint: you should know it well!)
   
   
   
5. What was the ninth state to ratify the Constitution?
   
   
   
6. Did the ninth state's ratification make the Constitution the law of the land?
   
   
   
7. What two states had to ratify the Constitution before the Constitution became the law of the land?
   
   a ______________________________________
   
   b ________________________________________
   
8. What is the date when the Constitution was signed by the members of the Constitution Convention?
   
   
   
9. What document was used as the basis for developing how many years the the United States had been independent?
   
   
   
10. How many years did the United States claim it was independent when the Constitution was signed?
    
    
    
11. Who was the President of the Constitutional Convention?
    
    
    
12. Who was the Secretary of the Constitutional Convention?
    
    
    
13. What state did not have any representatives at the Constitutional Convention?
    
    
    
14. Who represented Pennsylvania at the Constitutional Convention?

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