How Well Do You Know the Constitution

How Well Do You Know the Constitution?
Next Wednesday, September 17th, is Constitution Day - a day specifically designated by an act of Congress when Americans are supposed to honor the remarkable document that created our system of government. The date was chosen because the Constitution was approved at the original Constitutional Convention on September 17, 1787.

The act that created Constitution Day mandates that all publicly funded educational institutions provide educational programming on the history of the American Constitution on that day. Here are a few questions that might be asked class members regarding the Constitution:

1. Has the Constitution always guided our country?
2. What are the three branches of government named in the Constitution?
3. Does the Constitution allow the Supreme Court to make law?
4. Does the Constitution empower the President to make law?
5. Does the Constitution give the federal government any power in the field of education?
6. Where in the Constitution is there authorization to dispense foreign aid?
7. Does the Constitution mandate a minimum age for a Senator?
8. What are the Constitutional requirements for a person to be President?
9. Did the Constitution give the federal government power to create a bank?
10. Can the provisions of a treaty supersede the Constitution?
11. Does the Constitution allow a President to take the nation into war?
12. Can you name any of the four crimes mentioned in the Constitution?
13. Should the Bill of Rights be considered part of the original Constitution?
14. According to the Constitution, how can a President and other national officers be removed from office?
15. What authority does the Constitution give to the Vice President?
16. How many amendments have been added to the Constitution?
17. How is an amendment added to the Constitution?
18. Does the Constitution say anything about illegal immigration?
19. What is the process mentioned in the Constitution for adding new states to the union?
20. Is the term of a President limited by the Constitution?
21. Which part of the federal government holds 'the power of the purse'?
22. Does the Constitution provide a method for expelling a member of Congress?
23. What does the Constitution say about financing an army and a navy?
24. How many times is the word 'democracy' mentioned in the Constitution?
25. Does the Bill of Rights grant the people free speech, freedom of the press, and/or the right to possess a weapon? (Careful, this one is tricky!)