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Part
1: Based on questions asked during the Constitution's bicentennial
in 1987
True or false:
Each of the 13 original states
was represented at the Constitutional Convention.
False: Rhode Island refused
to attend.
True or false:
All 55 delegates to the Constitutional
Convention signed the Constitution.
False: Five delegates refused
to sign.
True or false:
The Constitution signed in 1787
contained the Bill of Rights.
False: The Bill of Rights
was adopted in 1791.
True or false:
The original 13 states were
required to ratify the Constitution.
False: Only nine of the 13
states were required to ratify the Constitution.
Part 2: Questions asked in
a 1985 poll by the Hearst Corporation
1. In 1787, the founding fathers
opened a convention in Philadelphia to write a constitution for
the following purpose:
b. To create
a federal government and define its powers
2. The Bill of Rights is
c. The first 10 amendments to
the Constitution
3. Constitutional amendments
take effect only after they have been ratified by:
a. three-fourths
of the states.
4. How many amendments to the
constitution have been ratified
b. 27
5. The Constitution may be suspended
by the president in time of national emergency.
False
6. Under the Constitution, as
interpreted by the Supreme Court, a person accused of a crime
must be provided with a lawyer if he or she cannot pay for one.
True
7. The Constitution does not
guarantee trial by jury.
False
8. Only a person born in the
United States may be elected president.
True.
The Constitution sets out the qualifications for the President in Article
2,
Section 1:
"No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States,
at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the
Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who
shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen
Years a Resident within the United States."
According
to the U.S. Constitution Online: "There is a bit of ambiguity in some of
these requirements. First, the definition of "native-born" is
a matter of law, and, hence, interpretation. For example,
the child
of American
citizens who happened to be overseas when the child was
born is considered native-born. A child born in an acquired U.S.
territory (such the U.S. Virgin Islands) is considered
a citizen at birth
as determined by law. To be safe, a person is eligible
to be President if that person was born in a state after the
date
of statehood. If a person was born in a territory or
overseas, one
should check the U.S. Code (Title 8) to be sure. Next,
there is no clarity on the 14 year requirement. Few think that
it means 14 consecutive years inside the United States,
as that
would
likely disqualify many citizens who traveled abroad or
who lived in military bases. Some think it should mean 14 accumulated
years
from birth, including time in U.S. military bases, embassies,
and off-shore offices of U.S. corporations. It may take
a Supreme Court decision to set the rule in stone."
Cited
from:The US Constitution Online
http://www.usconstitution.net/consttop_govt.html
9. The presidential candidate
who gets the most votes in a popular election automatically becomes
president.
False
10. The constitution prevents
a community from imposing religious requirements as a qualification
for running for public office.
True
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