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Fun Facts About the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights

Fun Facts About the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights. How many words are in the US Constitution?. Answer: 4,400 words. What two Founding Fathers who later became Presidents did not sign the Constitution?. Answer:

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Fun Facts About the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights

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  1. Fun Facts About the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights

  2. How many words are in the US Constitution? Answer: 4,400 words

  3. What two Founding Fathers who later became Presidents did not sign the Constitution? Answer: Thomas Jefferson was in France during the Convention serving as the US Minister John Adams was serving as the US Minister to Great Britain during the Convention

  4. Who “penned” the Constitution and how much did it cost? Answer: Jacob Shallus, a Pennsylvania General Assembly Clerk, for $30 (approximately $683 today).

  5. Who was the 1st Delegate to arrive at the Convention? Answer: James Madison arrived three months before it was to start.

  6. Who declined to be a Delegate because he “smelt a rat”? Answer: Patrick Henry

  7. Who needed help to sign the Constitution because of poor health? Answer: Ben Franklin who suffered from gout and a stone in his bladder and could barely walk. He entered the hall in a chair carried by four prisoners from the Walnut Street Jail.

  8. What was the age of the oldest delegate to sign the Constitution? Answer: Ben Franklin was the oldest person to sign at the age of 81.

  9. What was the age of the youngest Delegate to sign the Constitution? Answer: Jonathan Dayton of New Jersey was the youngest to sign at the age of 26.

  10. Who were the only two Presidents to sign the Constitution? Answer: George Washington and James Madison

  11. Who was the only Delegate to attend every meeting? Answer: James Madison

  12. When approached by the wife of the Mayor of Philadelphia as to what the new government would be, Franklin replied? Answer: “A republic, madam. If you can keep it.”

  13. What word does not appear in the Constitution that everyone believes is in there? Answer: Democracy

  14. What was the most glaring misspelling in the Constitution? Answer: Pennsylvania

  15. Who referred to the Constitution was the “greatest single effort of national deliberations that the world has ever seen?” Answer: John Adams

  16. How many amendments were proposed to the Constitution? Answer: Twelve Amendments were proposed to the Constitution. The 1st dealt with Congressional Representation and Congressional Pay. Numbers three through twelve were adopted. So Amendment number three became our 1st Amendment.

  17. What do you know about how the Constitution is stored? Answer: • All 4 pages have been displayed at the National Archives since 1952. • The case is made protective glass framed with titanium. • The case contains argon gas and is kept at 67 degrees with a relative humidity of 40%

  18. Thanks for playing!!!! Happy Constitution Day!!!!

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