AMERICAN HISTORY

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AMERICAN HISTORY
I won because I learned!
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AMERICAN HISTORY
Constitution Jeopardy!
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Legislative 100

• QUESTION What is the main duty of the
  legislative branch?

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Legislative 100

• QUESTION What is the main duty of the
  legislative branch?
• ANSWER Make Laws

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Legislative 200

• QUESTION Who are the members of the legislative
  branch at the National Level and the State Level?

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Legislative 200

• QUESTION Who are the members of the legislative
  branch at the National Level and the State Level?
  
• ANSWER U.S. Congress and State General
  Assembly (House of Representatives and Senate
  for each)

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Legislative 300

• QUESTION ________ years is the term lengths for
  House of Representative members and _________
  years is the term length for senators

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Legislative 300

• QUESTION ________ years is the term lengths for
  House of Representative members and _________
  years is the term length for senators
• ANSWER 2 years for house 6 years for senate

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Legislative 400

• QUESTION ______________ is the leader of the
  House of Representatives and _____________ is the
  leader of the senate and breaks ties there and
  the _____________ is in charge when the Vice
  President is not there.

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Legislative 400

• QUESTION ______________ is the leader of the
  House of Representatives and _____________ is the
  leader of the senate and breaks ties there and
  the _____________ is in charge when the Vice
  President is not there.
• ANSWER Speaker of the House The Vice
  President President Pro Tempore

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Legislative 500

• QUESTION How does a bill, introduced in the
  Senate, become a law?

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Legislative 500

• QUESTION How does a bill, introduced in the
  Senate, become a law?
• ANSWER Committee Senate
• Whole Senate
• Committee House
• Whole House
• Committee Congress
• Whole Congress
• President
• If yes, law If no, 2/3
  Congress
• then it is a law

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Executive 100

• QUESTION The main power of the Executive Branch
  is to?

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Executive 100

• QUESTION The main power of the Executive Branch
  is to?
• ANSWER Enforce the Law

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Executive 200

• QUESTION What are the requirements for becoming
  president?

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Executive 200

• QUESTION What are the requirements for becoming
  president?
• ANSWER 35 years of age U.S. citizen for 14
  years born in the United States

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Executive 300

• QUESTION Who is the head of the Executive
  Branch at all three levels of government?

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Executive 300

• QUESTION Who is the head of the Executive Branch
  at all three levels of government?
• ANSWER
• National President
• State - Governor
• Local Mayor

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Executive 800

• Question What would cause the president to be
  impeached?

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Executive 800

• Question What would cause the president to be
  impeached?
• ANSWER High crimes (or misdemeanors) , treason
  or bribery are three reasons the president could
  be impeached.

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Executive 500

• QUESTION What are three decisions in our
  Constitution set up for the purpose of making
  sure our president did not act like a king?

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• QUESTION What are three decisions in our
  Constitution set up for the purpose of making
  sure our president did not act like a king?
• ANSWER1) term limit
• 2) Overide by 2/3 vote by congress
• 3) Actions can be declared unconstitutional
• 4) can be impeached

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Judicial 100

• Question What is main purpose of the Judicial
  Branch?

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Judicial 100

• Question What is main purpose of the Judicial
  Branch?
• ANSWER Interpret the law

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Judicial 200

• Question Who is involved the Judicial Branch
  at the National Level?

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Judicial 200

• Question Who is involved the Judicial Branch at
  the National Level?
• ANSWER 9 Supreme Court Justices and District
  Courts

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Judicial 300

• QUESTION What is Judicial Review?

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Judicial 300

• QUESTION What is Judicial Review?
• ANSWER The right of the Supreme Court to look
  at and rule on acts of other branches of
  government

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Judicial 400

• Question The Judicial Branch was added to the
  Constitution even thought it would take power
  away from the states so why did they add it?

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Judicial 400

• Question The Judicial Branch was added to the
  Constitution even thought it would take power
  away from the states so why did they add it?
• ANSWER So we could settle disputes between
  states

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Judicial 500

• QUESTION What stops us from having an
  unqualified Supreme Court Justice? (hint how
  are they chosen?)

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Judicial 500

• QUESTIONWhat stops us from having an unqualified
  Supreme Court Justice? (hint how are they
  chosen?)
• ANSWER The President appoints them and the
  Senate has to approve them!

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Convention 100

• QUESTION How many states were needed to approve
  the new Constitution?

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Convention 100

• QUESTION How many states were needed to approve
  the new Constitution?
• ANSWER 9 out of 13 states

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Convention 200

• QUESTION Who presented the New Jersey Plan and
  what type of legislature did it recommend?

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Convention 200

• QUESTION Who presented the New Jersey Plan and
  what type of legislature did it recommend?
• ANSWER William Patterson presented the New
  Jersey Plan with a unicameral legislature and
  equal representation.

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Convention 300

• QUESTION While ______________ presided over the
  convention, it was _____________ proposal of the
  Great Compromise that allowed everyone to agree
  on a new government.

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Convention 300

• QUESTIONWhile ______________ presided over the
  convention, it was _____________ proposal of the
  Great Compromise that allowed everyone to agree
  on a new government.
• ANSWER George Washington Roger Sherman (Ben
  Franklins guidance)

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Convention 400

• QUESTION Whose ideas were in the Virginia Plan
  and what was its plan for the legislative branch?
  

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Convention 400

• QUESTION Whose ideas were in the Virginia Plan
  and what was its plan for the legislative branch?
  
• ANSWERS James Madison proposed a bicameral
  legislature based on proportional representation

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Convention 500

• QUESTION What did the Great Compromise do with
  the newly formed legislative branch of
  government?

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Convention 500

• QUESTION What did the Great Compromise do with
  the newly formed legislative branch of
  government?
• ANSWER
• It created a House of Representatives based on
  proportional representation and a senate based on
  equal representation.

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Who Checks Who 100

• QUESTION Which branch can veto a bill and who
  is being checked by that power?

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Who Checks Who 100

• QUESTION Which branch can veto a bill and who is
  being checked by that power?
• ANSWER Executive vetoes and checks the
  Legislative branch who would have been trying to
  pass it into law.

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Who Checks Who 400

• QUESTION Which branch can approve a treaty and
  who would they check by doing so?

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Who Checks Who 400

• QUESTION Which branch can approve a treaty and
  who would they check by doing so?
• ANSWER The Legislative Branch approves treaties
  and checks the Executive Branch who would have
  proposed it.

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Who Checks Who 300

• QUESTION Which branch appoints a Supreme Court
  Justice and which branch are they checking by
  appointing them?

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Who Checks Who 300

• QUESTION Which branch appoints a Supreme Court
  Justice and which branch are they checking by
  appointing them?
• ANSWER The Executive Branch appoints justices
  and they are checking the Judicial Branch by
  appointing a solid candidate to their branch.

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Who Checks Who 400

• QUESTION What branch can impeach a district
  court judge and who would they check by doing so?
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Who Checks Who 400

• QUESTION What branch can impeach a district
  court judge and who would they check by doing so?
• ANSWER The Legislative Branch can impeach the
  judge and the Judicial Branch power is checked
  since the judge works within that branch

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Who Checks Who 500

• QUESTION What branch can approve the appointment
  of a judge and who would they be checking with
  that power?

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Who Checks Who 500

• QUESTION What branch can approve the appointment
  of a judge and who would they be checking with
  that power?
• ANSWER The Legislative Branch approves a judge
  and would check the Executive who appointed them
  and the Judicial who would get the approved
  judge.

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Convention 200

• QUESTION What was the other name for the Great
  Compromise?

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Convention 200

• QUESTION What was the other name for the Great
  Compromise?
• ANSWER The Connecticut Compromise

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Convention 400

• Question What proposed plan followed the same
  legislative idea that was used under the Articles
  of Confederation?

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Convention 400

• Question What proposed plan followed the same
  legislative idea that was used under the Articles
  of Confederation?
• Answer The New Jersey Plan (a one house
  congress with equal voting)

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Convention 600

• Question What did the revision of the U.S.
  Constitution show the world?

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Convention 600

• Question What did the revision of the U.S.
  Constitution show the world?
• Answer That we could create a new government
  peacefully without war or violence.

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Convention 1600

• Question What was said at the Constitutional
  Convention about the counting of slaves in
  population?

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Convention 1600

• Question What was said at the Constitutional
  Convention about the counting of slaves in
  population?
• Answer The 3/5ths Compromise said that for
  every 5 slaves 3 would be counted as population
  which would allow slave states to gain more
  representation in the house.

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Convention 1000

• Question What was said about slave trade at the
  Constitutional Convention?

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Convention 1000

• QuestionWhat was said about slave trade at the
  Constitutional Convention?
• Answer Slaves would be traded freely for 20
  years upon which time Congress would revisit the
  idea of potentially limiting slave trade.

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Who Checks Who 200

• Question Which branch impeaches the vice
  president and what branch is being checked by
  doing so?

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Who Checks Who 200

• Question Which branch impeaches the vice
  president and what branch is being checked by
  doing so?
• Answer The Legislative Branch (house of
  Representatives) impeaches officials who
  potentially broke the law and they would be
  checking the Executive Branch which is the Branch
  that the Vice President works in.

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Who Checks Who 400

• Question Which branch would declare the actions
  of the secretary of state unconstitutional and
  what branch would be checked by doing so?

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Who Checks Who 400

• Question Which branch would declare the actions
  of the secretary of state unconstitutional and
  what branch would be checked by doing so?
• Answer The Judicial Branch would declare his/her
  actions unconstitutional and this would check the
  Executive Branch because the department of state
  is located in this branch.

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Who Checks Who 600

• Question Which branch declares a law
  unconstitutional and what branch would they be
  checking by doing so?

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Who Checks Who 600

• Question Which branch declares a law
  unconstitutional and what branch would they be
  checking by doing so?
• Answer The Judicial Branch declares laws
  unconstitutional and they are checking the
  Legislative Branch who would have passed it (a
  minor check would also be on the Executive branch
  if the president aided in the passing of the law)

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Who Checks Who 800

• Question What branch approves the appointment
  of the secretary of defense and who are they
  checking by doing so?

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Who Checks Who 800

• Question What branch approves the appointment of
  the secretary of defense and who are they
  checking by doing so?
• Answer The Legislative Branch (the Senate)
  approves the appointment of department members
  which checks to make sure Executive Branch
  department members are qualified.

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Who Checks Who 1000

• Question What branch approves a treaty and who
  are they checking by doing so?

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Who Checks Who 1000

• Question What branch approves a treaty and who
  are they checking by doing so?
• Answer The Legislative Branch approves treaties
  that were originally proposed by the Executive
  Branch who is checked by their approval.

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Departments 200

• Question What department deals with foreign
  affairs?

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Departments 200

• Question What department deals with foreign
  affairs?
• Answer Department of State

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Departments 400

• Question What department monitors the working
  conditions in the United States?

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Departments 400

• Question What department monitors the working
  conditions in the United States?
• Answer Department of Labor

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Departments 1200

• Question What department takes our National
  census and works with patents?

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Departments 1200

• Question What department takes our National
  census and works with patents?
• Answer Department of Commerce

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Departments 800

• Question What department includes the Internal
  Revenue Service and aides in the collection of
  income tax?

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Departments 800

• Question What department includes the Internal
  Revenue Service and aides in the collection of
  income tax?
• Answer Department of Treasury

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Departments 1000

• Question What department helps with National
  Parks?

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Departments 1000

• Question What department helps with National
  Parks?
• Answer The Department of the Interior

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Power 200

• Question What did the founding fathers do to
  make sure that no one branch ended up having too
  much power?

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Power 200

• Question What did the founding fathers do to
  make sure that no one branch ended up having too
  much power?
• Answer They set up a system of checks and
  balances splitting the power between the
  Legislative, Executive and Judicial Branches

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Power 400

• Question What is the term we use to describe a
  government that has power that is distributed
  between more than one level of government?

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Power 400

• Question What is the term we use to describe a
  government that has power that is distributed
  between more than one level of government?
• Answer Federalism

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Power 600

• Question What kind of power would we consider
  marriage laws to fall under in the United States
  since it is a power that is reserved to be dealt
  with at the state level?

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Power 600

• Question What kind of power would we consider
  marriage laws to fall under in the United States
  since it is a power that is reserved to be dealt
  with at the state level?
• Answer Reserved Power

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Power 800

• Question What kind of power would we consider
  maintaining an army be in the United States?

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Power 800

• Question What kind of power would we consider
  maintaining an army be in the United States?
• Answer Enumerated Power only the national
  government has this power

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Power 1000

• Question What kind of power would we call
  issuing income taxes in the United States?

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Power 1000

• Question What kind of power would we call
  issuing income taxes in the United States?
• Answer Concurrent Power - since it can be
  issued at the State and the National level

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Mystery 200

Question How many Articles are included in the
Constitution?
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Mystery 200

Question How many Articles are included in the
Constitution? ANSWER 7 articles

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Mystery 400

• Question How many terms can a U.S. House of
  Representatives member or a Senator serve?

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Mystery 400

• Question How many terms can a U.S. House of
  Representatives member or a Senator serve?
• ANSWER As many as they are elected for that
  position. No term maximun

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Mystery 600

• QUESTION Who takes over if the President and
  the Vice President both resign?

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Mystery 600

• QUESTION Who takes over if the President and
  the Vice President both resign?
• ANSWER The Speaker of the House

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Mystery 800
Question If a presidential candidate does not
receive _______ electoral votes, then the
___________________ selects the president and the
____________ selects the vice president.

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Mystery 800
Question If a presidential candidate does not
receive _______ electoral votes, then the
___________________ selects the president and the
____________ selects the vice president. ANSWER
270 House of Representatives the Senate

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Mystery 1000
QUESTION If the president charged with treason,
__________ or commits a high crime, they could be
___________ by the House of Representatives and
potentially ______________ by the senate.
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Mystery 1000
QUESTION If the president charged with treason,
__________ or commits a high crime, they could be
___________ by the House of Representatives and
potentially ______________ by the
senate. ANSWER bribery impeached
removed
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Daily Double!!
NOW WORTH 800!!!
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Daily Double!!

• NOW WORTH 400!!!

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Daily Double!!

• NOW WORTH 1600!!!

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Daily Double!!
NOW WORTH 1200!!!
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Final Jeopardy!
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Final Jeopardy Question

• What are three rules that change from the
  Articles of Confederation to the Constitution?

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Final Jeopardy Question

• What are three rules that change from the
  Articles of Confederation to the Constitution?
• ANSWER! - We now at the Federal level an
  executive branch, a judicial branch, only
  National money and the ability to negotiate
  tariffs and to tax just to name a few!