Constitution Jeopardy
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AMERICAN HISTORY
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AMERICAN HISTORY
Constitution Jeopardy!
Legislative
Executive
Judicial
Convention
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Who checks
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Legislative $100
QUESTION: What is the main duty of the
legislative branch?
Legislative $100
QUESTION: What is the main duty of the
legislative branch?
ANSWER: Make Laws
Legislative $200
QUESTION: Who are the members of the
legislative branch at the National Level
and the State Level?
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)
Legislative 300
QUESTION: ________ years is the term
lengths for House of Representative
members and _________ years is the
term length for senators
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
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.
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
Legislative $500
QUESTION: How does a bill, introduced
in the Senate, become a law?
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
Executive $100
QUESTION: The main power of the
Executive Branch is to?
Executive $100
QUESTION: The main power of the
Executive Branch is to?
ANSWER: Enforce the Law
Executive $200
QUESTION: What are the requirements
for becoming president?
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
Executive $300
QUESTION: Who is the head of the
Executive Branch at all three levels of
government?
Executive $300
QUESTION: Who is the head of the
Executive Branch at all three levels of
government?
ANSWER:
National – President
State - Governor
Local – Mayor
Executive $800
Question: What would cause the
president to be impeached?
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.
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?
ANSWER:1) term limit
2) Overide by 2/3 vote by congress
3) Actions can be declared
unconstitutional
4) can be impeached
Judicial $100
Question: What is main purpose of the
Judicial Branch?
Judicial $100
Question: What is main purpose of the
Judicial Branch?
ANSWER: Interpret the law
Judicial $200
Question: Who is involved the Judicial
Branch at the National Level?
Judicial $200
Question: Who is involved the Judicial
Branch at the National Level?
ANSWER: 9 Supreme Court Justices and
District Courts
Judicial $300
QUESTION: What is Judicial Review?
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
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?
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
Judicial $500
QUESTION: What stops us from having
an unqualified Supreme Court Justice?
(hint… how are they chosen?)
Judicial $500
QUESTION:What 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!
Convention $100
QUESTION: How many states were
needed to approve the new Constitution?
Convention $100
QUESTION: How many states were
needed to approve the new Constitution?
ANSWER: 9 out of 13 states
Convention $200
QUESTION: Who presented the New
Jersey Plan and what type of legislature
did it recommend?
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.
Convention $300
QUESTION: While ______________
presided over the convention, it was
_____________ proposal of the Great
Compromise that allowed everyone to
agree on a new government.
Convention $300
QUESTION:While ______________ 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 Franklin’s guidance)
Convention $400
QUESTION: Whose ideas were in the
Virginia Plan and what was its plan for the
legislative branch?
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
Convention $500
QUESTION: What did the Great
Compromise do with the newly formed
legislative branch of government?
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.
Who Checks Who $100
QUESTION: Which branch can veto a bill
and who is being checked by that power?
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.
Who Checks Who $400
QUESTION: Which branch can approve a
treaty and who would they check by doing
so?
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.
Who Checks Who $300
QUESTION: Which branch appoints a
Supreme Court Justice and which branch
are they checking by appointing them?
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.
Who Checks Who $400
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QUESTION: What branch can impeach a
district court judge and who would they
check by doing so?
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
Who Checks Who $500
QUESTION: What branch can approve the
appointment of a judge and who would
they be checking with that power?
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.
Convention
Who Checks
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Departments
Power
Mystery
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Convention $200
QUESTION: What was the other name for
the Great Compromise?
Convention $200
QUESTION: What was the other name for
the Great Compromise?
ANSWER: The Connecticut Compromise
Convention $400
Question: What proposed plan followed
the same legislative idea that was used
under the Articles of Confederation?
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)
Convention $600
Question: What did the revision of the U.S.
Constitution show the world?
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.
Convention $1600
Question: What was said at the
Constitutional Convention about the
counting of slaves in population?
Convention $1600
Question: What was said at the
Constitutional Convention about the
counting of slaves in population?
Answer: The 3/5th’s 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.
Convention $1000
Question: What was said about slave
trade at the Constitutional Convention?
Convention $1000
Question:What 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.
Who Checks Who $200
Question: Which branch impeaches the vice
president and what branch is being
checked by doing so?
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.
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?
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.
Who Checks Who $600
Question: Which branch declares a law
unconstitutional and what branch would
they be checking by doing so?
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)
Who Checks Who $800
Question: What branch approves the
appointment of the secretary of defense
and who are they checking by doing so?
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.
Who Checks Who $1000
Question: What branch approves a treaty
and who are they checking by doing so?
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.
Departments $200
Question: What department deals with
foreign affairs?
Departments $200
Question: What department deals with
foreign affairs?
Answer: Department of State
Departments $400
Question: What department monitors
the working conditions in the United
States?
Departments $400
Question: What department monitors
the working conditions in the United
States?
Answer: Department of Labor
Departments $1200
Question: What department takes our
National census and works with patents?
Departments $1200
Question: What department takes our
National census and works with patents?
Answer: Department of Commerce
Departments $800
Question: What department includes the
Internal Revenue Service and aides in the
collection of income tax?
Departments $800
Question: What department includes the
Internal Revenue Service and aides in the
collection of income tax?
Answer: Department of Treasury
Departments $1000
Question: What department helps with
National Parks?
Departments $1000
Question: What department helps with
National Parks?
Answer: The Department of the Interior
Power $200
Question: What did the founding
fathers do to make sure that no one
branch ended up having too much
power?
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
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?
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
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?
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 –
Power $800
Question: What kind of power would we
consider maintaining an army be in the
United States?
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
Power $1000
Question: What kind of power would we
call issuing income taxes in the United
States?
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
Mystery $200
Question: How many Articles are
included in the Constitution?
Mystery $200
Question: How many Articles are included in the
Constitution?
ANSWER: 7 articles
Mystery $400
Question: How many terms can a U.S.
House of Representatives member or a
Senator serve?
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
Mystery $600
QUESTION: Who takes over if the
President and the Vice President
both resign?
Mystery $600
QUESTION: Who takes over if the
President and the Vice President both
resign?
ANSWER: The Speaker of the
House
Mystery $800
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Question:
If a presidential
candidate does not receive _______
electoral votes, then the
___________________ selects the
president and the ____________
selects the vice president.
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
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.
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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Final
Jeopardy!
Final Jeopardy Question
What are three rules that change
from the Articles of Confederation
to the Constitution?
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!