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Final Jeopardy
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100 Question from Principles
Name the principles the Constitution is based on
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100 Answer from Principles
Popular Sovereignty Limited Government Separation
of Powers Checks and Balances Judicial
Review Federalism
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200 Question from Principles
This principal holds that a government may do
only those things that the people have given it
the power to do
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200 Answer from Principles
Limited Government
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300 Question from Principles
What states the broad purpose of the Constitution
and introduces concepts of popular sovereignty
and representative government?
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300 Answer from Principles
Preamble to the Constitution
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400 Question from Principles
What is the division of power among a central
government and several regional governments?
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400 Answer from Principals
Federalism
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500 Question from Principals
The principal of popular sovereignty was bodly
proclaimed in what document?
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500 Answer from Principles
The Declaration of Independence
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100 Question from Amendments
The first 10 amendments are called
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100 Answer from Amendments
The Bill of Rights
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200 Question from Amendments
Changes in the written words of the Constitution
are known as
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200 Answer from Amendments
Formal Amendments
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300 Question from Amendments
An amendment may be proposed by a ____ Vote in
each house of Congress and be ratified by ____ of
State legislatures.
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300 Answer from Amendments
2/3 and 3/4
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400 Question from Amendments
How many amendments are there in TOTAL?
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400 Answer from Amendments
27
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500 Question from Amendments
Which amendment places a limit on presidential
terms?
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500 Answer from Amendments
22nd Amendment
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100 Question from Branches of G.
Name the 3 branches of government.
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100 Answer from Branches of G.
Legislative Executive Judicial
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200 Question from Branches of G.
What are the different roles of the executive,
legislative, and judicial branch?
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Legislative branch MAKES the law. Executive
branch CARRIES OUT the law. Judicial branch
INTERPRETS the law
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300 Question from Branches of G.
Each branch being subject to a number of
constitutional restraints by the other branches
is known as?
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300 Answer from Branches of G.
System of checks and balances
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400 Question from Branches of G.
Congress makes laws, but the President has the
power to____ an act of Congress.
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400 Answer from Branches of G.
Veto
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500 Question from Branches of G.
How can the judicial branch check the legislative
branch?
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500 Answer from Branches of G.
Judges may overturn a law when they decide that
it is unconstitutional.
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100 Question from Dates
What year was the Constitution written?
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100 Answer from Dates
1787
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200 Question from Dates
What year did the Constitution take effect?
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1789
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300 Question from Dates
What year was the Bill of Rights ratified?
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1791
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400 Question from Dates
What year was the womens suffrage amendment
ratified?
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500 Question from Dates
How many years after President Kennedys
assassination was the 25th amendment ratified?
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500 Answer from Dates
4 years1963-1967
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100 Question from Miscellaneous
Group that makes the formal selection of the
nations President
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100 Answer from Miscellaneous
Electoral College
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200 Question from Miscellaneous
A pact made by the President directly with the
head of a foreign state
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200 Answer from Miscellaneous
Executive Agreement
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300 Question from Miscellaneous
What does NAFTA stand for?
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300 Answer from Miscellaneous
North America Free Trade Agreement
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400 Question from Miscellaneous
Custom where the Senate approves only those
presidential appointees who are acceptable to the
senator
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400 Answer from Miscellaneous
Senatorial Courtesy
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500 Question from Miscellaneous
Where does it states in the Constitution that
there is only one supreme Court
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500 Answer from Miscellaneous
Article III, Section I