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Final Jeopardy

$100 Question from Constitution Creation

How is the Constitution Structured?

$100 Answer from Constitution Creation

Preamble, 7 Articles, 27 Amendments

$200 Question from Constitution Creation

The Founding Fathers made sure the Constitution had check and balances because they feared

$200 Answer from Constitution Creation

The concentration of political power.

$300 Question from Constitution Creation

Every State in the Union will have

$300 Answer from Constitution Creation

A republican (representative) form of government

$400 Question from Constitution Creation

Where and when was the Constitutional Convention held?

$400 Answer from Constitution Creation

Philadephia, PA in 1787.

$500 Question from Constitution Creation

What are three of the five basic principles of the Constitution?

$500 Answer from Constitution Creation

Popular Sovereignty, Limited Government, Separation of Powers, Check and Balances, Federalism.

$100 Question from Branches of Government

What is the main duty of the Legislative Branch?

$100 Answer from Branches of Government

To make the laws.

$200 Question from Branches of Government

Does the House or Senate propose revenue bills?

$200 Answer from Branches of Government

The House of Representatives: Article 1 Section 7, clause 1 all bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Represenatives

$300 Question from Branches of Government

What is Judicial Review?

$300 Answer from Branches of Government

The power of the Supreme court to hear a case decided by an inferior court.

$400 Question from Branches of Government

What are the lengths of terms for Representatives, Senators, The President, and Supreme Court Judges?

$400 Answer from Branches of Government

Representatives: 2 years Senators: 6 years President: 4 years Supreme Court Judge: life

$500 Question from Branches of Government

Under what circumstances does a Pocket Veto occur?

$500 Answer from Branches of Government

President does not sign a bill and 10 days later Congress is out of session. The bill dies.

$100 Question from Bill of Rights

What are the Bill of Rights made up of?

$100 Answer from Bill of Rights

10 Amendments of the Constitution

$200 Question from Bill of Rights

Name the freedoms that are protected in the First Amendment.

$200 Answer from Bill of Rights

Freedom of Speech, Press, Religion, Assembly, and Petition.

$300 Question from Bill of Rights

Which amendment in the Bill of Rights addresses the right to a speedy trial?

$300 Answer from Bill of Rights

Amendment VI

$400 Question from Bill of Rights

What does Amendment X of the Constitution address?

$400 Answer from Bill of Rights

Rights of the States under the Constitution

$500 Question from Bill of Rights

Which amendment addresses the quartering of soldiers?

$500 Answer from Bill of Rights

Amendment III

$100 Question from Amendments

How many amendments are their currently to the Constitution?

$100 Answer from Amendments

27.

$200 Question from Amendments

Under the Amendments, what is Congress forbidden from establishing?

$200 Answer from Amendments

A national religion.

$300 Question from Amendments

What are the 3 things an individual is guaranteed in the 14th Amendment?

$300 Answer from Amendments Life, Liberty, and Property.

$400 Question from Amendments

What is Eminent Domain?

$400 Answer from Amendments The process of government seizing private property for public use.

$500 Question from Amendments

What rule does the 22nd Amendment establish?

$500 Answer from Amendments How long an individual can hold the Presidency for: no more than 10 years.

$100 Question from Potluck What does the elastic clause allow for?

$100 Answer from Potluck

Amendments to the Constitution.

$200 Question from Potluck States cannot do what, according to the Constitution?

$200 Answer from Potluck Print money.

$300 Question from Potluck What is the supreme law of the land?

$300 Answer from Potluck The Constitution of the United States.

$400 Question from Potluck The Election of 1800 resulted in what Amendment? What does that amendment deal with?

$400 Answer from Potluck 12th Amendment: Election of the President and Vice President.

$500 Question from Potluck Where and when was the Constitutional Convention held?

$500 Answer from Potluck

Philadelphia in 1787

Final Jeopardy
Who was selected as Presiding Officer of the Constitutional Convention, and who is considered the Father of the Constitution?

Final Jeopardy Answer

George Washington was the Presiding Officer and James Madison is the father of the Constitution.