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The Constitution The Amendments
The Constitution
Branches and Powers
Problems and Compromises
Miscellaneous
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400 400 400 400 400
600 600 600 600 600
800 800 800 800 800
1000 1000 1000 1000 1000
Bonus Question: 5000 pts
The Amendments: 200
• Question:• What does the 19th amendment grant?• Answer• Women’s voting rights
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The Amendments: 400
• Question:• What is the fifth amendment?• Answer• No person shall be held to answer for capital
or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indication of a grand jury. (I plead the 5th)
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The Amendments: 600
• Question:• Which amendment protects you from
quartering soldiers?• Answer• The third amendment
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The Amendments: 800
• Question:• Which amendment protects the Voting Age
from being raised?• Answer• The 26th amendment
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The Amendments: 1000
• Question:• Name five amendments out of the Bill of Rights• Answer• 1st – Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, and assembly• 2nd – Right to bear arms• 3rd – Freedom from quartering troops• 4th – No search and seizures without a warrant• 5th- The right not to answer for capital crime• 6th – Right to a speedy, public trial• 7th- Trial by Jury in Civil Cases• 8th – No excessive bail or fines• 9th – Rights of people shall not be denied• 10th – Powers of States and PeopleBack
The Constitution: 200
• Question:• How many senators per state are allowed in
the Senate? • Answer• Two senators per state
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The Constitution: 400
• Question:• What is the role of the Vice President?• Answer• To be the President of the Senate, but have no
vote, unless it is divided evenly
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The Constitution: 600
• Question:• What is the minimum age for a member of the
House of Representatives? And how many years must he be a citizen to be in the House?
• Answer• 25 years old, 7 years
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The Constitution: 800
• Question:• What were the purposes of the Constitution? (5)• Answer• 1. Establish Liberty• 2. Create Appropriate Structures• 3. Describe and Dispute Power• 4. Limit Government Powers• 5. Allow for Change
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The Constitution: 1000
• Question:• What is the purpose of the electoral college?• Answer• They are people chosen by the state to vote
for the president, so the people wouldn’t out vote the upperclass
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Branches and Powers: 200
• Question:• What are the three branches of government? • Answer• The legislative branch, the judicial branch, and
the executive branch
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Branches and Powers: 400
• Question:• What was the system put in place to keep the
branches from dominating each other?• Answer• Checks and Balances
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Branches and Powers: 600
• Question:• What are the powers of the executive branch?• Answer• Commander and chief of the armed forces,
responsible for enforcing laws written by congress, appoints the head of federal agencies
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Branches and Powers: 800
• Question:• What are the powers of the legislative branch?• Answer• Authority to declare wars and make laws, right
to confirm or reject presidents appointments, and substantial investigative powers
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Branches and Powers: 1000
• Question:• What are the powers of the judicial branch?• Answer• Settle disputes between states, review
appealed district court cases, determine whether or not amendments are unconstitutional.
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Problems and Compromises: 200
• Question:• What was the Great Compromise? • Answer• It was Roger Sherman’s idea of a two-house
Congress; one based on population, and one with a set number of people per state.
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Problems and Compromises: 400
• Question:• What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?• Answer• It counted three-fifths of the slave population
to count for the state’s population.
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Problems and Compromises: 600
• Question:• Who were the Federalists?• Answer• Supporters of a balance of powers in the new
government
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Problems and Compromises: 800
• Question:• Who were the writers of The Federalist and
what name was it published under?• Answer• James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John
Jay wrote The Federalist, under the pseudonym Publius
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Problems and Compromises: 1000
• Question:• How many months did it take to create the
Constitution?• Answer• About 4 months.
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Misc.: 400• Question:• Who were Antifederalists?• Answer• They were people who opposed having a
strong central government (aka against the Constitution)
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Misc.: 600• Question:• What was Shays’s Rebellion?• Answer• 1200 people, led by Daniel Shays, marched on
an arsenal on Springfield.
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Misc.: 800• Question:• What was the previous form of government
before the Constitution?• Answer• The Articles of Confederation
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Misc.: 1000• Question:• Who were the two presidents ever to be put
through the impeachment process?• Answer• Bill Clinton, and Richard Nixon
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Bonus Question: 5000 pts.
• Question:• Recite the Preamble• Answer• …• We the People of the United States, in Order to form a
more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
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