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Which Branch is Which?
Famous People
Constitution Crazy!
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Final Jeopardy

2. $100 Question from New Nation Vocabulary
This term means to charge and remove a public official with having done something illegal while in office.

3. $100 Answer from New Nation Vocabulary
impeach

4. $200 Question from New Nation Vocabulary
This term refers to a system in which each branch of government makes sure each other branch does not become too strong.

5. $200 Answer from New Nation Vocabulary
Checks and Balances

6. $300 Question from New Nation Vocabulary
This term refers to a set of laws governing a state or nation.

7. $300 Answer from New Nation Vocabulary
constitution

8. $400 Question from New Nation Vocabulary
This term means to formally approve.

9. $400 Answer from New Nation Vocabulary
ratify

10. $500 Question from New Nation Vocabulary
This term refers to the first system of government in the United States.

11. $500 Answer from New Nation Vocabulary
Articles of Confederation

12. $100 Question from Which Branch is Which?
This branch has the power to debate and suggest new laws.

13. $100 Answer from Which Branch is Which?
Legislative

14. $200 Question from Which Branch is Which?
This branch’s members are appointed by the President.

15. $200 Answer from Which Branch is Which?
Judicial

16. $300 Question from Which Branch is Which?
This branch settles arguments between another countries and the United States.

17. $300 Answer from Which Branch is Which?
Judicial

18. $400 Question from Which Branch is Which?
This branch has the power to call a meeting of Congress.

19. $400 Answer from Which Branch is Which?
Executive

20. $500 Question from Which Branch is Which?
This branch has the power to make new currency (money).

21. $500 Answer from Which Branch is Which?
Legislative

22. $100 Question from Famous People
At the Constitutional Convention, this famous leader was unanimously-elected President.

23. $100 Answer from Famous People
George Washington

24. $200 Question from Famous People
This person suggested “The Great Compromise” which established the Legislative Branch.

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Roger Sherman

26. $300 Question from Famous People
This Massachusetts farmer staged a rebellion as a weak national government looked on (unable to put down any forces).

27. $300 Answer from Famous People
Daniel Shays

28. $400 Question from Famous People
This is the title given to the head of the Executive Branch.

29. $400 Answer from Famous People
President

30. $500 Question from Famous People
This famous man attended the Constitutional Convention and hand-recorded all that was said!

31. $500 Answer from Famous People
James Madison

32. $100 Question from Constitution Crazy!
In which city did the delegates to the Constitutional Convention meet?

33. $100 Answer from Constitution Crazy!
Philadelphia

34. $200 Question from Constitution Crazy!
Who proposed the Great Compromise? What did it call for?

35. $200 Answer from Constitution Crazy!
Roger Sherman; It calls for Congress to have 2 houses: the Senate (equal representation by all states) and the House of Representatives (representation based on population).

36. $300 Question from Constitution Crazy!
People who were in favor of (liked) the Constitution called themselves this…

37. $300 Answer from Constitution Crazy!
Federalists

38. $400 Question from Constitution Crazy!
What is the name given to the first 10 Amendments of the Constitution?

39. $400 Answer from Constitution Crazy!
The Bill of Rights

40. $500 Question from Constitution Crazy!
What did the Virginia Plan say?
What did the New Jersey Plan say?

41. $500 Answer from Constitution Crazy!
VA Plan: Stated that states with a larger population deserved to have more representation in Congress than states with a smaller population.
NJ Plan: Stated that all states should have equal representation.

42. $100 Question from Government Grab-Bag
If the President vetoes a bill, what fraction of the Congress must approve it in order for it to become a law?

43. $100 Answer from Government Grab-Bag
two-thirds (2/3)

44. $200 Question from Government Grab-Bag
What was the importance of Shays’s Rebellion?

45. $200 Answer from Government Grab-Bag
Shays’s Rebellion revealed how weak the
Articles of Confederation really were
(our government couldn’t even put down
a small group of angry farmers!)

46. $300 Question from Government Grab-Bag
The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave citizens the right to…

47. $300 Answer from Government Grab-Bag
…bear arms.

48. $400 Question from Government Grab-Bag
In what year was the Constitutional Convention held?

49. $400 Answer from Government Grab-Bag
1787

50. $500 Question from Government Grab-Bag
What are the three main requirements for becoming President of the United States?

51. $500 Answer from Government Grab-Bag
*You must be at least 35 years old.
*You must have been born in the U.S.A.
*You must have lived in the U.S.A. for the past 14 years.

52. Final Jeopardy
Explain what is meant by a system of Checks and Balances and provide an example of how each branch checks on another branch.

53. Final Jeopardy Answer
The system of Checks and Balances allows each branch to check up on the others before anything can be finalized. This ensures no branch can become too powerful.