The Constitution Jeopardy

WORDS, WORDS, WORDS CONGRESS FOR DAYS EXECUTIVE RANDOM STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW YO RIGHTS! CAN’T STOP, WON’T STOP Government Jeopardy FINAL JEOPARDY

Words- 100 THE FIRST 10 AMENDMENTS ARE CALLED… what is... The Bill of Rights

Words- 200 what is... Ratification FORMAL APPROVAL OR FINAL CONSENT

Words- 300 PRESIDENT’S REJECTION OF LEGISLATION THAT HAS PASSED BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS what is... VETO

WORDS- 400 THE POWER OF THE COURTS TO DECIDE WHETHER GOVERNMENT ACTS ARE CONSTITUTIONAL what is... JUDICIAL REVIEW

WORDS- 500 A TYPE OF AMENDMENT THAT DOESN’T CHANGE THE WRITTEN WORDING OF THE CONSTITUTION, BUT CHANGES HOW IT IS INTERPRETED OR PRACTICED what is... INFORMAL AMENDMENT

CONGRESS- 100 MEMBERSHIP IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IS DETERMINED IN THIS MANNER what is…POPULATION BY STATE

CONGRESS- 200 THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF THE SENATE who is... VICE PRESIDENT OF THE US

congress- 300 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES what is

congress- 400 WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT AN EXPRESSED (WRITTEN) POWER OF CONGRESS? BORROW MONEY PROVIDE EDUCATION COIN MONEY TAX what is... PROVIDE EDUCATION

CONGRESS- 500 POWER OF CONGRESS TO MAKE ALL LAWS “NECESSARY AND PROPER” what is... ELASTIC CLAUSE

EXECUTIVE -100 NEW STATES CAN ONLY BE ADMITTED INTO THE UNION BY PRESIDENTIAL ORDER. TRUE OR FALSE? what is... FALSE. ONLY BY AN ACT OF CONGRESS

EXECUTIVE -200 IN 1951, THIS WAS PASSED TO ESTABLISH THE PRESIDENT’S TWO TERM LIMIT what is ND AMENDMENT

EXECUTIVE -300 WHAT FRACTION OF REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS MUST AGREE TO SUCCESSFULLY OVERIDE A PRESIDENTIAL VETO? what is... 2/3

EXECUTIVE -400 IN A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, THE NUMBER OF ELECTORS IN EACH STATE EQUAL… what is... THE NUMBER OF SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES THAT STATE HAS IN CONGRESS

EXECUTIVE -500 WHICH OF THESE ARE NOT A POWER OF THE PRESIDENT OUTLINED IN ARTICLE II? PROVIDE INFO ON THE STATE OF THE UNION DECLARE WAR GRANT REPRIEVES COMMANDER IN CHIEF what is...DECLARE WAR

RANDOM THE WORDS, “WE THE PEOPLE”, THE CONSTITUTION REFLECTS WHAT PRINCIPLE what is... POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY

RANDOM THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES who is... SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE

RANDOM THERE ARE MORE FORMAL AMENDMENTS THAN INFORMAL AMENDMENTS. TRUE OR FALSE? what is... FALSE. THERE ARE MORE INFORMAL AMENDMENTS

RANDOM THE CONSTITUTION GIVES THE POWER OF IMPEACHMENT (ONE TO CHARGE, THE OTHER TO CONVICT) TO WHICH BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT (HINT: BOTH MAY RESIDE IN THE SAME BRANCH) what is... HOUSE TO CHARGE, SENATE TO CONVICT

DAILY DOUBLE TODAY, THE PROCESS OF RETURNING A FUGITIVE TO THE STATE IN WHICH THE CRIME WAS COMMITTED what is... EXTRADITION

Yo rights- 100 THE AMENDMENT THAT GAVE WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE what is th AMENDMENT

Yo rights- 200 THE ISSUE OF “CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT” DEALS WITH THIS AMENDMENT what is... 8 TH AMENDMENT

Yo rights- 300 THE 26 TH AMENDMENT CHANGED WHAT ABOUT VOTING what is... CHANGED THE VOTING AGE TO 18

Yo rights- 400 WHAT ISSUE DO THE 18 TH AND 21 ST AMENDMENTS HAVE IN COMMON: DUE PROCESS CIVIL RIGHTS VOTING RIGHTS PROHIBITION what is... PROHIBITION

Yo rights- 500 THE EQUAL PROTECTION OF ALL PERSONS UNDER THE LAW IS GUARANTEED BY THIS AMENDMENT what is TH AMENDMENT

Can’t stop, won’t stop- 100 FOR A FORMAL AMENDMENT TO BE RATIFIED, IT MUST BE APPROVED BY… what is... ¾ OF THE STATE LEGISLATORS

Can’t stop, won’t stop- 200 THIS AMENDMENT DEALS WITH CURRENT GUN CONTROL LEGISLATION AND DEBATE what is... 2 ND AMENDMENT

Can’t stop, won’t stop- 300 ALL ARE “DUE PROCESS” RIGHTS GUARANTEED BY THE 6 TH AMENDMENT EXCEPT: IMPARTIAL JURY DOUBLE JEOPARDY SPEEDY TRIAL ACCESS TO COUNSEL what is... DOUBLE JEOPARDY. DEALS WITH 5 TH AMENDMENT

Can’t stop, won’t stop- 400 “PLEADING THE FIFTH” PROTECTS AN INDIVIDUAL FROM what is... SELF-INCRIMINATION

Can’t stop, won’t stop- 500 THE 12 TH, 13 TH AND 14 TH AMENDMENTS REFLECT THIS PERIOD OF U.S. HISTORY what is... CIVIL WAR

Final Jeopardy WHILE ARTICLE 4 DEALS WITH STATE ISSUES IN THE CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE 6 FOCUSES ON HOW FEDERAL (CONSTITUTIONAL) LAW TRUMPS ALL FORMS OF STATE LAW. WHAT IS THIS CLAUSE CALLED? what is...SUPREMACY CLAUSE