Jeopardy Legislative Branch Unit III

FINAL Article I Q & T House Senate Terms Misc. 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500

Created the Legislative Branch ARTICLE I Created the Legislative Branch Row 1, Col 1

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES All money bills must Originate here 1,2

Powers Denied Congress Regulate slavery Tax state exports Titles of nobility 1,3

CONGRESS U.S. House + U.S. Senate= 1,4

Revenue Borrowing Declare War Powers Given Congress Revenue Borrowing Declare War 1,5

Qualifications for U.S. House Members 25 years old, 7 years, & Resident 2,1

Term of U.S. Senator 6 years 2,2

Term for U.S. House Member 2 years 2,3

Qualifications for U.S. Senator 30 years old, 9 years, & Resident 2,4

Representative Government BICAMERAL Two house form of Representative Government 2,5

Number of U.S. House Districts MN Has 8 Number of U.S. House Districts MN Has 3,1

Majority in the U.S. House REPUBLICANS Party currently in the Majority in the U.S. House 3,2

***DAILY DOUBLE*** 3,3

Leader of the Majority Party, SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE Leader of the Majority Party, He/She is number 2 in Succession 3,4

Member of the minority party Who “helps” party members House Democratic (Minority) Whip Member of the minority party Who “helps” party members Vote with their party 3,5

What is Class and/or Election of U.S. Senators 1/3, 1/3, 1/3 4,1

Number of U.S. Senators 100 4,2

Who presides when VP is not PRESIDENT PROTEMPORE Most senior member of The Majority Party Who presides when VP is not around 4,3

Party currently controlling the DEMOCRATS Party currently controlling the The U.S. Senate 4,4

U.S. Supreme Court Justices, Votes in the Senate checking the President’s powers U.S. Ambassadors, U.S. Supreme Court Justices, Treaties 4,5

CONSTITUENT You will be one when You vote 5,1

Tactic for defeating a bill FILIBUSTER Tactic for defeating a bill In the U.S. Senate 5,2

A committee procedure to Set a bill aside w/o considering PIGEONHOLE A committee procedure to Set a bill aside w/o considering it 5,3

Without paying postage FRANKING PRIVILEGE Right of members of Congress to send “work related mail” Without paying postage 5,4

***DAILY DOUBLE*** 5,5

Andrew Johnson William Clinton IMPEACHED PRESIDENTS Andrew Johnson William Clinton 6,1

What did the 17th Amendment ALLOWED CITIZENS TO DIRECTLY VOTE FOR US SENATORS What did the 17th Amendment Do? 6,2

Bill on President’s Desk President does nothing POCKET VETO Bill on President’s Desk While Congress is Not in session and President does nothing 6,3

Check and Balance On a chief executive Veto OVERRIDE (2/3) Check and Balance On a chief executive Veto 6,4

VP/ President of the Senate/ EB Cast the tie-breaking Vote in the Senate 6,5

***DAILY DOUBLE*** A formal reprimand By U.S. Senators CENSURE ***DAILY DOUBLE*** A formal reprimand By U.S. Senators 5,3

Name the current Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) ***DAILY DOUBLE*** Name the current Speaker Of the U.S. House 3,4

MAKE YOUR WAGERS, PLEASE FINAL JEOPARDY CATEGORY: Electoral College NEXT

Describe the Electoral College 435+100+3=538 / 270 Describe the Electoral College