Jeopardy Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 The Nitty Gritty of the Constitution Origins of Government The Amendments Government in Pictures Principles of the Constitution Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Final Jeopardy
$100 Question from Origins of Government This theory states that rulers are given the right to rule by god.
$100 Answer from Origins of Government Divine Right Theory
$200 Question from Origins of Government The theory that states that the ruler and ruled enter into a contract.
$200 Answer from Origins of Government Social Contract Theory
$300 Question from Origins of Government Rule by a few people
$300 Answer from Origins of Government Oligarchy
$400 Question from Origins of Government One purpose of government is to provide these… (ex. Sewer systems, libraries, etc.)
$400 Answer from Origins of Government Public services
$500 Question from Origins of Government The type of government where one person rules (tip: not a dictatorship)
$500 Answer from Origins of Government autocracy
$100 Question from The Amendments The total number of Amendments.
$100 Answer from The Amendments 27
$200 Question from The Amendments Freedom of Speech, Press, and Religion are included in this amendment
$200 Answer from The Amendments The first amendment
$300 Question from The Amendments This amendment protects from “illegal search and seizure”.
$300 Answer from The Amendments 4th amendment
$400 Question from The Amendments This amendment gave women the right to vote.
$400 Answer from The Amendments 19th amendment
$500 Question from The Amendments The government cannot private land for public use without paying a fair price.
$500 Answer from The Amendments 5th amendment
$100 Question from Pictures Tax day is April 15th. The ability to tax is shared by both state and national governments .
$100 Answer from Pictures Concurrent Powers
$200 Question from Pictures This document did not succeed because it left the national government too weak
$200 Answer from Pictures Articles of Confederation
$300 Question from Pictures Federal troops escorting African American students to school in Arkansas after the students were blocked from entering the school by the state authorities
$300 Answer from Pictures Supremacy Clause
$400 Question from Pictures The nickname for the amendments above.
$400 Answer from Pictures Reconstruction Amendments
$500 Question from Pictures According to the constitution, this is the Legislative Branch’s main task.
$500 Answer from Pictures Make laws
$100 Question from The Constitution Each branch of government holds some control over the other two branches.
$100 Answer from The Constution Checks and Balances
$200 Question from The Constitution Power is divided between state and national governments.
$200 Answer from The Constitution Federalism
$300 Question from The Constitution Powers reserved for the states in the constitution
$300 Answer from The Constitution Reserved powers
$400 Question from The Consitution Powers given to the national government in the constitution
$400 Answer from The Constitution Delegated Powers
$500 Question from The Constiution Courts have power to declare laws, and actions of Congress and the president, unconstitutional.
$500 Answer from The Constitution Judicial Review
$100 Question from Nitty Gritty “We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union…” This summary states why the constitution was written
$100 Answer from Nitty Gritty The Preamble
$200 Question from Nitty Gritty The clause that gives Congress to pass laws that are “necessary and proper”
$200 Answer from Nitty Gritty Elastic Clause
$300 Question from Nitty Gritty The total amount of Articles in the Constitution
$300 Answer from Nitty Gritty Seven
$400 Question from Nitty Gritty The constitution gives this branch(s) the power to declare war officially
$400 Answer from Nitty Gritty Legislative Branch
$500 Question from Nitty Gritty The “Supreme Law of the Land”
$500 Answer from Nitty Gritty The Constitution
Final Jeopardy Under the Constitution, congress is this term…meaning “two houses”.
Final Jeopardy Answer Bicameral