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$100 Question from H1 Congress’s power to determine National policy will increase if The popularity of the president will ______________.

$100 Answer from H1 Decrease.

$200 Question from H1 In recent years, have presidents relied More on their White House Staff or More on the cabinet?

$200 Answer from H1 White House Staff.

$300 Question from H1 The electoral college consists of Delegates from the states in what Proportion?

$300 Answer from H1 One delegate for every Congress member from each state.

$400 Question from H1 Why do incumbents have a greater Advantage over challengers in an Election?

$400 Answer from H1 They are better known and can Raise campaign funds more easily.

$500 Question from H1 Prior to serving in Congress, 50% of all legislators came from What profession?

$500 Answer from H1 The legal field, they were lawyers.

$100 Question from H2 Name the House’s tax committee.

$100 Answer from H2 Ways and Means Committee.

$200 Question from H2 Name the law that killed the “spoils” system of the 1800s.

$200 Answer from H2 The Pendleton Act of 1883; “aka” Civil Service Act of 1883.

$300 Question from H2 What requirement of the Constitution Forces the redrawing of Congressional Districts every 10 years?

$300 Answer from H2 The census.

$400 Question from H2 The greatest number of American Voters identify themselves as____.

$400 Answer from H2 “moderate” or independent voters.

$500 Question from H2 Which party has more members?

$500 Answer from H2 The Democratic Party.

$100 Question from H3 People who join a political party Other than the one to which their Parents belong most often do so Because of ___________ issues.

$100 Answer from H3 Because of economic issues.

$200 Question from H3 Can the adoption of third party goals By a major political party lead to the Disintegration of that third party?

$200 Answer from H3 Um, yes.

$300 Question from H3 Is the burning of an American flag Protected by our free speech rights Of the First Amendment?

$300 Answer from H3 Yes.

$400 Question from H3 What process, available to the Congress and the States, could be Used to make flag burning illegal?

$400 Answer from H3 An amendment to the Constitution.

$500 Question from H3 Miranda v. Arizona concerned which Right(s) for those accused of crime?

$500 Answer from H3 The right to remain silent and the Right to counsel (a lawyer).

$100 Question from H4 Selective incorporation is Used by the Supreme Court to apply The Bill of Rights protections to _______ law.

$100 Answer from H4 “state law”.

$200 Question from H4 What amendment does the Supreme Court use in selective incorporation?

$200 Answer from H4 The 14 th Amendment.

$300 Question from H4 What programs make up the largest Portion of the Federal Budget?

$300 Answer from H4 Entitlements.

$400 Question from H4 Name three (3) entitlements…

$400 Answer from H4 Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid.

$500 Question from H4 What is an “iron triangle”?

$500 Answer from H4 Federal bureaucracy, congressional Committee, and a lobby group.

$100 Question from H5 Is your right to privacy “implied” by The Bill of Rights, OR is it “stated” in The Bill Of Rights?

$100 Answer from H5 Your right to privacy is implied.

$200 Question from H5 What might be a reason that Voter registration records underestimate the number Of independent voters?

$200 Answer from H5 Independents often do not Participate in primmaries: and many Are registered with the major parties.

$300 Question from H5 What does a “pardon” do?

$300 Answer from H5 A pardon grants a release from Legal punishment.

$400 Question from H5 What does a “reprieve” do?

$400 Answer from H5 A reprieve postpones legal Punishment.

$500 Question from H5 What was the “exclusionary rule” Established to do?

$500 Answer from H5 It was meant to limit the ability of Government to use illegally obtained Evidence.

Final Jeopardy The government promotes preferential Treatment for members of groups who have Historically suffered from discrimination by Means of __________ ________ programs.

Final Jeopardy Answer “affirmative action” programs.