OH! NO! He Couldn’t make it….So you get….. Thomas Jefferson!

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OH! NO! He Couldn’t make it….So you get…..

Thomas Jefferson!

Jeopardy People5 Principles Vocab Outline Ratification Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

$100 People President of the Constitutional Convention

$100 People Who is George Washington?

$200 People Main Leader of the Federalists.

$200 People Who is Alexander Hamilton?

$300 People Leader of the Antifederalists

$300 People Who is Patrick Henry?

$400 People This man is known as the Father of the Constitution

$400 People Who is James Madison?

$500 People The pseudonym used by the authors of the Federalist Papers.

$500 People What is Publius?

$100 Principles This Principle’s basic idea is that No One Is Above the Law…NO ONE!

$100 Principles What is Limiting the Power Of the Gov’t?

$200 Principles Separation of Powers can best be defined as…and… the purpose Of this principle is…

$200 Battles What is when the three branches are Simply doing their job….. Divides the job of governing among three branches?

$300 Principles This is the principle that best illustrates the concept of We the people....

$300 Principles What is popular sovereignty?

$400 Principles This principle divides the job of governing between the national government and the states…

$400 Principles What is federalism?

$500 Principles This principle as created to make sure a dictatorship is not possible in the USA

$500 Principles What is checks and balances?

$100 Vocab When the President refuses to Sign a bill into law he is exercising This power

$100 Vocab What is veto?

$200 Vocab When the President wipes a criminal Offense from someone’s record and They are released from prison he is Using this power.

$200 Vocab What is pardon?

$300 Vocab A special interest group

$300 Vocab What is a faction?

$400 Vocab DAILY DOOOOOOOOUBLE! The power of the Supreme Court to judge the Constitutionality of A law or an act of the President.

$400 Vocab What is Judicial Review?

$500 Vocab The power of the Legislative Branch to Create laws that are “necessary and proper” To run the country is formally known as this.

$500 Vocab What is the Elastic Clause?

$100 Outline The introduction to the Constitution is called this

$100 Outline What is the Preamble?

$200 Outline. The Legislative Branch is made up of these two groups?

$200 Outline What is the House of Representatives and the Senate?

$300 Outline 35

$300 Outline What is the minimum age a person must be to run for President?

$400 Outline Translating the law

$400 Outline What is the job of the Judicial Branch?

$500 Outline Make treaties, make appointments, and Act as Commander in Chief of the Military.

$500 Outline What is some of the powers of the President /Executive Branch?

$100 Ratification To approve or accept the adoption of The Constitution as the gov’t of the US

$100 Ratification What is the definition of ratify?

$200 Ratification The supporters of ratification are called.

$200 Ratification Who are the Federalists?

$300 Ratification Those who are opposed to ratification.

$300 Ratification Who are the Antifederalists?

$400 Ratification A series of essays written to convince Antifederalists to ratify the Constitution?

$400 Ratification What are the Federalist Papers?

$500 Ratification The basic point that factions are a Good thing in a Republic is made by What author and in what Federalist Paper.

$500 Ratification Who is James Madison in Federalist Paper #10?

Final Jeopardy Federalist Paper #10!

Final Jeopardy Answer Explain why factions are good and that the take over of one faction is an impossibility that Madison gives in Federalist # 10 !