3 Branches of Government Review

The Questions Legislative Branch Executive Branch Judicial Branch PowersPotpourri $100 $200 $300 $400 $500

Legislative Branch for $100 The title of the person who presides over the House of Representatives.

Answer: What/who is the Speaker of the House? Back to the Questions

Legislative Branch for $200 A long speech used to delay passage of a bill.

Answer: What is a filibuster? Back to the Questions Back to the Questions

Legislative Branch for $300 Reapportionment to describes the redistribution of seats in the House; based on this taken every ten years.

Answer: What is a census? Back to the Questions Back to the Questions

Legislative Branch for $400 Before a bill is debated on the floor, it goes here for public hearings, debate, and revisions.

Answer  What is committee or subcommittee? Back to the Questions Back to the Questions

Legislative Branch for $500 Name the two steps of removing someone from office.

Answer: What is impeachment:  Bringing charges against the person in the House needs 2/3 rd vote  Voting on the charges to remove the person in the Senate needs 2/3 rd vote Back to the Questions Back to the Questions

Executive Branch for $100 What president served more than 2 terms?

Answer: What is President Franklin D. Roosevelt? Back to the Questions Back to the Questions

Executive Branch for $200 Only this type of citizen may become President.

Answer Back to the Questions Back to the Questions What is natural born?

Executive Branch for $300 Making treaties and foreign policy, and appointing ambassadors are all parts of this role.

Answer What is Chief Diplomat? Back to the Questions Back to the Questions

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The Daily Double Question The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) are examples of these.

Answer: What are independent agencies or selected regulatory commissions? Back to the Questions Back to the Questions

Executive Branch for $500 Leaders of the Executive Departments form this?

Answer:  What is the cabinet? Back to the Questions Back to the Questions

Judicial Branch for $100 These are the three levels of federal courts.

Answer: What are: 1. Trial 2. Appeals 3. Supreme Court Back to the Questions Back to the Questions

Judicial Branch $200 This makes the meaning of Constitution clearer and impacts future rulings.

Answer: What is a precedent? Back to the Questions Back to the Questions

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The Daily Double Question Key term that means a court whose judges overturn legislative – made laws they believe are in conflict with the Constitution.

Answer: What is judicial activism? Back to the Questions Back to the Questions

Judicial Branch for $400 True or False: A jury is present at federal appeal courts.

Answer What is false? Back to the Questions Back to the Questions

Judicial Branch for $500 This are the four steps of the Supreme Court case process.

Answer What are: 1. Selecting a case 2. Hearing a case 3. Making a decision 4. Writing opinions Back to the Questions Back to the Questions

Powers for $100 Congress considering the President’s ideas and agenda is this role.

Answer What is Legislative Leader? Back to the Questions Back to the Questions

Powers for $200: Giving executive orders, enforcing laws, and appointing federal employees is part of this role.

Answer What is Chief Executive? Back to the Questions Back to the Questions

Powers for $300 This Vice – President, besides presiding over the Senate does what specific function?

Answer: What is cast the tie-breaking vote. Serve as President if the President cannot perform his/her duties Back to the Questions Back to the Questions

Powers for $400 What presidential role was President Ford performing when he pardoned former President Nixon?

Answer: Judicial Powers Back to the Questions Back to the Questions

Powers for $500 What is a non-legisaltive power of Congress?

Answer:  What is holding investigations? Back to the Questions Back to the Questions

Potpourri for $100 When a president holds onto a bill, and does not sign it while Congress is NOT in session.

Answer: What is a pocket-veto. Back to the Questions Back to the Questions

Potpourri for $200 The most recent Supreme Court Justice.

Answer: Who is Elena Kagan. Back to the Questions Back to the Questions

Potpourri for $300 Citizens and the Legislative Branch can check the Judicial Branch by doing this.

Answer: What is proposing and passing amendments to the Constitution. Back to the Questions Back to the Questions

Potpourri for $400 This man challenged his right to know his rights when accused of a crime.

Answer  Who was Ernesto Miranda? Back to the Questions Back to the Questions

Potpourri for $500 This is the informal phrase that is given to the words in the Constitution, “allowing Congress to make laws necessary and proper”.

Answer: What is the elastic clause? Back to the Questions Back to the Questions