1. Jeopardy
Legislative
Branch
Unit III

2. FINAL
Article I
Q & T
House
Senate
Terms
Misc.
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3. Created the Legislative Branch
ARTICLE I
Created the Legislative Branch
Row 1, Col 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. Number of U.S. House Districts MN Has8
Number of U.S. House
Districts MN Has
3,1

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

15. ***DAILY DOUBLE***
3,3

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

17. 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

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

19. Number of U.S. Senators
100
4,2

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

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

22. 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

23. CONSTITUENT
You will be one when
You vote
5,1

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

25. 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

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

27. ***DAILY DOUBLE***
5,5

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

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

30. 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

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

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

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

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

35. MAKE YOUR WAGERS, PLEASE
FINAL JEOPARDY
CATEGORY:
Electoral College
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36. Describe the Electoral College
=538 / 270
Describe the Electoral College