1. Who wants to be a Zillionaire?!

2. How to play The contestants will be shown a situation.
They must hold up the sign for which branch of government they think has the power.
They must say what branch
They must say why the branch has that power

3. How to play Remember: Bring up your Constitution packet
Bring up your Separation of Powers Sheet
LOOK FOR CLUE WORDS!!!!!!!!!
If your team gets an answer right, you go up a level
If your team gets an answer wrong you stay at the same level

4. Lifelines
Call a friend
Pull the audience
Get a clue

5. Practice Question
A bill banning cigarette smoking needs to be written.

6. Practice Answer Who? Why? Clue words? Legislative Branch!
That branch makes laws!
Clue words?
A bill banning cigarette smoking needs to be written.

7. Question
Someone does not like the cigarette bill and vetoes it.

8. Answer Executive Branch Enforces the law
Refuses to enforce it—this is called a veto.

9. Question
This branch overrides the veto and passes the cigarette bill.

10. Answer
Legislative Branch
Makes the Laws
And passes the law

11. Question
The cigarette smoking bill is declared “unconstitutional.”

12. Answer Judicial Branch Decides how the law applies or what law means
Decides or “unconstitutional”

13. Question
War is declared on Canada.

14. Answer
Legislative Branch
Power to declare war
Declares war

15. Question
Approves the appointment of Mr. Kelly as ambassador to Spain

16. Answer Legislative Branch Approves appointments
Approves (this make it law)

17. Question
Appoints Mr. Kelly as Supreme Court Judge.

18. Answer Executive Branch Power to appoint government officials
Appoints – chooses or nominates

19. Question
Taxes all History students $10 for having shirts untucked.

20. Answer
Legislative Branch
Power to raise taxes
Taxes

21. Question
Prints $100 and gives it to Mr. Kelly (sweet deal).

22. Answer
Legislative Branch
Power to make/print/coin money
Prints $100

23. Question
Serves as President of the Senate.

24. Answer Executive Branch
Vice President serves as President of the Senate
President

25. Daily Double-Step
Gives money to the military.

26. Answer Legislative Branch Possible answers: Money to military
Power to spend $$
Power to tax
Power to raise National Guard
Power to fund Navy
Power to fund Army
Provide for a common defense
Money to military

27. Question
Presents the State of the Union address (speech).

28. Answer Executive Branch
President must give a State of the Union Address to Congress every year.
State of the Union Address

29. Question
Controls and advises the military.

30. Answer Executive Branch President is Commander-in-Chief of military
Controls military

31. Question
Controls trade between United States and Mexico.

32. Answer Legislative Branch Power to control commerce or trade
Controls trade

33. Question
Which branches DO NOT have the following power?
Veto Bills

34. Answer Judicial/Legislative Branches
Only the President has the ability to veto or reject a law that has just been passed by Congress.

35. Question Which branches DO NOT have the following power?
Declare laws “unconstitutional”

36. Answer Legislative/Executive Branches
Only the Supreme Court gets to decide what the U.S. Constitution actually means.
It can declare a law “unconstitutional” if it does not fit into what the Constitution says is legal.

37. Question
Which branches DO NOT have the following power?
Declare War

38. Answer Executive/Judicial Branch
Only Congress can declare war. The President has the power to run the war.

39. Question Which branches DO NOT have the following power?
Appoint judges and ambassadors

40. Answer Legislative/Judicial Branches
Only the President can appoint or nominate government officials.

41. Question Which branches DO NOT have the following power?
Approve the appointments of judges and ambassadors

42. Answer Executive/Judicial Branches
Only Congress can approve the appointment of government officials.
Just like the President can accept or veto laws from Congress, Congress can accept or reject people the President want to work in the government.

43. Question
Raise taxes

44. Answer
Legislative Branch
Power to raise taxes

45. Question
Veto Bills

46. Answer
Executive Branch
President’s power to veto bills

47. Question
Decide whether law is constitutional or not

48. Answer
Judicial Branch

49. Question
Prints money

50. Answer
Legislative Branch
Power to print/coin/make $$

51. Question
Override a veto

52. Answer Legislative Branch
Congress can override a presidential veto if two-thirds (66%) of the Senate and House of Representatives vote to override.
That is hard to get that high of a vote!