1. Jeopardy
Hosted by
Mr. Gipson

2. Legislative Branch
Executive Branch
Judicial Branch
Powerful Faces
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3. The Legislative Branch’s Primary Power
Who is to Create Laws
The Legislative Branch’s Primary Power
Row 1, Col 1

4. Who is the President of the United States – Barack Obama?
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5. The Executive Branch’s primary power
What is to Enforce (or execute) laws?
The Executive Branch’s primary power
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6. The primary power of the Judicial Branch
What is Interpret the Law?
The primary power of the Judicial Branch
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7. The two Houses of Congress
What is the House of Representatives and the Senate?
The two Houses of Congress
2,1

8. What is Vice President Joe Biden?
2,2

9. The President’s power to deny a law
What is a Veto?
The President’s power to deny a law
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10. What is Judicial Review (or Declaring a law unconstitutional)?
The Supreme Court’s method for checking the Legislative Branch’s power of lawmaking
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11. The number of congressmen in the Senate
What is 100?
The number of congressmen in the Senate
3,1

12. Who is Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid?
3,2

13. Who is the Vice President?
Replaces the President whenever the President is unable to perform his/her duties
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14. The number of Supreme Court Justices
What is 9?
The number of Supreme Court Justices
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15. Congress can check the President in law making with . . .
What is a Veto Override?
Congress can check the President in law making with . . .
4,1

16. Who is Speaker of the House – John Boehner?
4,2

17. What is Supreme Court Justices?
The President appoints these key members of government? (Executive’s check on the Judicial Branch)
4,3

18. Supreme Court nominations are approved by …
Who is the Senate (This is a Legislative Branch’s check on the Supreme Court?
Supreme Court nominations are approved by …
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19. What is 435?
DAILY DOUBLE!
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20. Who is Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts?
5,2

21. What is Commander in Chief (or the power to deploy troops)?
Congress has the power to declare war, the President has this similar power.
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22. What is a Constitutional Amendment?
When a law has been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, besides rewriting the law, this is the only way Congress (with the help of the states) can try to pass it.
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