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The Constitution!!!

The Constitution The Amendments

The Constitution

Branches and Powers

Problems and Compromises

Miscellaneous

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Bonus Question: 5000 pts

The Amendments: 200

• Question:• What does the 19th amendment grant?• Answer• Women’s voting rights

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The Amendments: 400

• Question:• What is the fifth amendment?• Answer• No person shall be held to answer for capital

or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indication of a grand jury. (I plead the 5th)

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The Amendments: 600

• Question:• Which amendment protects you from

quartering soldiers?• Answer• The third amendment

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The Amendments: 800

• Question:• Which amendment protects the Voting Age

from being raised?• Answer• The 26th amendment

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The Amendments: 1000

• Question:• Name five amendments out of the Bill of Rights• Answer• 1st – Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, and assembly• 2nd – Right to bear arms• 3rd – Freedom from quartering troops• 4th – No search and seizures without a warrant• 5th- The right not to answer for capital crime• 6th – Right to a speedy, public trial• 7th- Trial by Jury in Civil Cases• 8th – No excessive bail or fines• 9th – Rights of people shall not be denied• 10th – Powers of States and People

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The Constitution: 200

• Question:• How many senators per state are allowed in

the Senate? • Answer• Two senators per state

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The Constitution: 400

• Question:• What is the role of the Vice President?• Answer• To be the President of the Senate, but have no

vote, unless it is divided evenly

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The Constitution: 600

• Question:• What is the minimum age for a member of the

House of Representatives? And how many years must he be a citizen to be in the House?

• Answer• 25 years old, 7 years

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The Constitution: 800

• Question:• What were the purposes of the Constitution? (5)• Answer• 1. Establish Liberty• 2. Create Appropriate Structures• 3. Describe and Dispute Power• 4. Limit Government Powers• 5. Allow for Change

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The Constitution: 1000

• Question:• What is the purpose of the electoral college?• Answer• They are people chosen by the state to vote

for the president, so the people wouldn’t out vote the upperclass

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Branches and Powers: 200

• Question:• What are the three branches of government? • Answer• The legislative branch, the judicial branch, and

the executive branch

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Branches and Powers: 400

• Question:• What was the system put in place to keep the

branches from dominating each other?• Answer• Checks and Balances

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Branches and Powers: 600

• Question:• What are the powers of the executive branch?• Answer• Commander and chief of the armed forces,

responsible for enforcing laws written by congress, appoints the head of federal agencies

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Branches and Powers: 800

• Question:• What are the powers of the legislative branch?• Answer• Authority to declare wars and make laws, right

to confirm or reject presidents appointments, and substantial investigative powers

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Branches and Powers: 1000

• Question:• What are the powers of the judicial branch?• Answer• Settle disputes between states, review

appealed district court cases, determine whether or not amendments are unconstitutional.

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Problems and Compromises: 200

• Question:• What was the Great Compromise? • Answer• It was Roger Sherman’s idea of a two-house

Congress; one based on population, and one with a set number of people per state.

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Problems and Compromises: 400

• Question:• What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?• Answer• It counted three-fifths of the slave population

to count for the state’s population.

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Problems and Compromises: 600

• Question:• Who were the Federalists?• Answer• Supporters of a balance of powers in the new

government

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Problems and Compromises: 800

• Question:• Who were the writers of The Federalist and

what name was it published under?• Answer• James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John

Jay wrote The Federalist, under the pseudonym Publius

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Problems and Compromises: 1000

• Question:• How many months did it take to create the

Constitution?• Answer• About 4 months.

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Misc.: 200• Question:• Who was the first state to ratify the

Constitution?• Answer• Delaware

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Misc.: 400• Question:• Who were Antifederalists?• Answer• They were people who opposed having a

strong central government (aka against the Constitution)

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Misc.: 600• Question:• What was Shays’s Rebellion?• Answer• 1200 people, led by Daniel Shays, marched on

an arsenal on Springfield.

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Misc.: 800• Question:• What was the previous form of government

before the Constitution?• Answer• The Articles of Confederation

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Misc.: 1000• Question:• Who were the two presidents ever to be put

through the impeachment process?• Answer• Bill Clinton, and Richard Nixon

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Bonus Question: 5000 pts.

• Question:• Recite the Preamble• Answer• …• We the People of the United States, in Order to form a

more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

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