Your TopicLegislative Branch
Executive Branch
Judicial Branch Potpourri Hodgepodge
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Bonus Question: 5000 pts
Topic 1: 200• Question:• What article of the Constitution outlines the
powers of the legislative branch?• Answer• 1
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Topic 1: 400• Question:• What does the legislative branch do when it
comes to the laws?• Answer• Makes the laws
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Topic 1: 600• Question:• What are the two houses of Congress?
• Answer• The Senate and the House of Representatives
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Topic 1: 800• Question:• What does a bill become if both houses in
Congress approve the bill and the president signs it?
• Answer• Law
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Topic 1: 1000• Question:
• How old do you have to be to become a member of the House of Representatives and how long do you serve?How old do you have to be to become a member of the Senate and how long do you serve?
• Answer• House 25 and 2 years; Senate 30 and 6 years
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Topic 2: 200• Question:• What article of the Constitution outlines the
powers of the executive branch?• Answer• 2
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Topic 2: 400• Question:• What does the executive branch do when it
comes to the laws?• Answer• Carries out or executes the laws
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Topic 2: 800• Question:• How old do you have to be to become
president? How long is one presidential term? How many terms can a president serve?
• Answer• 4 years and 2 tersm
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Topic 2: 1000• Question:• What is the process called that removes the
president from office for a crime he committed?
• Answer• Impeachment
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Topic 3: 200• Question:• What article of the Constitution outlines the
powers of the judicial branch?• Answer• 3
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Topic 3: 400• Question:• What does the judicial branch do when it
comes to the laws?• Answer• Interprets the laws
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Topic 4: 200• Question:• What is the system that the framers of the
Constitution created that would enable each branch of the government limit the power the power of the other branches, so that no one branch would gain too much power?
• Answer• Checks and balances
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Topic 4: 400• Question:• What is the definition of a check?• Answer• When one branch blocks the actions of
another branch?
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Topic 4: 600• Question:• What is an example of a “check” power?• Answer• The president vetoing a bill
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Topic 4: 800• Question:• What does balance mean in checks and
balances? • Answer• Allows each branch of the government to have
some roll in the actions of other branches.
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Topic 4: 1000• Question:• What in an example of a balances in checks
and balances? • Answer• The president can nominate an ambassador
but the senate must confirm it.
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Topic 5: 600• Question:• What article of the Constitution outlines the
Amendment process? • Answer• 5
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Topic 5: 800• Question:• Proposing an amendment is the first step to for an
amendment to actually become part of the U.S. Constitution, usually this is done by a 2/3rds vote in Congress. What fraction (or percentage) of state legislatures (or special conventions) must approve the amendment for it to become part of the U.S Constitution?
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Topic 5: 1000• Question:• Federalism is when the national federal
government shares power with whom?• Answer• State government
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Bonus Question: 5000 pts.
• Question:• How many amendments are there currently in
affect in the U.S. Constitution? • Answer• 26
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Daily Double
Proposing an amendment is the first step to for an amendment to actually become part of the U.S. Constitution, usually this is done by a 2/3rds vote in Congress. What fraction (or percentage) of state legislatures (or special conventions) must approve the amendment for it to become part of the U.S
Constitution?