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100

the Supreme Court has TWO types of JURISDICTION.   What are the two?

ORIGINAL Jurisdiction

&

APPELLATE Jurisdiction

100

He was a leading rebel during the American Revolution, the creator of the "Virginia Plan",        the "Father of the Constitution," and the reluctant "father of the Bill of Rights."

Who is James MADISON?

100
Command and control of all US military forces, and their deployment, is given to this branch or office of the US Government
What is President as Commander-in-Chief under Article II, or the Executive Branch?
100
The governmental branch created by Article I
What is the LEGISLATIVE Branch
100
No "excessive bail" or "cruel or unusual punishment"
What is the 8th Amendment
200

Which Amendment guarantees "due process," prevents "double jeopardy," and guarantees you can't be forced to testify against yourself.

the FIFTH (5th) Amendment

200

This uprising of angry farmers in Massachusetts in 1786-87 scared Americans enough to get serious about Changing our constitution and form of government.

What was Shays' Rebellion?

200

What clause allows the powers of the US government to expand and to meet new, unforeseen needs not addressed specifically in the actual language of the Constitution?

What is the "necessary and proper" clause or the "ELASTIC" clause?

200
2/3 to propose, 3/4 to ratify . . . what are we talking about
What is Article V (5) the Amendment Article
200
List all five (5) of the Rights listed in the First Amendment
What are the freedoms of: 1) Religion 2) Speech 3) Press 4) Petition 5) Assembly
300

Which Amendment repealed another?

TWENTY-FIRST (21st) Amendment

repealed Prohibition of Alcohol,  the 18th 

300

This deal between competing plans of government created a bicameral legislature whose upper house (Senate) would have equal representation of the States, but  the lower House would have varying representation based on the size of a state's population.

what is the CONNECTICUT Compromise ?

300

These Powers are shared by both the national or federal government and by the state governments also.

What are Shared or CONCURRENT Powers?

300
The Debate between the two views is as old as the Constitution itself. . . Explain the difference between "loose interpretation " and "strict interpretation" of our Constitution.
Those advocating a "loose interpr. want federal or national power EXPANDED through implied powers and the "elastic" clause. On the other hand, those who favor a "strict " interp. want the federal gov't limited to mostly enumerated powers and point to the TENTH Amend.'s giving implied powers to the STATES.
300
Women were, by this amendment ratified in 1920, finally recognized as having the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
400

Which of the three "Reconstruction Amendments" clarifies citizenship rights and guarantees protection of those rights against infringement by state governments?

the FOURTEENTH (14th) Amendment

400
Did the Articles of Confederation ever do ANY good or do anything positive? GIVE an EXAMPLE
I decide the quality of the answer
400

those "self-evident" powers of the government that are  obvious or "automatic" for any government to have. . . DUH!

What are "INHERENT powers"?

400
Which Article says State laws can't conflict with Federal laws, if they do the state law doesn't count and cannot be enforced?
What is Article VI (6)? /or/ what is the "Supremacy Clause" ?
400
This amendment about what to do about a disabled, but NOT dead president is sometimes called "the ticking time bomb in the Constitution"
What is the 25th Amendment?
500

The old and proven ideas that government should be LIMITED, its powers SHARED, and that the LAW itself is above the government NOT the government above the law, are all ideas found in this foundational document signed way back in 1215.

What is MAGNA CARTA ?

500

author of the New Jersey or "small state" Plan

Who was William PATTERSON of NJ?

500

This body has the power to approve or to disapprove a president's choices for appointments to office, and also to ratify, or not,  treaties that the President has signed with other countries. . .

What is the SENATE?

500

Where will you find TREASON in the Constitution?

 Article III (3)

500
in the 2016 election anyone voting for Donald Trump for President was also, automatically, voting for Mike Pence for V.P. Which amendment says we vote for a Presidential and vice-presidential candidate TOGETHER, as a team or "TICKET"?
What is the 12th Amendment?
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