The Constitution
An Enduring Document
Applying the Constitution
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Which two ancient civilizations inspired the Constitution?
Ancient Greece and Rome
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About how old is our Constitution?
220 years old
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What custom became law after FDR passed away?
Presidents could only serve two terms (X6)
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What three branches were created by separations of power?
The legislative, judicial, and executive
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So there's these two guys who are kind of like brothers but one of them is upset that he isn't getting a promotion so he joins a different group and kills all of his old coworkers because this other group says they can help save his wife but then his old friend cuts off his limbs and he is burned alive. He survives this and gets put in a walking iron lung.
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
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What philosopher helped inspire the Constitution?
John Locke
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Between the two amendment ratifying processes, who ratifies the amendment in both processes?
The States (X2)
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Why is it considered bad when the senate and president disagree?
It can cause gridlock and shut down the government
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What majority is needed to pass an amendment?
3/4ths majority
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This guy gets bit by a spider and gets super powers but his friends dad also gets like super strength and starts killing people and he has to stop his friends dad who accidently kills himself and his friend thinks that he killed his dad.
Spider-Man
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What is limited government known as?
The Rule of law
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About how many amendments have been proposed?
10,000 amendments
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What is a responsibility of the legislative branch?
Create the lower-level court systems
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What president has served more than two terms?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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So in this movie the main character is a stunt guy who makes a deal with the devil to make his father feel better but his father dies instead. Anyway, this guy soon becomes a servant to the devil and needs to stop the son of the devil from becoming super powerful and stuff like that. He also turns into a skill with fire on it and rides a motorcycle
Ghostrider
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What power if granted by judicial review?
The power to determine whether legislative or executive actions are constitutional
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What made the 21st amendment different from the other amendments
It was the first amendment to be ratified using the state convention method
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What is judicial intrepretation?
Where the supreme court decides if something is constitutional or unconstitutional
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Why do some states feel they are not properly represented?
Because smaller states get the same amount of senators with nearly a 1/7th of the population as other states
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So there's these two guys, one is a doctor and the other one is a photographer. They both are chained in a bathroom and have to find a way out because if they don't then the doctors family dies. However, it is revealed that the photographer was spying on the doctor cause the doctor was cheating on his family. Soon the doctor cuts off his leg and crawls away. meanwhile there's been a dead guy in the bathroom who was actually not dead and he was the mastermind behind the whole operation and he leaves the photographer in the bathroom to die
Saw
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What did James Madison and Thomas Jefferson argue over? Who took which side?
Madison did not like making changes to the Constitution while Jefferson was in favor of having amendments added over time
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Which article allows for the creation of new amendments?
Article V
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What power is not explicitly given to the president in the Constitution but is a power they have been given anyway?
Executive agreements
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What are the two ways to propose an amendment?
Through the Senate and the House or by national convention
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In this movie a cruise ship flips upside down so everyone that was at the top of the ship is now at the bottom and this group of people try to make their way to the bottom of the boat (now the top) but people in the group start to die. In the end these guys get off the boat before it sinks.
Poseidon
