Articles of Confederation
Article 1
Article 2
Article 3
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Randos
Mixed Bag
100

The Constitutional Convention was held in this city. 

What is Philadelphia?

100

Article 1 discusses the ________________ branch.

What is Legislative?

100

This is the main job of the Executive branch.

What is enforce laws?

100

The Supreme Court has this many members.

What is nine?

100

Name one special power that is unique to the Senate

100

The introduction to the Constitution is called ________________

What is Preamble?

100

The oaths of office for Congress, Executive, and Judicial branches are all related to protecting and defending this ____

What is the Constitution?

200

The Articles of Confederation had _______ branch(es) of government.

What is the number one?

200

This branch of congress has 435 members.

What is the House of Representatives?

200

The head of this branch of government is called the _________________.

What is the President?

200

The main duty of the judicial branch is this.

What is to interpret or evaluate laws?

200

Name one special power that is unique to the House

200

People who were against ratifying the Constitution were called...

What are antfederalists?

200

The president can issue _____, or official forgiveness for an acknowledged federal crime

What is a pardon?

300

This was a meeting of delegates in 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation, which produced the new U.S. Constitution.

What was the Constitutional Convention?

300

A member of congress is called a ______________ or __________________.

What is a senator or representative?

300

If the President does not agree with a law passed by congress, he has this power.

What is veto?

300

This is the leader of the Supreme  Court?

What is the Chief Justice?

300

Interpreting  the Constitution as it was intended by the Framers is representing this viewpoint

Loose Construction/Originalist Viewpoint

300

The term for a US Representative is ___

What is 2 years?

300

The leader of the majority party of the House of Representatives has a special title called _____.

Who is the Speaker of the House?

400

This riot in Western Massachusetts demonstrated the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.

What is Shay's Rebellion?

400

The number of representatives for each state is based upon this.

What is population?

400

This body elects the President.

What is the Electoral College?

400

Name one Supreme Court Justice

  • Chief Justice. John Roberts. (since 2005)
  • Associate Justice. Clarence Thomas. (since 1991)
  • Associate Justice. Ruth Bader Ginsburg. (since 1993)
  • Associate Justice. Stephen Breyer. ...
  • Associate Justice. Samuel Alito. ...
  • Associate Justice. Sonia Sotomayor. ...
  • Associate Justice. Elena Kagan. ...
  • Associate Justice. Neil Gorsuch.
  • Associate Justice. Brett Kavanaugh
400

The president can issue rules, regulations, and instructions called_____, which have the binding force of law upon federal agencies but do not require approval of the United States Congress. They expire at the end of the President’s term

What are executive orders?

400

U.S. senators term lasts ____ years

What is 6?

400

When the Supreme Court makes a decision that is not unanimous, two opinions are written. One is called the _______opinion. This opinion has the most agreement on the Court. 

What is the Majority Opinion?


500

It established a system for setting up governments in the western territories so they could eventually join the Union on an equal footing with the original 13 states

What is the Northwest Ordinance?

500

The Great Compromise stated that there should be _______ branches of government and _______ houses in Congress.

What is 3 and 2?

500

This group is chosen by the President to run executive departments.

What is the cabinet?

500

This person acts as the judge in impeachment trials.

Who is the Chief Justice?

500

A _____ is a government with many non-elected officials with specialized jobs. The executive branch is a great example of this.

What is a bureaucracy?

500

This person serves as the leader of the Senate.

Who is the Vice President?

500

_______  jurisdiction is the ability to review the decision of a lower court to see if the law was applied fairly. 

What is appellate jurisdiction?


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