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The supreme law of the land in the United States
What is the Constitution?
100
The number of amendments the U.S. Constitution currently has
What is 27?
100
Makes up the Executive Branch
Who is the President?
100
The number of voting members in the House of Representatives
What is 435?
100
The person who steps in if the President can no longer serve
Who is the Vice-president?
100
Number of justices on the U.S. Supreme Court
What is 9?
100
See G-100 Clue
(Word)
What is the Legislative Branch?
200
The first 3 words of the Constitution, which capture the idea of self-government
What are, "We the People?"
200
The branch of government Article I of the Constitution deals with
What is the Legislative Branch?
200
Group the Constitution give the ability to makes federal laws
Who are Congress?
What is the Legislative branch?
200
The number of years a U.S. president is elected for
What are 4 years?
200
Signs bills to become laws
Who is the President?
200
Current Speaker of the House
Who is Nancy Pelosi?
200
See G-200 Clue
(Word)
What is the House of Representatives?
300
An addition or change to the Constitution
What is an amendment?
300
The article in the Constitution dealing with the Executive Branch
What is Article II?
300
2 parts of the U.S. Congress
What are the House of Representatives & the Senate?
300
The month when presidential elections are held in the United States
What is November?
300
If the President does not agree with a bill presented to him by Congress, he can do this
What is "veto the bill?"
300
Age someone has to be to run for President of the US
What is 35 years old?
300
See G-300 Clue
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What is the 2nd Amendment?
400
The 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution
What are the Bill of Rights?
400
System the founding fathers put in place to keep any one branch of government from becoming too powerful
What is Checks & Balances?
400
The number of U.S. senators
What is 100?
400
2 part question:
1. The number of years a U.S. Representative is elected for
2. The number of years a U.S. Senator is elected for
What are 2 years (representatives)
and 6 years (senators)?
400
The job of the judicial branch
What is to interpret laws?
400
Amendment that gave Women the Right to Vote
What is Amendment 19?
400
See G-400 Clue
(Word)
What is the 16th Amendment?
500
2 of the rights or freedoms listed in the 1st Amendment
What are: The freedom of Speech, religion, press, petition, or assembly?
500
Two Part Clue:
1. What branch of the government did the founding fathers intend to be the weakest of the three?
2. Which article of the Constitution deals with it?
What is the Judicial branch and article III?
500
Bonus! Answer this correctly & you earn an extra choice on the board at the end of your turn!
According to John Quincy Adams, THIS was "the platform upon which the Constitution of the United States had been erected. The principles proclaimed in THIS were embodied in the Constitution of the United States.”
What is the Declaration of Independence?
500
Two part clue:
Name the US President that was elected the most times in history and the number of times he was elected
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt and 4 times?
500
Two part clue:
1. Highest court in the U.S.
2. It's newest member
What is the Supreme Court and who is Brett Kavanaugh?
500
Beyond the age requirements,
there are 2 other qualifications that have to be met before someone can become president of the United States. Name them both.
What are "a natural born citizen"
and
"a resident for 14 years?"
500
In the line of succession, if President Trump could not fulfill his role and Mike Pence also could not, THIS person would assume the role of President
(Name, not position)
Who is Nancy Pelosi?