General Government
Executive Branch
The Electoral College
March Madness
100
What are the Three Branches of Government?
What is Executive, Legislative, and Judicial?
100
Who is the head of the Executive Branch?
What is the President?
100
How many votes reside in the Electoral College?
What is 538?
100
Who was the 1st President of the United States?
What is George Washington?
200
What type of government do we have here in the United States?
What is a Democratic Republic?
200
Who is second-in-command and is President of the Senate?
What is the Vice President?
200
In order to win the Electoral College, a candidate must win at least this many votes?
What is 270?
200
Who is our current president?
What is Donald Trump?
300
How many senators does each state have?
What is 2?
300
What are two roles of the President?
(More than one will be extra points)
What is the Commander-in-Chief of the Military, sign or veto laws, the power to carry out laws, choose new Supreme Court justices, and make treaties with other countries?
300
What are groups that fight for a specific cause? (Hint: These groups lobby for their beliefs such as Farming, Business, Senior Citizens, Environment, Women's Rights, etc...)
What are Special Interest Groups?
300
What was the name of the President that gave the Emancipation Proclamation?
What is Abraham Lincoln?
400
What determines the amount of representatives for a state in the House of Representatives?
What is population (of a state)?
400
What are the two main parties in the United States?
What are Democrats & Republicans?
400
What is it called when a President is forcibly removed from office? (Hint: This has happened to three Presidents throughout US History - Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton, & Donald Trump)
What is impeachment?
400
What President created New Deal Programs to help the United States out of the Great Depression?
What is Franklin Delano Roosevelt? (Will accept FDR)
500
DAILY DOUBLE:
How many Representatives does the state of Alaska have?
What is 1?
500
Name at least three out of the 15 executive departments.
(If you can name more, extra points!!!)
What is the Department of Justice, Education, Homeland Security, Treasury, Defense, Health and Human Services, Agriculture, Transportation, State, Interior, Commerce, Labor, Housing and Urban Development, Energy, and Veterans Affairs?
500
DAILY DOUBLE
How many Electoral College votes does the State of Alaska have?
What is 3?
500
Who is this President?
Who is Chester A. Arthur?