American Government

Vocab

100

This is when the President can order something without going through Congress

Executive Order

200

This is the job title of someone who tries to persuade members of government to support certain positions.

Lobbyist/Government Relations Specialist

300

This is the word for a government controlled by the wealthy

Plutocracy

400

This is the word for when U.S. Senators stall legislation by continuing "debate"

Filibuster

500

What is the word for legislation meant to only benefit a representative's district.

Pork

The Constitution

100

Who wrote the Constitution

James Madison

200

The Constitution was created after this earlier document proved ineffective

Articles of Confederation

300

The Federalists and Anti-Federalists disagreed about adding this to the Constitution

Bill of Rights

400

The last time the Constitution was changed was in this decade

1990s

500

This Federalist Paper Author signed his essays under the name Publius

Alexander Hamilton

Branches of Government

100

Under the Articles of Confederation I was the only branch that was set up at first.

Legislative Branch

200

I am the branch of government that makes sure that laws are obeyed and I command the armed forces. 

Executive Branch

300

This branch of the government has the most people working for it

Executive Branch

400

Which of the three branches is headquartered in Washington?

All of them

500

This system of government mixes the Legislative and Executive Branches

Parliamentary

Government Agencies

100

This Agency handles federal criminal investigations

F.B.I.

200

Better pay those taxes, or this agency will come and get ya'

IRS

300

This cabinet department was the most recently created 

DHS

400

This agency makes sure there are no obscenities on cable/radio

FCC

500

This agency regulates the exchange of cryptocurrency

NONE

Politics

100

This woman is the current speaker of the house

Nancy Pelosi

200

What state was Joe Biden a Senator from?

Deleware

300

How many electoral votes is Virginia worth?

13

400

This former President was nicknamed the Gipper

Ronald Reagan

500

This leader of China has successfully orchestrated a communist/capitalist hybrid

Xi Jinping