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100

Who was the first president of the United States?

Who was George Washington?

100

How many electoral votes does Indiana have?

What is 11?

100

What does an executive order only effect?

What is the executive branch?

100

Where does the President live?

What is the white house?

100

Who established the first presidential cabinet?

Who was George Washington?

200

How many members of the cabinet did Washington have?

What was 4?

200

How many electoral votes do you need to win the presidency?

What is 270?

200

Which famous executive order instructed the Union army to free slaves as they marched into Southern territory?

What was the Emancipation proclamation?

200

This is the president who lead us to victory during the First World War.

Who is Woodrow Wilson?

200

Which department handles federal transpiration efforts?

What is the department of transportation?

300

Which president did the most to change the presidency?

Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt?

300

What is a winner take all state?

What is if a candidate wins the state they receive all electoral votes?

300

Which infamous executive order stripped Japanese Americans rights and forced them to live in camps?

What is Japanese internment?

300

This President lead us through the Spanish-American war and was assassinated?  

Who was William McKinley?

300

Which department handles all foreign affairs and manages all diplomats?

What is the department of state?

400

Which President established executive offices to help to run the day to day functions of the executive branch?

Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?

400

How does the electoral college benefit smaller states?

What is that they have a larger impact on elections and therefore their needs must be addressed?

400

What are the benefits of executive orders?

What are that executive orders can bypass congress, respond to emergency, and direct the executive branch?

400

This President is the only president from Indiana and died within 30 days of being president.

Who is William Henry Harrison?

400

Which department handles the money of the United States, and collects federal taxes?

What is the treasury?

500

What was the name of Franklin D. Roosevelts new government programs to lift people out of the depression?

What was the New Deal?

500

What new nation wide pact is trying to implement the national popular vote through states signing up to participate?

What is the national popular vote pact?

500

What are the limits of executive orders?

What is that they cannot override laws, they can be found unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, and a new president can simply remove them?

500

Daily Double:

Which president led us through the Mexican American war, gained us the territories of New Mexico, Texas, California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Washington, and Oregon, and is Mr. Pangburn's favorite president.

Who is James K. Polk?

500

Which department handles all nuclear weapons?

What is the department of energy?