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Jeopardy: Constitution, Ideals, and Compromise

Test your knowledge on the Constitution, American government, Federalist Papers, Articles of Confederation, and more in this Jeopardy-style game! Explore concepts like federalism, separation of powers, and the study of American Government.

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Jeopardy: Constitution, Ideals, and Compromise

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  1. THIS IS Jeopardy

  2. Your With Host... Ms Herring

  3. Jeopardy Constitution ideals and compromise The study of American Government The Federalist Papers The Articles and the Constitution Mixed Bag Federalism 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500

  4. This is specifically the type of government the U.S. has. A 100

  5. What is a republic, representative or indirect democracy? A 100

  6. These are the four linkage institutions in the U.S. A 200

  7. What are political parties, the media, interest groups and elections? A 200

  8. This is how the general public was viewed by the framers of the Constitution. A 300

  9. What is as gullible, uninformed, ignorant, or clueless (stupid)? A 300

  10. According to this theory of American politics public policies emerge from compromises reached among competing groups. A 400

  11. What is the pluralist theory? A 400

  12. According to this theory, the hierarchical structure and standardized procedures of modern government allow workers, who carry out the day-to-day functions of government, to hold the real power over public policy. A 500

  13. What is the bureaucratic theory? A 500

  14. This was one of the major authors of the Federalist Papers. B 100

  15. Who is Madison or Hamilton? B 100

  16. These folks were afraid of a strong central government. B 200

  17. Who were the Anti-Federalists? B 200

  18. According to Madison, in Federalist No. 10, these are natural but controllable by institutions? B 300

  19. What are factions (interest groups)? B 300

  20. This is the what will assure citizens that the government will be controlled according to Madison in Federalist No. 51? B 400

  21. What is the separation or balance of powers into the three branches or the separation of powers in Federalism between the national govt. and states? B 400

  22. These are the two methods of curing the mischiefs of factions. B 500

  23. What is removing its causes (destroys liberty) or controlling its effects (competing interests cancel one another out in a large republic) ? B 500

  24. This was America’s first government. C 100

  25. What is the Articles of Confederation? C 100

  26. This event of disorder urged delegates to attend the Constitutional Convention for fear that state governments could collapse. C 200

  27. What was Shay’s Rebellion? C 200

  28. Most of the states under the Articles of Confederation had adopted these to protect citizen rights. C 300

  29. What were state constitutions? C 300

  30. DAILY DOUBLE DAILY DOUBLE Place A Wager C 400

  31. Explain two of the four ways the Constitution can be Amended. C 400

  32. What is • proposed by 2/3 vote of both houses of Congress, ratified by ¾ of state legislatures • Proposed by 2/3 vote of both houses of Congress, ratified by special conventions in ¾ of the states • Proposed by national convention called by Congress at the request of 2/3 of the state legislatures and ratified by ¾ of state legislatures • Proposed by a national convention called by Congress at the request of 2/3 of the state legislatures and ratified by special conventions in at least ¾ of the states.? C 400

  33. List at least 3 weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation. C 500

  34. -Congress could not tax -Congress could not regulate trade -No executive branch to enforce laws -No national judiciary -States and National govt. both could coin $ -Each state had one vote, regardless of size or population -9 of 13 states required to pass laws -Unanimous consent necessary to change Articles C 500

  35. According to this plan, each state would have one vote in the legislature, which would benefit small states. D 100

  36. What is the New Jersey Plan? D 100

  37. Under this plan,there would be a National legislature with supreme powers and • one house elected directly by the people D 200

  38. What is the Virginia Plan? D 200

  39. The Connecticut “Great” Compromise did this to the legislature? D 300

  40. What is divided legislature into two bodies, one with proportional representation and one with equal representation. D 300

  41. These are the two key principles of government? D 400

  42. What is federalism and separation of powers? D 400

  43. Describe what are enumerated, reserved and concurrent powers. D 500

  44. Enumerated: given to national government exclusively (written out) Reserved powers: given to states exclusively Concurrent powers: shared by both national and state governments D 500

  45. This type of grant is very general in classification and may include a collection of smaller more specific type grants E 100

  46. What is a block grant? E 100

  47. Welfare is the most prominent example of this passing along of federal power to states E 200

  48. What is devoloution? E 200

  49. This type of arrangement between national and state powers assumes that each is supreme in its sphere of power- like a layer cake. E 300

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