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2. Row 1---100 Question - Which amendment guarantees a public and speedy trial?

3. Row 1---100 Answer - 6th amendment

4. Row 1---200 Question - Where did the Constitutional Convention take place?

5. Row 1---200 Answer - Philadelphia, PA

6. Row 1---300 Question - Which original plan of government favored larges states and called for representation in Congress to be based on population?

7. Row 1---300 Answer Virginia Plan (look back and compare Virginia and New Jersey Plan)

8. Row 1---400 Question - Which rebellion is significant because it showed that the Articles of Confederation were too weak of a document to govern the United States?

9. Row 1---400 Answer - Shay’s Rebellion

10. Row 1---500 Question - What is the total number of votes possible in the Electoral College?

11. Row 1---500 Answer - 538

12. Row 2---100 Question - Which government official is the “President of the Senate” and has the tie breaking vote if there is a tie in the Senate?

13. Row 2---100 Answer - Vice President of the United States

14. Row 2---200 Question - What is the specific role of the House and the Senate in the impeachment process?

15. Row 2---200 Answer The House declares impeachment accusations - The Senate acts as the jury and decided conviction

16. Row 2---300 Question - What does Popular Sovereignty means?

17. Row 2---300 Answer - All government power belongs to the power

18. Row 2---400 Question - In order for a candidate to get majority in the Electoral College a candidate must get at least_____ votes

19. Row 2---400 Answer - 270

20. Row 2---500 Question - What is the government’s right to take private property known as?

21. Row 2---500 Answer - Eminent Domain

22. Row 3---100 Question - What was the original purpose of the Constitutional Convention?

23. Row 3---100 Answer - To revise the Articles of Confederation

24. Row 3---200 Question - Who is considered the “Father of the Constitution”?

25. Row 3---200 Answer - James Madison

26. Row 3---300 Question - What are the three qualifications to be a United States Senator?

27. Row 3---300 Answer At least 30 years old Citizen for at least 9 years Live in the state you represent

28. Row 3---400 Question - What is common law based upon?

29. Row 3---400 Answer PRECEDANT (using previous court rulings to make a ruling)

30. Row 3---500 Question - What are powers called that can only be exercised by state governments?

31. Row 3---500 Answer - Reserved Powers

32. Row 4---100 Question - Supporters of the Constitution who wanted a Bill of Rights added before ratification were known as the …

33. Row 4---100 Answer - Anti-Federalists

34. Row 4---200 Question - Which Enlightenment thinker came up with the idea of Natural Rights?

35. Row 4---200 Answer - John Locke

36. Row 4---300 Question - What was the first sign of self-government in colonial America?

37. Row 4---300 Answer - The Virginia House of Burgesses

38. Row 4---400 Question - What was the plan of government known as that created an agreement between the Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan regarding representation in Congress?

39. Row 4---400 Answer - The Great Compromise

40. Row 4---500 Question - Who has the final authority to determine whether a law is acceptable under the Constitution?

41. Row 4---500 Answer - Supreme Court (Judicial Branch)

42. Row 5---100 Question - What kind of coffee was served on the Titanic?

43. Row 5---100 Answer - Sanka

44. Row 5---200 Question - What is the coldest country in the world?

45. Row 5---200 Answer - Chile

46. Row 5---300 Question - What do you call a guy who's born in Columbus, grows up in Cleveland, and then dies in Cincinnati (these are all cities in Ohio btw)?

47. Row 5---300 Answer - Dead.

48. Row 5---400 Question -Why was Cinderella thrown off the basketball team?

49. Row 5---400 Answer - She ran away from the ball

50. Row 5---500 Question - What would happen if you were to cross two snowmen with three vampires?