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$100 Question from Congress What are the qualifications to be a member of the House of Representatives?
$100 Answer from Congress • Be at least 25 yrs old • b. American citizen 7 yrs • c. Resident of the State
$200 Question from Congress Political theory that would claim that many senators and representatives come from the upper middle class or upper economic class of American society.
$200 Answer from Congress Elite Class Theory
$300 Question from Congress The HUGE list of federal projects, grants, and contracts available to cities, businesses, colleges, and institutions in the district of a member of Congress.
$300 Answer from Congress Pork Barrel
$400 Question from Congress This committee is responsible for setting the agenda for legislation coming to the floor in the House of Representatives.
$400 Answer from Congress House Rules Committee
$500 Question from Congress The current Speaker of the House and the House Minority Leader
$500 Answer from Congress John Boehner Nancy Pelosi
$100 Question from President What are the Constitutional requirements to be President of the United States?
$100 Answer from President • Resided in U.S. for at least 14 yrs • Natural born citizen • Be at least 35 yrs of age
$200 Question from President A veto taking place when Congress adjourns w/in 10 days of having submitted a bill to the president, who simply lets it die.
$200 Answer from President Pocket Veto
$300 Question from President Term meaning to use the power and influence of the president’s office to exert pressure on others. HINT: Think “T.R.”
$300 Answer from President “Bully Pulpit”
$400 Question from President Term to describe the modern trend of increased presidential power.
$400 Answer from President “Imperial Presidency”
$500 Question from President What entity is responsible for the preparation of executive spending proposals submitted to Congress?
$500 Answer from President OMB or Office of Management And Budget
$100 Question from SC Supreme Court chief justice that first advocated for judicial review.
$100 Answer from SC John Marshall
$200 Question from SC Current chief justice.
$200 Answer from SC John Roberts
$300 Question from SC List and describe 3 cases that selectively incorporated the bill of rights .
$300 Answer from SC Gitlow~ First amendment Gideon~ Sixth amendment Mapp~ Fourth and fifth amendment
$400 Question from SC . Four types of Supreme Court decisions.
$400 Answer from SC Types of Decisions Per curiam: brief and unsigned Opinion of the court: majority opinion Concurring opinion: agrees with the ruling of the majority opinion, but modifies the supportive reasoning Dissenting opinion: minority opinion
$500 Question from SC Ways that a case can get to the Supreme Court.
$100 Question from Bureaucracy Cabinet-level agencies are responsible to whom/what?
$100 Answer from Bureaucracy The President
$200 Question from Bureaucracy A hiring and promotion system based on political reasons other than on merit or competence? (AKA The Spoils System)
$200 Answer from Bureaucracy Patronage
$300 Question from Bureaucracy What is the biggest bureaucratic department?
$300 Answer from Bureaucracy The Department of Defense
$400 Question from Bureaucracy Daily Double!
Daily Double A federal law prohibiting government employees from active participation in partisan politics.
$400 Answer from Bureaucracy The Hatch Act
$500 Question from Bureaucracy What three groups make up the “iron triangle”?
$500 Answer from Bureaucracy Bureaucracy Congress Interest groups
$100 Question from Wild Card Three factors that influence nominations to the Supreme Court.
$100 Answer from Wild Card Party Affiliation Judicial Philosophy “Litmus Test” Background of Nominee Political favors Interest group input Securing a “safe” nominee
$200 Question from Wild Card The only Constitutional responsibility of the vice President.
$200 Answer from Wild Card Preside over the Senate and vote in case of a tie
$300 Question from Wild Card Location of the due process clause.
$300 Answer from Wild Card 5th and 14th amendment
$400 Question from Wild Card The number of cabinet departments.
