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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 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
This is specifically the type of government the U.S. has. A 100
What is a republic, representative or indirect democracy? A 100
What are political parties, the media, interest groups and elections? A 200
This is how the general public was viewed by the framers of the Constitution. A 300
What is as gullible, uninformed, ignorant, or clueless (stupid)? A 300
According to this theory of American politics public policies emerge from compromises reached among competing groups. A 400
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
This was one of the major authors of the Federalist Papers. B 100
These folks were afraid of a strong central government. B 200
According to Madison, in Federalist No. 10, these are natural but controllable by institutions? B 300
This is the what will assure citizens that the government will be controlled according to Madison in Federalist No. 51? B 400
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
These are the two methods of curing the mischiefs of factions. B 500
What is removing its causes (destroys liberty) or controlling its effects (competing interests cancel one another out in a large republic) ? B 500
This event of disorder urged delegates to attend the Constitutional Convention for fear that state governments could collapse. C 200
Most of the states under the Articles of Confederation had adopted these to protect citizen rights. C 300
DAILY DOUBLE DAILY DOUBLE Place A Wager C 400
Explain two of the four ways the Constitution can be Amended. C 400
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
List at least 3 weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation. C 500
-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
According to this plan, each state would have one vote in the legislature, which would benefit small states. D 100
Under this plan,there would be a National legislature with supreme powers and • one house elected directly by the people D 200
The Connecticut “Great” Compromise did this to the legislature? D 300
What is divided legislature into two bodies, one with proportional representation and one with equal representation. D 300
Describe what are enumerated, reserved and concurrent powers. D 500
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
This type of grant is very general in classification and may include a collection of smaller more specific type grants E 100
What is a block grant? E 100
Welfare is the most prominent example of this passing along of federal power to states E 200
What is devoloution? E 200
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