Constitution 5 Jeopardy Template

Branches of Government	Words in Government	Important People	History	Our Government
100 Legislative Executive Judicial What are the 3 branches of government?	100 A government that is run by the people. What is Democracy?	100 George Washington Who was the 1st President of the United States?	100 Articles of Confederation What was America’s first government document that failed?	100 What is the Great Compromise This compromise created the two houses of Congress.
200 The Legislative branch makes laws. What is the job of the Legislative branch as it applies to laws?	200 The introduction to the Constitution. What is the Preamble?	200 James Madison Who is nicknamed the “Father of the Constitution?”	200 Shay's Rebellion What event helped the delegates decide that the Articles of Confederation were too weak?	200 What is Separation of Powers This rule says that each branch has powers given to it to insure that no one branch has all the power.
300 Decides if laws are fair and Constitutional What is the job of the Judicial branch as it applies to laws?	300 We the People What are the first 3 words in the Preamble?	300 Because he wrote the Majority of the Constitution Why was James Madison nicknamed the “Father of the Constitution?”	300 The Constitution What document created our Government?	300 What is Checks and Balances This idea promotes that each branch can limit or check another branch, to insure they do not abuse their power.
400 The Senate and the House of Representatives What two groups of people are in Congress?	400 A Republic A democratic government that has people elected to represent the majority of people is called what?	400 Ben Franklin This inventor played a key from in writing the Constitution.	400 The Federal Government was too weak and did not provide for a strong Federal Army. What were the major weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?	400 What is the population of the state. The amount of representative in the House is determined by what?
500 Executive- President and Cabinet Judicial- Supreme Courts and federal courts Legislative- Congress Who is in each branch of government? Be clear on who goes in what branch	500 The power of government is decided sustained by the people, especially from the majority when choosing representatives. What does Popular Sovereignty mean?	500 George Washington This man was the leader of the Constitutional Convention.	500 What was the Three-Fifths Compromise? A compromise that decided that slaves should be counted as only 3/5 of a person when determining representatives for a state.	500 What is the Bill of Rights. The first 10 amendments of the Constitution, used to protect human writes.

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