Constitution Trivia #2/#2

Constitution Trivia #2/#2

POWERPOINT JEOPARDYExecutive

BranchJudicial Branch

Dates + Years#’s

Legislative Branch

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Legislative Branch– 10 Points

“Chamber of Congress where Revenue raising

bills must originate”

Legislative Branch– 20 Points

“Except in the cases of treason or suspected felony,

Congressmen have this privilege during attendance of

Congressional sessions including the drive to the

session”

Legislative Branch– 30 Points

“According to the Constitution, how many

times is Congress required to meet in one

year?”

Legislative Branch– 40 Points

“There must be a _____, or majority of each house

of Congress present in order to conduct

business”

Legislative Branch– 50 Points

“In cases of impeachment, it takes

2/3 of this Congressional body to convict and remove an official”

#’s – 10 Points

“The U.S. President serves ___ year terms and can serve up to

___ terms.

#’s – 20 Points

“The maximum amount of years the U.S.

President can serve consecutively under the

Constitution is ____ years”

Insert Text for Question#’s – 30 Points

“# of witnesses needed for a person to be

convicted of treason”

#’s – 40 Points“To serve in the House of

Rep.s you must have been living in the U.S. for 7 years and be at least ____ years old while you need to have lived in the U.S. for 9 years and be

____ years old to serve in Senate.

#’s – 50 Points

“This # (in fraction form) of state governments

must approve any new amendment to the

Constitution”

Dates and Years– 10 Points

“Year the Constitution was signed”

Dates and Years– 20 Points

“Term length of SC justices”

Dates and Years– 30 Points

“# of amendments repealed by later

amendments”

Dates and Years– 40 Points

“Legal age to vote in US”

Dates and Years– 50 Points

“Month + day the President + Vps term

officially begins”

Judicial– 10 Points

“The 6th amendment states that every

American is entitled to this if they are accused of

a crime”

Judicial– 20 Points

“# of S.C. justices”

Judicial– 30 Points

“Title for the head of the Supreme Court (currently

John Roberts)”

Judicial– 40 Points

“This is how S.C. justices get their job…”

Judicial– 50 Points

“This was the landmark case that established the

precedent of Judicial Review and increased

power and role of S.C. up until today”

Misc.– 10 Points

“When an accused person is standing on trial and

refuses to answer incriminating questions

from opposing lawyer he is exercising this

amendment”

Misc.– 20 PointsAmendment outlawing

slavery

Misc.– 30 Points

“Senators serve a ____ year term while House Reps serve a ___ year

term”

Misc. – 40 Points

“Eminent Domain” is the term for meaning the Govt.

can take private property for public use as long as they

provide “just compensation” and is mentioned in this

amendment…”

Misc.– 50 PointsAmendment that

provided suffrage to African Americans