Template by Bill Arcuri, WCSD Click Once to Begin JEOPARDY! U.S. History I - Review.

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JEOPARDY!

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Government Basics

U.S. Constitution

Key Principles

No Need FederalismState

Sovereignty


A government in which all or most

citizens participate directly


Synonym for republic


View that government is dominated by

appointed officials


American democracy is dominated by a few top leaders – such as the media or special

interest groups


This view is most commonly used to explain America’s

democratic system.


Weak federal powerNo ExecutiveNo Judiciary

No power to taxno power to regulate interstate commerce


We hold these truths to be self evident, that all

men are created equal…with certain unalienable rights…Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.


This threat showed leaders in 1787 that state governments

could easily collapse from

internal dissension.


This plan created a popularly elected House

based on state population and a state-elected

Senate, with two members per state.


This plan called for three branches of government with the executive and

judicial branches chosen by the national

legislature. Congress could also veto any state

law.


Government authority shared by national and

state governments. Say hello to sovereign

states.


This principle limits the power of popular

majorities.


Powers given to the national government

alone.


Federalist Paper #51 said this principle was

sufficient to limit federal authority.


Federalist Paper #10 said this could be

better kept in check in a large republic

with a strong central government.


Federal government can’t violate your individual rights,

according to this list of ten Amendments.


These three protections assured

Federalists that Amendments detailing

specific rights was unnecessary.


An executive’s ability to block a

particular provision in a bill passed by

the legislature.


This is the most commonly used way

to amend the U.S. Constitution.


Two ways the U.S. Constitution

enumerates limits on the power of the

majority.


The effort to transfer responsibility for

many public programs from the federal government

to the states.


This money-giving scheme gives broader authority to the states,

as states can spend within a broad range of

programs.


This Supreme Court case invoked implied powers

to Congress and reasserted the supremacy

of the national government over the

states.


The doctrine that a state can declare null and void a federal law that, in the state’s opinion, violates

the Constitution.

Daily Double!!!


Doctrine holding that the national government is

supreme in its sphere, the states are supreme in

theirs, and the two spheres should be kept

separate.


Three examples of direct democracy practiced at the

state level.


Two types of grants-in-aid


Two ways in which the federal government

controls state government activities

using money.


State power to enact laws promoting

health, safety, and morals.


This rule allows city governments to do anything that is not

prohibited by the charter or state law.

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