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Bright Ideas

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Bright Ideas

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  1. Bright Ideas

  2. Hail to the Chief

  3. Congress is in Session

  4. Drop of the Gavel

  5. Authority Rules

  6. Fight for your Rights

  7. Hail to Chief Congress in Session Bright Ideas Authority Rules Fight for Rights Drop of Gavel $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

  8. Social Contract theory is associated with which philosopher?

  9. Locke, Hobbes, & Rousseau

  10. What group insisted on the addition of a Bill of Rights to the Constitution?

  11. Anti-Federalists

  12. This document gave states more power than the federal government.

  13. Articles of Confederation

  14. Which philosopher introduced the principles of separation of powers & checks and balances?

  15. Montesquieu

  16. What resulted from the Connecticut or Great Compromise?

  17. Bicameral Congress where representation in the HOR is based on population (big states )and the Senate is based on equality (small states )

  18. Which hat is the president wearing when he/she throws out the first pitch at a baseball game?

  19. Chief or Head of State

  20. Name two implied powers of the president.

  21. Executive order, executive agreement, executive privilege

  22. Which department in the federal bureaucracy would advise the president about replacing the U.S. ambassador to Pakistan?

  23. Department of State

  24. Identify two hats that was Pres. Bush wearing when he recently sent a defense budget proposal to Congress?

  25. Commander in Chief, Chief Legislator & Economic Planner

  26. A bomb hits the Capitol during the State of the Union Address, killing the President, VP, and Speaker of the House. Who is next in the presidential line of succession?

  27. President Pro Tempore

  28. Where is most Congressional work accomplished?

  29. In committees

  30. Clause in the Constitution giving Congress its implied powers.

  31. Elastic or Necessary & Proper Clause

  32. Where bills involving government spending must start?

  33. House of Representatives

  34. Name three ways Congress checks the power of the President.

  35. Veto overrides, congressional oversight, approval powers (nominations & treaties), impeachment

  36. Daily Double!!

  37. Explain the 4 options a president has when a bill comes before him.

  38. Veto • Pocket veto (POTUS does nothing for 10 days & Congress goes out of session) • Approve • Do nothing for 10 days while Congress is in session

  39. Marbury v. Madison established this principle.

  40. Judicial Review

  41. Which Article of the Constitution established the judicial branch?

  42. Article III

  43. How do federal judges get their job?

  44. Nominated by the president & approved by the Senate

  45. Which court has both original & appellate jurisdiction?

  46. Supreme Court & MD Circuit Courts

  47. What is the highest court of Maryland?

  48. MD Court of Appeals

  49. What type of democracy does the United States have?

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