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2013-14

$100 Question from H1

What is a Founding Father?

$100 Answer from H1

The writers and framers of the Constitution

$200 Question from H1

What was the Separation of

Powers?

$200 Answer from H1

Separating into 3 branches that keep control of

each other.

$300 Question from H1

What are the 3 Branches of

Government?

$300 Answer from H1

Judiciary, Legislative, Executive

$400 Question from H1

Who was the fourth President and

also the Father of the Constitution?

$400 Answer from H1

James Madison

$500 Question from H1

What were the Federalist papers?

$500 Answer from H1

They were a series of 85 articles that

explain the Constitution and argued

for ratification

$100 Question from H2

What 3 people did not attend the

Constitutional Convention (even

though they were very influential to

the independence and creation of

our nation)?

$100 Answer from H2

Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Patrick Henry

$200 Question from H2

What was the Three-Fifths

Compromise?

$200 Answer from H2

The slaves counted as three-

fifths of a person for

representation in Congress and

taxes

$300 Question from H2

Why was secrecy at the

Constitutional Convention so

important?

$300 Answer from H2

The delegates did not want the public to

know how divided they were as a group.

$400 Question from H2

What did the Federalists want?

$400 Answer from H2

They wanted the new Constitution to become the

Law of the Land. This constitution was designed

for Federalism- which means that they supported

the idea of a strong central government that shares

power with the states.

$500 Question from H2

What was the comprise Congress made

about slavery? (Not three-fifths)

$500 Answer from H2

Congress would not do anything to stop the importation of

slaves for 20 years

$100 Question from H3

What were the three rules the

delegates came up with?

$100 Answer from H3

Each state only got one vote, majority decides, to keep the

Convention a secret

$200 Question from H3

What fraction of a state legislature must

vote to approve or ratify an

amendment?

$200 Answer from H3

Three-Fourths

$300 Question from H3

What was Thomas Jefferson’s role in

leading the Louisiana Purchase?

$300 Answer from H3

As president, he bought Louisiana from France for 15 million dollars.

$400 Question from H3

Why was James Madison called the

father of the Constitution?

$400 Answer from H3

He had contributed lot of ideas and took detailed notes during the

Convention

$500 Question from H3

Who led the Constitutional

Convention?

$500 Answer from H3

George Washington

$100 Question from H4

What did the Anti-Federalists

want?

$100 Answer from H4

Wanted to keep the Articles of

Confederation (power to the individual

states) and opposed the ratification of the

Constitution

$200 Question from H4

What does Popular Sovereignty

mean?

$200 Answer from H4

The idea that the government is

run for the people by the people

$300 Question from H4

What is the role of the Executive

Branch?

$300 Answer from H4

The branch that enforces laws

$400 Question from H4

Who was the third president?

$400 Answer from H4

Thomas Jefferson

$500 Question from H4

What was the compromise

they made about

commerce?

$500 Answer from H4

Congress would have the power to regulate

international and interstate trade.

$100 Question from H5

What does Checks and Balances mean?

$100 Answer from H5

Made so that each branch of

government can exercise control

over the other branches.

$200 Question from H5

How does the Electoral College work?

$200 Answer from H5

• Electors vote for the president

• Each state gets as many Electors as

they have representatives in Congress.

• State legislatures choose the Electors

• The person with the most votes

becomes president

$300 Question from H5

What did the constitutional

convention decide about

who could vote?

$300 Answer from H5

Each state could decide who could

vote.

$400 Question from H5

Who wrote the Federalist Papers?

$400 Answer from H5

Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay

$500 Question from H5 What are the 2 ways that an

amendment can be proposed?

$500 Answer from H5

2/3 of each house in the Federal Congress or

2/3 of the state legislatures

Final Jeopardy

The only thing you need to know for

Wednesday’s Quiz are the questions

and answers that appeared on this

Jeopardy game…. True or False?

Final Jeopardy Answer

False. This Jeopardy game is only one way to review some

of the material for Wednesday’s quiz. The complete review

material includes the Ch. 2 and .3 Civics book assignments

and the Ch. 8-10 History book assignment notes. Both are

available on my website (with the teacher’s key) in the

“classroom resource” link