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Constitution Constitution
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Federalism
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Final Jeopardy
$100 Answer from H1
“Who gets what when and how.”
$100 Question from H1
Laswell’s definition of “politics”.
$200 Question from H1
Groups that have a narrow interest,
dislike compromise and often draw
membership from people new to politics.
$200 Answer from H1
single-issue groups
$300 Question from H1
Elections, political parties,
interest groups, and the media . . .
in other words the political
channels through which people’s
concerns make their way on to the
policy agenda.
$300 Answer from H1
linkage institutions
$400 Question from H1
What are the three
contemporary theories of
American democracy?
$400 Answer from H1
Pluralist, Hyperpluarlist,
and Elite/Class Theories
$500 Question from H1
Identify the following:
1.) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
2.) Speaker of the House of Reps
3.) Current President of the Senate
$500 Answer from H1
1.) John Roberts
2.) Nancy Pelosi
3.) Dick Cheney
$100 Question from H2
1776-1787
The first constitution
$100 Answer from H2
The Articles of Confederation
$200 Question from H2
The proposal at the Constitutional
Convention that called for proportional
representation of each state in
Congress.
$200 Answer from H2
The Virginia Plan
$300 Question from H2
Madison, “the father of the
Constitution” called for what three
“Auxiliary Precautions” in
Federalist #51?
$300 Answer from H2
1.) Separation of Power
2.) Checks & Balances
3.) Federalism
$400 Question from H2
In Marbury v. Madison, 1803 the
Supreme Court established judicial
review in striking down this act of
Congress.
$400 Answer from H2
The Judiciary Act of 1789
$500 Question from H2
Congress is forbidden by the
Constitution from passing this type
of bill which would call for
punishment without a trial.
$500 Answer from H2
Bills of attainder
$100 Question from H3
Signaling a need for a strong central
government, this was a series of
attacks on courthouses by a small
band of farmers led by a
Revolutionary War captain.
$100 Answer from H3
Shay’s Rebellion
$200 Question from H3
The proposal at the Constitutional
Convention that called for equal
representation of each state in
Congress.
$200 Answer from H3
The New Jersey Plan
$300 Question from H3
What are the TWO methods of proposing
an amendment to the Constitution?
$300 Answer from H3
1.) 2/3 vote in each house of Congress
2.) National Convention called upon at
the request of 2/3 or 34 of the state
legislatures
$400 Question from H3
Basic legislation, executive action, court
decisions, party practices, custom and
tradition are examples of __________.
$400 Answer from H3
Informal Amendments
$500 Question from H3
Three of the five men on the committee
given the task of drafting
the Declaration of Independence.
$500 Answer from H3
1.) Thomas Jefferson - VA
2.) John Adams - MA
3.) Ben Franklin - PA
4.) Roger Sherman - CT
5.) Robert Livingston - NY
$100 Question from H4
The Supreme Court ruled in the
United States v. Lopez, 1990 that
Congress had exceeded it’s power
to regulate this in establishing the
Gun-Free School Zones Act.
$100 Answer from H4
Power to regulate commerce
(Article I, Section 8, Clause 3)
$200 Question from H4
In the McCulloch v. Maryland case
of 1819, the Supreme Court established
these TWO Constitutional principles.
$200 Answer from H4
1.) Implied Powers
2.) Supremacy of National Government
$300 Question from H4
Constitutional clause requiring
each state to recognize the official
documents and civil judgments
rendered by the courts of other states.
$300 Answer from H4
The Full Faith & Credit Clause
$400 Question from H4
Also known as “Marble Cake” Federalism,
this type of federalism involves a sharing
of powers and policy between the states and
national government.
$400 Answer from H4
Cooperative Federalism
$500 Question from H4
What are TWO of the three
types of specific federal
grants mentioned in reading.
$500 Answer from H4
1.) project grants - categorical
2.) formula grants - categorical
3.) block grants
$100 Question from H5
Rare form of government in which power
is shared between units of government
which exercise simultaneous authority
over the same area and people.
$100 Answer from H5
Federalism
$200 Question from H5
Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
authorizing Congress to pass
all laws “necessary and proper”
to carry out the enumerated
powers is also known as the _____.
$200 Answer from H5
The “elastic clause”.
$300 Question from H5
This Supreme Court case gave
Congress very broad powers to
regulate commerce and reinforced
the supremacy of the national gov.
over the states.
$300 Answer from H5
Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824
$400 Question from H5
Also known as “Layer Cake” Federalism,
this is a type of federalism in which both
state and national governments remain
supreme within their own
distinct spheres.
$400 Answer from H5
Dual Federalism
$500 Question from H5
This type of federalism is the pattern of
spending, taxing, and providing grants
in the federal system. It is the
cornerstone of the national gov. relations
with the states.
$500 Answer from H5
Fiscal Federalism
Final Jeopardy
This is a requirement by the
national government for the
states to perform some specific
task without providing the funds
necessary to do so.
Final Jeopardy Answer
Unfunded Mandate
(Americans w/ Disabilities Act, 1990)