Origins Jeopardy

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Picture This Math? Check, pleaseButterini, Sieminski, and Young

Finish the ______

Who am I?

Benjamin Franklin

Who am I?

George Washington

Who am I?

Thomas Jefferson

Who am I?

Abigail Adams

Who am I?

Samuel Adams

The number of amendments in the Constitution

27

The number of articles in the US Constitution

7

Number of amendments that comprise the Bill of Rights

10

Under the Articles of Confederation, this many colonies had to approve a law for it to pass

9

The number of years between the Declaration of Independence and

the Articles of Confederation

5

This branch of government can veto legislation

Executive

This branch of government must approve treaties

Legislative

This branch of government can impeach the judges.

Legislative

This branch of government can declare laws unconstitutional

Judicial branch

This branch can override a veto.

Legislative

Popular sovereignty suggests that the ____________ are the only source of governmental power

People

This term refers to the power to decide whether what the

government does is in accord with what the Constitution

says

Judicial review

The governmental principle of _________ government suggests

that government is not all powerful.

Limited government

The term which applies to the division of power between a

national government and state governments

Federalism

This principle of government suggests that each branch of

government is restrained by the other branches

Checks and balances

…to form a_____ _____ ______

A more perfect union

When in the course of ________ ________

Human events

We hold these truths ____ ____ __________-_________.

To be self-evident

We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and _______ _______ _______

Our sacred honor

Sherman, Livingston, Franklin, ________, and ________

Adams and Jefferson