Embed Size (px)
DESCRIPTION
By the Numbers. The Powers That Be. House. Century Club. Meet the Pres. 100. 100. 100. 100. 100. 200. 200. 200. 200. 200. 300. 300. 300. 300. 300. 400. 400. 400. 400. 400. 500. 500. 500. 500. 500. By The Numbers. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Citation preview
200
300
400
500
100
200
300
400
500
100
200
300
400
500
100
200
300
400
500
100
200
300
400
500
100
By the Numbers
The PowersThat Be
HouseCentury
ClubMeet the
Pres
By The Numbers
The formula used to determine the number of senators in the US Senate
By The Numbers
What is 2 per state?
see Article I, Section 3, Clause 1
By The Numbers
The number of representatives in the House of Representatives
By The Numbers
What is 435?
Click here for map showing apportionment by state
By The Numbers
The number of votes needed to win the presidency
Daily Double Daily Double
By The Numbers
What is 270?See Article II, Section 1, Clause 2 and
Amendment XII; click here for electoral college map
By The Numbers
Originally set at $6 per day, it increased to $157,000 per year in
2004
By The Numbers
What are congressional salaries?Click here for a timeline of congressional pay
from the founding to the near future
By The Numbers
In the original Constitution, the census counts all free persons,
excluding Indians not taxed, and adds this fraction “of all other Persons”
By The Numbers
What is 3/5ths?
See Article I, Section 2, Clause 3
The Powers that Be
According to the Constitution, it alone has the power to declare war
The Powers that Be
What is Congress?
See Article I, Section 8, Clause 11
The Powers that Be
According to the Constitution it alone has the power to “make rules for the
government and regulation of the land and naval forces”
The Powers that Be
What is Congress?
See Article I, Section 8, Clause 14
The Powers that Be
According to the Constitution it alone has the power to constitute tribunals
inferior to the Supreme Court
The Powers that Be
What is Congress?
See Article I, Section 8, Clause 9
The Powers that Be
According to the Constitution it alone has the power to “make Rules
concerning Captures on land and water”
The Powers that Be
What is Congress?
See Article I, Section 8, Clause 11
The Powers that Be
According to the Constitution it alone has the power “to provide for
organizing, arming, and disciplining the Militia...”
The Powers that Be
What is Congress?
See Article I, Section 8, Clause 16
House
They elect members of the House of Representatives
House
Who are the people?
See Article I, Section 2, Clause 1
House
25 years old, 7 years a citizen of the United States, and resident of the
state
House
What are the qualifications for members of the House?
See Article I, Section 2, Clause 2
House
The presiding officer of the House of Representatives
House
Who is the Speaker of the House?
See Article I, Section 2, Clause 5
House
According to the Constitution, all bills of this type must originate in the
House of Representatives
House
What are revenue (i.e, tax) bills?
See Article I, Section 7, clause 1
House
The size of the New Jersey delegation in the House of Representatives
House
What is 13?
Click here for printable maps of the districts
Century Club
30 years old, 9 Years a citizen of the United States, and an inhabitant of the state for which he/she has been
chosen
Century Club
What are the qualifications to be a senator?
See Article I, Section 3, clause 3
Century Club
The term used to describe the Senate’s role in approving
presidential nominations to the cabinet and the courts
Century Club
What is “advice and consent”?
See Article II, Section 2, clause 2
Century Club
Until the adoption of the 17th Amendment in 1913, they elected
senators
Century Club
What are state legislatures?
See Article I, Section 3, clause 1
Century Club
The President of the Senate
Century Club
Who is the Vice President?
See Article I, Section 3, clause 4
Century Club
The Senate is responsible for this step in the impeachment process
Century Club
What is conducting the trial of impeachment?
See Article I, Section 3, clause 6
Meet the Pres
35 years old, a natural born citizen, and 14 year resident within the U.S.
Meet the Pres
What are the qualification to be elected president?
See Article II, Section 1, clause 5
Meet the Pres
Originally set at $25,000, it is now $400,000 plus a $50,000 tax free
expense account, all paid from the national treasury.
Meet the Pres
What is the salary of the president?
Click here for a timeline of presidential salary
Meet the Pres
They elect the president and the vice president
Meet the Pres
Who are the electors in the Electoral College?
See Article II, Section I, clause 2
Meet the Pres
Treason, bribery, or “other high Crimes and Misdemeanors”
Meet the Pres
What are the offenses warranting impeachment?
See Article II, Section 4
Meet the Pres
The State Department, the Treasury Department, the War Department,
and the Department of Justice
Meet the Pres
What were the four original cabinet departments?
click here for an artist’s rendering of the Washington’s cabinet.
400
600
800
1000
200
400
600
800
1000
200
400
600
800
1000
200
400
600
800
1000
200
400
600
800
1000
200
GardenState
Donkeys News ElephantsSpare
Change
Garden State
Garden State
Who is governor Jon Corzine?
Garden State
New Jersey is subdivided into this number of counties
Garden State
What is 21?
Garden State
In December 2007, New Jersey became the first state since 1976 to
ban this practice.
Garden State
What is the death penalty?
Garden State
The names of the two chambers in the New Jersey legislature
Daily Double Daily Double
Garden State
What is the General Assembly and the Senate?
Garden State
At $3 billion, New Jersey began 2008 with the third largest of these in the
nation, ranking just behind California and New York
Garden State
What is a budget deficit?
Donkeys
Donkeys
Who is Hillary Clinton?
Donkeys
Donkeys
Who is Barack Obama?
Donkeys
Donkeys
Who is John Edwards?
Donkeys
Donkeys
Who is Dennis Kucinich?
Donkeys
Donkeys
Who is Bill Richardson?
News
President Bush just returned from visiting this part of the world, only the second time he has been there
since taking office
News
What is Israel and the Middle East?
News
New Jersey and 19 other states held their presidential primaries on this
date
News
What is February 5th?
News
According to the Department of Homeland Security, construction for this project is set to begin by the end
of this year
Daily DoubleDaily Double
News
What is the Proposed Tactical Infrastructure (or wall) separating the
United States and Mexico?
News
These two countries recently suffered catastrophic natural disasters, with death
tolls in the tens of thousands
News
What are China and Myanmar
News
4,079
News
What is the total number of American fatalities in the war in Iraq as of 17
May 2008?
Elephants
Elephants
Who is Rudy Guliani?
Elephants
Elephants
Who is Fred Thompson?
Elephants
Elephants
Who is John McCain?
Elephants
Elephants
Who is Mitt Romney?
Elephants
Elephants
Who is Mike Huckabee?
Spare Change
This amendment guarantees freedom of speech, of the press, of religion,
and of the people to peaceably assemble
Spare Change
What is the First Amendment?
Spare Change
This amendment ended slavery
Spare Change
What is the Thirteenth Amendment?
Spare Change
This amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment
Spare Change
What is the Eighth?
Spare Change
This amendment guarantees that “no state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or
immunities” of US citizens
Spare Change
What is the Fourteenth?
Spare Change
This amendment allows states to decide whether the distribution, sale,
and possession of alcoholic beverages is legal
Spare Change
What is the Twenty-First?
Dates to RememberSeptember 17, 1787
Final Jeopardy
What is the date the Constitutional Convention adopted the Constitution?
Final Jeopardy
