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100

He wrote a famous list of "objections to the Constitution"

Who is George Mason?

100

The two-word right that prevents someone from being indefinitely held in jail without a trial

What is habeas corpus?

100

"[Our] conversation [citizenship] is ___ ___" (Philippians 3:20).

What is "in heaven"?

100

This planet was named after the Roman "god" Jupiter

What is...Jupiter? :)

100

The fraction that slaves were counted for purposes of representation

What is 3/5?

200

The principal author of the Declaration of Independence

Who is Thomas Jefferson?

200

The U.S. Constitution has 27 changes, or these

What are amendments?

200

The Bible says rulers are to execute these two things

What are "judgment and justice"?

200

The first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution

What is the Bill of Rights?

200

If a President vetoes a proposed bill, Congress can override his veto with this fractional majority

What is 2/3?

300
When asked why he didn't attend the Constitutional Convention, he said he "smelled a rat"

Who is Patrick Henry?

300

It means "to put a government official on trial"

What is impeach?

300

Rulers are supposed to be this to "the evil"

What is a "terror"?

300

The Declaration of Independence says that government derives its powers not from God, but from this

What is the people?

300

The U.S. Senate has this many members

What is 100?

400

He went on trial in 1735 for criticizing New York's governor in his newspaper

Who is Peter Zenger?

400

The U.S. Constitution has seven sections, or these

What are articles?

400

Ezekiel 45:9 says that rulers are to remove these two things

What are "violence and spoil"?

400

What a "broad" interpretation of the Constitution really means

What is finding powers for the U.S. government that are not actually in the document?

400

A U.S. presidential candidate needs at least this many electoral college "points" to win the presidency

What is 270?

500

The name of your local representative

Who is [depends upon your local representative's name!]?

500

The system by which U.S. Presidents are elected

What is the Electoral College?

500

Jeremiah 22:3 says that rulers are to "deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the ___."

What is "oppressor"?

500

The President and Vice President make up this branch of the U.S. government

What is the executive?

500

The House of Representatives has this many members

What is 435?

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