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HS Government Foundations & Principles Review

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This board helps players review U.S. Government through a Jeopardy-style game format on Kleveroo. It includes categories such as Foundations, Principles, Forms of Govt, Rights & The Law, Civic Participation. It is useful for classroom review, team trivia, family game night, test prep, and group play.

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  • Foundations

    This is the main purpose of a government: providing rules, order, and protection.

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    Provide rules, order, protection

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  • Principles

    This principle means power comes from the people.

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    Popular Sovereignty

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  • Forms of Govt

    In this form, the people hold power directly.

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    Democracy

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  • Rights & The Law

    This name refers to the first 10 amendments.

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    Bill of Rights

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  • Civic Participation

    The most direct way to influence leaders is this.

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    Voting

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Foundations

$100 — This is the main purpose of a government: providing rules, order, and protection.
Provide rules, order, protection
$200 — This government service includes building public schools and roads.
Public schools and roads
$300 — This document is the supreme law and framework of the U.S.
U.S. Constitution
$400 — These early rules failed because the national government was too weak.
Articles of Confederation
$500 — During judicial review, when a law breaks the Constitution, this happens.
The Court strikes it down

Principles

$100 — This principle means power comes from the people.
Popular Sovereignty
$200 — Everyone, including leaders, follows the same rules under this principle.
Rule of Law
$300 — A government with only given powers is called this.
Limited Government
$400 — This divides power between levels of government.
Federalism
$500 — One group makes laws, another carries them out—this principle.
Separation of Powers

Forms of Govt

$100 — In this form, the people hold power directly.
Democracy
$200 — A King or Queen holds power in this form.
Monarchy
$300 — One single leader has total control in this system.
Dictatorship
$400 — Citizens vote for leaders to represent them in this.
Republic
$500 — A King follows a constitution as head of state in this.
Constitutional Monarchy

Rights & The Law

$100 — This name refers to the first 10 amendments.
Bill of Rights
$200 — A change to the Constitution is called this.
Amendment
$300 — This right, found in the 1st Amendment, protects expression.
Freedom of Speech
$400 — Fair treatment by the law is called this.
Due Process
$500 — This Supreme Court case ruled school segregation unconstitutional.
Brown v. Board of Education

Civic Participation

$100 — The most direct way to influence leaders is this.
Voting
$200 — People focused on one issue form this.
Interest Group
$300 — A citizen visiting a Senator to persuade them is this.
Lobbying
$400 — When voters propose a new law themselves on a ballot, it's this.
Initiative
$500 — When the President refuses to sign a law passed by Congress, it's this.
Veto

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