Ohio's Path to Statehood

What is the law-making branch of the government?

• legislative branch

• executive branch

• judicial branch

What is the law-enforcing branch of government?

• legislative branch

• executive branch

• judicial branch

What is the law-interpreting branch of government?

• legislative branch

• executive branch

• judicial branch

A population count taken every ten years through which a government counts its citizens and gathers information about them is called a _________.

• constitution

• census

• amendment

• ratify

Choose the word that means to approve officially.

• constitution

• census

• amendment

• ratify

Choose the word that means a change to a constitution.

• census

• amendment

• veto power

• ratify

Choose the word that means the power to vote against new laws.

• constitution

• amendment

• veto power

• ratify

Choose the word that means a written plan for government.

• constitution

• census

• amendment

• ratify

Ohio needed to have a population of how many free, adult, white men in order to apply for statehood?

• 60,000

• 6,000

• 5,000

• 50,000

What is the purpose of having a constitution?

• to put in writing a plan of government

• to give the states more power than the federal government

• to make clear which branch of government is strongest

• to give all the power to a president