Ohio Constitution Quiz

The President of the U.S. represents the executive branch at the federal level, which title represents this branch at the state level?

• Speaker of the House

• Governor

• Attorney General

• Mayor

What caused the Ohio state supreme court to become unable to fulfill their obligation under Ohio's original constitution?

• a sharp increase in population and the number of counties
• the General Assembly had to approve their decisions
• the Governors would veto so much of the general assembly's laws
• nothing; they were able to fulfill their duties just fine

The General Assembly's power was limited by which of the Constitutions?

• 1802
• 1851

The new 1851 constitution limited the total debt Ohio would accumulate because...

• other states were doing it
• we had accumulated over $20 million in debt
• banks were no longer extending as much credit 

In which Ohio Constitution were top executive officials appointed by the General Assembly?

• 1802
• 1851

One criticism of the 1802 Constitution was that the ___________branch was too powerful.

• legislative
• executive
• judicial

The current Ohio Constitution is much longer than the U.S. Constitution

• True

• False

The Ohio Constitution does not include a Bill of Rights

• True
• False

How many branches of government does Ohio have?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Before the 1851 Constitution the _________________ appointed the judges in Ohio.

• citizens

• Supreme Court

• General Assembly

• federal government