What makes Nebraska's government unique?

What best describes the Nebraska State legislature?

• Congress
• bicameral
• tricameral
• unicameral

In an Unicameral System there are ______ parts or houses.

• two
• three
• one
• four

How is the government of Nebraska like the national government?

• Both have 3 branches
• Both have 4 branches
• Both are unicameral
• Both are nonpartisan

How many senators are in the Nebraska State legislature?

• 29
• 39
• 49
• 59

Why don't our senators run as Republicans, Democrats, or any other political party?

• There aren't enough registered voters to make it worth it
• The Democratic Party is not recognized in Nebraska
• The Nebraska state legislature is nonpartisan
• Primaries are not used for any elections in Nebraska

When was the unicameral in Nebraska implemented?

• 1933
• 1935
• 1937
• 1939

Which famous Nebraskan suggested the idea for the unicameral?

• Ernie Chambers
• The Sower
• George Norris

Who is the current governor of Nebraska?

• George Norris
• Barack Obama
• Pete Ricketts
• Tom Osborne

The job of the Legislative Branch is to _________   _________.

• carry out laws
• decide what the laws mean
• choose punishments for people breaking laws
• make the laws

Some jobs of the _____________ branch are to: create punishments for people who break laws, settle arguments over meanings of laws, decide if people are guilty of a crime

• Legislative
• Executive
• Judicial