Ohio Constitution Review

Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Attorney General belong to the ___ branch.

• legislative

• executive

• judicial

• legislature

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

• citizens

• Supreme Court

• General Assembly

• federal government

Even though checks and balances do exist, THIS is Ohio's strongest branch of government....

• executive

• legislative

• judicial

• administrative

One reason the 1851 Ohio Constitution had to address the Judicial branch was...

• The original state Constitution asked too much of judges

• The original state Constitution did not have a judicial branch

• The Supreme Court was based in Cincinnati, not Columbus

• a. The original state Supreme Court had too many members

Ohio's legislative branch as a whole is called the....

• State Congress

• General Assembly

• Representative Assembly

• Parliament

Which group gained the most power as a result of the 1851 Ohio Constitution?

• executive

• legislative

• judicial

• citizens

In Ohio judges are chosen by the

• Governor

• Legislature

• Supreme Court

• citizens

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 1851 Constitutution included all of the following changes EXCEPT

• The governors term was changed to 4 years
• Judges were elected rather than appointed
• The top executive offices become elected rather than appointed
• The debt limit was abolished