IL Constitution Review before test

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Legislative Branch

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(b) Judicial Branch

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(c) Executive Branch

• IL Supreme Court

• IL Governor

• IL Lieutenant Governor

• Secretary of State

• IL House of Representatives

• IL Senate

• IL Circuit Courts

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) IL Senate

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(b) IL House of Representatives

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(c) both

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(d) neither

• term is 4/2

• 118 members and 118 districts

• elected by the people

• make laws that treat other state's citizens differently than IL citizens

• term is 2 years

• receive same salary as governor

• part of the General Assembly

• 59 members and 59 districts

• must be 21 or older

• speaker is chief officer

• meet in Springfield

• start impeachment proceedings

Match the following

• attorney general

• Who in the executive branch is the legal officer of the state?

• JB Pritzker

• general elections are always held in this month in even numbered years

• November

• defined as a city, village, or town created to provide services for residents

• municipality

• governor of IL

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) TRUE

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(b) FALSE

• there are 102 counties

• governor is commander in chief of the state militia

• IL became a state in 1818

• governor's term lasts 4 years

• the money manager of the state is the Secretary of State

• in some cases, voters that are 17 may vote in primaries

• public issues on a ballot are called referendums

• in mayor and council form of governoment, a hired manager is the chief city officer

• the General Assembly cannot be called into special session

• IL has 9 Supreme Court justices

• governor is allowed to use an item veto to approve only parts of a bill

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) True

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(b) False

• the capital of IL is Chicago

• The governor must be 40 or older

• the largest item of state spending is for highways

• the coining and issuing of money are the duty of state government

• Both the IL Constitution and the US Constitution have a Bill of Rights

• Both the state and federal government have two houses in the legislative branch