Territorial History
To provide oversight and guide Arizona's petition for Statehood.
What is the Enabling Act of 1910?
Source : https://codes.findlaw.com/az/enabling-act/az-st-enabling-act-sec-20.html
What was the first order of business done at Arizona's First Constitution Convention, September 10, 1891?
What was elect Convention Officers?
Source : http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/statepubs/id/4463
Of the five Courts delineated within Arizona's Court System (Supreme Court, Appellate Court, Superior Court, Justice Courts & Municipal Courts), which Court accounts for the largest proportion of Arizona Judiciary revenue-expenditure 2014?
What are Municipal Courts with Revenues-Expenditures reported 2014 at 46.8 percent and Justice Courts coming in second with over 25 percent total Revenues-Expenditures reported 2014?
Source : https://www.azcourts.gov/2013annualreport/Revenue-Expenditure-Summary
This first name of "Father of Arizona" wife Mrs. Charles D. Poston was shared by the first female Prime Minister of England.
Who is Margaret (Haycraft)?
Source : http://arizonaoddities.com/2012/09/the-story-of-charles-poston-the-father-of-arizona/
Cotton and copper, two commodities described as needing managed during Arizona's Statehood Era, relied on two industries which also needed managed. These two industries (are) described in Arizona's 2nd Congressional Constitution and continue to source contention 2018.
What are water rights and rail roads?
Source : hearsay
Four fortnights.
What is the length of time it took to draft Arizona's State Constitution?
https://statelibraryofarizona.wordpress.com/arizona-documents-leading-to-statehood/
Which Court serves as an Appellate for Justice Court?
What is Superior Court?
Source : https://www.azcourts.gov/guidetoazcourts/General-Jurisdiction-Courts
Over one half a decade previous to the 19th Amendment, enacting this liberty reflected Progressive and Populist view of Arizona's founding commitment to uphold equitable. (more than 1 possible answer)
What is women's right to vote, 1912?
Source : https://azlibrary.gov/arizona-almanac/arizonas-chronology
This culturally diverse population of Arizona's Territorial and Statehood Eras were not counted separately from the total population determined needing represented at Arizona First Constitution Convention.
Who were the Mexican migrants of Territorial and Statehood eras Arizona?
Source : The State of Arizona Constitution by John D. Leshy
If 48/50 could be described transpiring for all 50 states in 5 groups of 10 states, with 1-10 being the first ten states to unify and 40-50 describing the last 10 of 50 states to unify?
What is the rank of Arizona's Statehood if States were ranked by dates that State entered the Union?
After encountering Territorial resistance, this Indianan Representative was among the first to resist dual-statehood for Arizona and New Mexico, and among the first in Arizona's State History to shift from Republicanism to Progressive.
Who was Senator Albert J. Beveridge, Indiana.
Source : The Arizona State Constitution by John D. Leshy, p. 6.
Among others including California, New Mexico, and Colorado, this Yellow Hibiscus State provides Jurisdiction for Arizona's Supreme Court.
Where is Hawaii?
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According to secondary source Mr. Morill’s Report in the House of Representatives 1857, a Bill, H.R. 752 [Report No. 117] seeks to “establish a separate judicial district south of the Gila, and to create the office of surveyor general therein,”. H. R. 752 was enacted by Congress [Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress”] January 20, 1857.
This Document impetused a need for a separate judicial district south of the Gila and is named for the U.S. appointed whom mediated Treaty.
What is the Gadsden Purchase Treaty?
Source : http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llhb&fileName=034/llhb034.db&recNum=2149
Source : https://statelibraryofarizona.wordpress.com/arizona-documents-leading-to-statehood/
This first provision of The Enabling Act of 1910 is the same as this liberty provided by U.S. Constitution's 1st Amendment.
What is freedom of religion?
This explorer reached the Gila in 1538 after traveling "northwards along one of its tributaries, either the San Pedro or Santa Cruz," and may have been one of the first to see the Gila River. (paraphrase)
Source : Google snippet
Juan de la Asunción, -- which translates to John of the Ascension.
Oddly, Arizona's first Judiciary included 3 Justices. By the mid-1900's 5 Justices were at the Bench. Today, Arizona is lucky to be served by this number of Supreme Court Justices.
What is 7?
Spanning one quarter century, 1821-1848, this Era describes the political landscape of Arizona at the start of its Territorial Era.
What is the Mexican Era?
Source : https://azlibrary.gov/arizona-almanac/arizonas-chronology
This contentious topic was vetoed from Arizona's First Constitution but voted back into Law the same year that Arizona became a State.
What was the recall of Judges?
Source : https://statelibraryofarizona.wordpress.com/arizona-documents-leading-to-statehood/
True or False - The Chief Justice of Arizona's Supreme Court is elected similarly to how The Pope is elected, and how a Jury determines guilt.