What court case declared segregation unconstitutional in public schools?
What is Brown vs board of education
100
Who must approve amendments to the Illinois Constitution?
What is governor and General Assembly
100
How are bills made into laws in Illinois?
Who is involved?
What could happen?
What is General Assembly passes bill - goes to governor - can sign it or veto it - if governor vetos bill - goes back to general assembly who can override the governor by 3/4ths majority
100
What is it called when the governor of one state authorizes a person's return to another state where the person has been accused of a crime?
What is extradition
200
What are the 3 qualifications to vote in Illinois
What is 18, U.S. Citizen, live in U.S. 30 days prior to election
200
What are the 1st 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution called?
What is Bill of Rights
200
Who is the commander in chief for the Illinois National Guard?
What is governor
200
When was the last Illinois Constitution adopted?
What is 1970
200
people not in the military are called?
What is civilians
300
What is the proper way to dispose of the U.S. Flag
What is burn it in a ceremony and bury the ashes
300
How many of the original 13 colonies had to approve the U.S Constitution in order for it to go into effect?
What is 9
300
What does the Illinois Constitution say about the cost of public education?
What is free
300
What types of districts in Illinois do our representatives / senators come from?
What is representative / legislative districts
300
2 parter. This is a group of people that can be called into military service???
This is the name of the militia in Illinois?
What is militia, Illinois National Guard
400
How should the U.S. flag be flown with flags of other nations?
What is same size, seperate staffs, same height
400
What vote is needed for amendments to be added to the Constitution?
What is 3/4ths
400
What special power does the Illinois governor have that the president does not have?
What is line item veto
400
Name the 3 types of courts in Illinois
What is circuit / district
Appeallate
Supreme
400
365 day period; plan for spending government money
What is fiscal year
500
How should the U.S flag be flown with the Illinois flag?
What is U.S. flag at the peak
500
When there is a conflict with a state and federal law, which one do you follow?
What is federal law
500
Who can call a special session of the legislature?
Who is the governor
500
How old do you have to be to be a member of the general assembly? 30 or 25?
What is 25 years old
500
party that does not have a majority in the House or the Senate