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Vocabulary
The Constitution
Miscelanious
100
The position that can call special sessions of the legislature.
What is the Governor?
100
The seat of government that puts together a budget for the government's money.
What is the Governor?
100
The laws that prevent any one individual or group of individuals from having too much power.
What are checks and balances?
100
The first line of both the United States and Louisiana Constitutions.
What is "We the People"
100
The age minimum for running for governor.
What is 25?
200
The position that gives opinions on laws and acts when the government is brought to court.
What is the Attorney General?
200
A tax on the sales of certain products, such as gasoline and alcohol.
What is an excise tax?
200
The practice of influencing the decisions of legislators.
What is Lobbying?
200
The splitting of powers between national and state governments.
What is federalism?
200
The branch of federal government that oversees state governments.
What is the Legislative Branch?
300
This position doubles as the head of the State Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism.
What is the Lieutenant Governor?
300
The definition of a severance tax.
What is a tax on the taking of natural resources from the environment?
300
An election that anybody from any political party can run in.
What is an Open Primary?
300
The amendment that gives states any powers not given to the federal government.
What is the Tenth amendment?
300
A previous decision that decides current debates' outcomes.
What is a precedent?
400
This position is the chief election officer for Louisiana.
What is the Secretary of State?
400
The requirement that prevents us from spending more than we earn.
What is the requirement in the constitution of a balanced budget.
400
A branch of government that is split into two chambers, like the senate.
What is a Bicameral branch?
400
The number of Louisiana Constitutions that have been in effect.
What is 11 constitutions?
400
The living requirements for voting.
What are US citizenship and residency in the parish in which you vote?
500
These people are represented by the legislature.
What are constituents?
500
Four types of taxes
What are Sales tax, Severance tax, Excise tax, Property tax, and/or Income tax?
500
A law dealing with the relationships between two individuals.
What is a Civil Law?
500
This additional right makes the Louisiana Bill of Rights stronger than the U.S. Bill of Rights.
What is the right to individual dignity?
500
The term length and consecutive amount for governor.
What are two consecutive 4-year terms?
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