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34 Cards in this Set
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who is our governor?
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jay Nixon
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who is our lieutenant governor?
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peter kinder
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who is our Secretary of state?
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kander
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who is our attorney General?
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koster
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who is our treasurer?
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zweifel
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how many state representatives does Missouri have? (hor)
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163
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how many senators does Missouri have?
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34
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what is the Missouri legislator called?
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general assembly
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what are the names of our two U.S. senators?
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blunt and MCcaskill
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what's the saying in Missouri?
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"let the welfare of the people be the supreme law of the land."
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what's Missouri's nickname?
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show me state
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what's Missouri's State bird?
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blue bird
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what's Missouri's state tree?
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Hawthorne tree
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what were the two parts of the Missouri compromise?
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1. break off part of Massachusetts and make it a free state (main)
2. all property in the Louisiana purchase above the 36º 30' longitude line would be a free state withe the exception of Missouri. |
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what were the details of the mo compromise?
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Missouri wanted to be a state but if they were it would have an imbalance in the number of states that were slave states and free states so they came up with the compromise
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What was the first permanent settlement in Missouri?
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St Genevieve
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What year was it recorded that two white men saw Missouri?
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1673
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What was the name of the first military fort in Missouri?
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Fort Osage
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What was the name of the first capital of Missouri?
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St Charles
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What was the name of the Indian tribe that lived in Missouri?
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Osage
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Did Missouri succeed from the union?
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No.
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How many Civil War battles were fought in Missouri?
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1162
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The Dred Scott case made what decision?
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Sex slaves were property and could be owned anywhere even if it was a free state.
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The Dred Scott case made what unconstitutional?
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The property line about the Louisiana purchase
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What are the rights of the accused in Missouri?
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1. appear and defend
2. to demand the nature and cause of accusation 3. to meet the witnesses against them face to face 4. to get witnesses for his case 5. speedy public trial by an impartial jury of the county |
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What are the duties of the Secretary of State?
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Keeper of the seal and chief elections official
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What is the Attorney General's job?
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Chief legal officer
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What is the job of the Missouri treasurer?
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Payer of bills
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What are the reasons for impeachment?
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Crimes, misconduct, habitual drunkenness, neglect of duty, corruption, incompetent, and morals.
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What is the most common type of city government?
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Mayor council
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What kind of city government does Springfield Missouri have?
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Council manager. Does the council who does most of the work and there's to the manager he does all the work and the governor is just a figurehead
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What is the other name for the Missouri Court plan?
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No partisan selection process for judges
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Circuit judges are in?
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St Louis Kansas City Springfield
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When there's an opening for a judge in the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals what is the process?
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1. They form a commission to go through all the applications and resumes
2. They select 5 application 3. pick 3 applications 4. The governor choose between those three applications 5. the governor chooses one 6. The judge serve for one year 7. Until the next general election which is every two years 8. Shall? Be retained on? |
