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19 Cards in this Set
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In a REPRESENTATIVE democracy -
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we elect people to make our decisions for us
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What type of system do we have?
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FEDERAL
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Vice President is
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Joe Biden
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Barack Obama is head of the
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executive branch of the federal government
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Each state has ___ US Senates and they are the members of congress on the ___ level
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two , NATIONAL
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Which amendment made them elected by the people?
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17th
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US Senators -
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Thad Cochran + Roger Wicker
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Us Senators have ___ terms
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6 year
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The number of representative changes every ___ years based on the population shifts
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10 yeras
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Mississippi has __ Us Representatives
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4
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1st
2nd 3rd 4th |
Alan Nunnelee
Bennie Thompson Greg Harper Steven Palazzo |
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Governor is
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Haley Barbour
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Governor is leader of the
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executive branch of government in MS
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Lt Governor -
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Phil Bryant
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LT Gov has a lot of say on
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what bills get passed in the state
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Secretary of State -- Keeps up with public lands publications non profit organizations
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Delbert Hosemann
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State Treasurer Deals with budget issues
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Tate Reeves
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State Auditor Makes sure that gov agencies are keeping accurate records and spend money on what they are supposed to spend it on
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Stacey Pickering
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Commissioner of Agriculture deals with the ag issues, runs the fairgrounds
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Lester Spell
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