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| Founder of Georgia? And When |
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| Oglethorpe. Was founded in 1733. |
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| How many Counties does GA have? |
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| 59 (which is second to Texas) |
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| How many State Governments does GA have? |
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| 1, Duh! Don't get caught by this one. |
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| GA has how many school districts? |
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| GA has how many special districts? |
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| GA has how many municipalities? |
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| How many state constitutions does GA have and why? |
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| 10, because it's very traditionalistic |
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| government can seize the lands of its citizens for public use only if it renders just and fair compensation |
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| Which type of Goverment are we more affected by? State or Federal? |
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| State. According to Tip O'neill (former speaker) he believes politics are local. Mayors and Governers have more of an affect on our lives then the president. |
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| Name some interest groups: |
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GA association of educators
Queer Nation/Atlanta
the top one is the largest |
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| 2 main pol. funct. of interest groups |
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| lobbying and campaign financing |
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| The equivalent to congress for GA is called what? |
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| How many politicians in the GA house and senate? |
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| Who is Georgia's N-P chief justice? |
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| What's the difference between the state judiciary and federal judiciary branch? |
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state - elected 6 year terms
federal - appointed by president and confirmed by senate |
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| Who is the speaker of the House for GA Gen. Assembly? |
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| Representative Glenn Richardson |
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| Who is the president of the GA. Senate? |
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| what is the order of leaders in the GA. Gen. Assembly for the house and senate? |
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House - speaker of house, speaker pro-temp.
Senate - president of the senate, president pro temp. |
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| There is a speaker pro-temp. in US house of representatives. T or F? |
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| False. Next in line would be the majority leader. |
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| Those in the Gen. Assembly are up for re-election how often? |
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| every 2 years. In us congress, house is 2 years, but senate is 1/3 up for re-election every 6 years. |
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| GA's executive branch is known as a what? |
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more then one person running executive branch.
The US. has a unitarian exec. branch.
In ga's gov., the governor must share power (sunny perdue) so not everyone can be of the same party. |
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| "Wisdom, Justice, and Moderation." |
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| Largest division of govern. in states |
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| 5 divisions of local government: |
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cities & municipalities
townships
special districs
school districts
counties
(no particular order) |
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| Examples of special districts |
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| military installations, indian reservations, national parks |
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| anything is called a city, but a munic. is an urban area of govn't |
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| multiple cities comprising one municipality |
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| special govn'ts for unique purposes to handle special needs, public goods, and other special services for citizens |
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most counties have these. Order:
county manager, mayor/city council, city manager. |
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| the chief beuracratic administrators of county and city govn'ts. They handle the day-to-day executive operations of local govn'ts. |
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| Example of a strong mayor/weak council |
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| example of a weak mayor/ strong council |
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| valdosta...most cities are like this. |
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| State constitutions are amended how? |
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| state legislation proposes and the citizens vote on the legis. |
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| difference of how const. gets amended for US and GA |
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US - 2/3 congress proposal, 3/4 state legis. ratifies it
GA - proposal by state legis., then citizens vote |
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professional legislature
citizen legislature
hybrid legislature
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| has 2 things that work for it: 1) legislators make more money 2) they are full-time politicians |
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| citizens spend part of their time working for the government, majority of their time is spent being a citizen |
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| a mixture of both professional and citizen legislatures. some are part-time, others are full-time |
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| when citizens take full control of government regarding legislation. There are 3 types. |
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| 3 types of direct democracy |
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initiative - when citizens propose legislation to be take up by congress
referendum - way 4 citizens to propose legislation to remove previous legislation
recall - the process for removing an elected official, done by citizens. |
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| the powers that local governments are explicitly granted by state goverments and therefore exist @ the will of state goverments. |
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| Local charter/city charter |
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constitution for local goverment.
Example: Home rule - when state governments allow local gov. to make own laws. |
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