What are the qualifications and duties of the Governor?

Missouri
Constitution Assessment
50 Questions
(use complete sentences) and 3 short answer questions
The
Missouri Constitution (http://www.sos.mo.gov/pubs/constitution.asp).
You may use
the Missouri Constitution and U.S. Constitution as you work on this assignment,
but all answers must be your original work and in your own words. If you use
outside sources other than the constitutions as you work, you must cite those
sources in your bibliography using Chicago/Turabian footnotes
This
assignment, will be submitted to the college’s originality checker.
BILL OF
RIGHTS
In complete
sentences and in your own words, state what each right means
1. Source of
Political Power
2. Promotion
of general welfare
3. Powers of
the People
4.
Independence of Missouri
5. Religious
Freedom
6. Practice
and support of religion
7. Public
Aid for religious purposes
8. Freedom
of Speech
9. Rights of
peaceable assembly
10. Due
Process of Law
11. Imprisonment
for debt
12. Habeas
Corpus
13. Ex post
facto laws
14. Open
Courts
15.
Unreasonable search and seizure
16. Grand
Juries
17.
Indictments and information in criminal cases
18. Rights
of accused in criminal prosecutions
19.
Self-incrimination and double jeopardy
20. Bail
Guaranteed
21.
Excessive bail and fines
22. Right of
trial by Jury – (22a) Qualifications, verdict, Female Jurors (22b)
23. Right to
keep and bear arms
24. Quartering
soldiers
25.
Elections and rights of suffrage
26. Eminent
domain
30. Treason
32. Crime
victim’s rights
33. SHORT
ANSWER (in a paragraph of 5-10 sentences) Compare the above rights from the
Missouri Constitution to the Bill of Rights in the US Constitution

LEGISLATIVE
POWERS
1. In the
U.S. federal government, the House of Representatives and the Senate in the US
government is called Congress, what is the legislative body called in Missouri?
2. How many
representatives are in the House of Representatives for Missouri?
3. What are
the qualifications to be a senator?
4. How many
members are elected to the Missouri Senate?
5. What are
the qualifications to be a representative?
6. How many
terms can members of the General Assembly serve?
1 house:
_____ both houses: _______
7. SHORT
ANSWER: (paragraph of 5-10 sentences) In your own words, explain the steps
to making a bill in legislative proceedings in a
8. What are
the limitations of power of the General Assembly?
9. What are
the emergency duties and powers of the General Assembly?

EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENT
1. What are
the qualifications and duties of the Governor? (Sections 1-10)
2. What are
the qualifications and duties of the Lieutenant Governor?
3. List the
order of succession to the position of the Governor:
a)
_______________
b)
_______________
c)
_______________
d)
_______________
e)
_______________
4. List the
duties of the State Auditor.
5. List the
duties of the Secretary of State.
6. List the
duties of the State Treasurer.

JUDICIAL
BRANCH
1. How many
Missouri Supreme Court judges are there?
2. What kind
of cases do Missouri Supreme Court judges hear?
3. What is
the term for Supreme Court judges? ___ years
4. What are
the qualifications for Judges?
5. At what
age must judges retire? _____ years

Short
Essay: AMENDING THE CONTITUTION (answer should be 2 paragraphs 5-10
sentences each)
The Framers
of the federal Constitution created a representative republic, not a direct
democracy, and furthermore, made the federal Constitution hard to amend. The
Missouri Constitution has been created with far more direct democratic aspects,
and is far easier to amend.
1. Assess these differences and the reasons for
those differences, and then tell what, if anything, should be done. Explain how
the Missouri Constitution makes provisions for being amended or replaced.

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