Missouri Government and Civics Practice Flashcards

This set covers the structure, duties, and historical facts regarding the Missouri state government and basic U.S. constitutional amendments based on the provided lecture notes.

General Assembly

The name of the Missouri Legislative Branch, which has the main duty of making laws for the state.

Missouri Executive Branch

The branch run by the governor whose main duty is to enforce laws made by the General Assembly.

Missouri Judicial Branch

The state's court system responsible for punishing law breakers and interpreting laws and acts to ensure they are constitutional.

Missouri Supreme Court

The highest level of the Missouri Courts, consisting of $7$ judges who serve $12$ year terms.

Missouri Governor

The head of the executive branch who serves $4$ year terms and can be elected to a maximum of $2$ terms ($8$ years).

Missouri Court of Appeals

The second level of the three basic levels of the Missouri Courts.

Missouri Circuit courts

The third level of the three basic levels of the Missouri Courts.

Missouri House of Representatives

A legislative body consisting of $163$ members who must be at least $24$ years old and serve $2$ year terms.

Missouri Senator

A legislative position requiring a minimum age of $30$ years old and a term limit of $4$ years.

Bicameral

A term describing a two-house legislature, such as the Missouri General Assembly which has a total of $197$ members.

Eight-year limit

The maximum number of years any person can serve in the Missouri House of Representatives.

Lieutenant Governor

The official who is $2nd$ in command to the Governor of Missouri.

Missouri Compromise of 1820

A federal agreement where Missouri entered the union as a slave-state and Maine entered as a free-state.

Bill Clinton

The last Democratic president to win in Missouri, occurring in $1996$.

Electoral votes

Missouri can cast $10$ of these for the President of the United States.

“The Show-me State”

The official nickname for the state of Missouri.

‐‐Gate-way to the West”

A nickname for Saint Louis because travelers like Lewis and Clark stopped along the Mississippi River before heading West.

1st Amendment

Protects the Freedom of Assembly, Petition, Press, Religion, and Speech.

2nd Amendment

The constitutional amendment granting the Right to bear arms.

3rd Amendment

States that citizens cannot be forced to house and take care of soldiers.

4th Amendment

Protects citizens from unlawful searches and seizures of personal property without a search warrant.

Missouri Black population

Approximately $11.5$% of the state, with the majority residing in Saint Louis and Kansas City.

Republican

The political party that Missouri is considered to vote for mostly.