Other Things I Need To Know

Question 1

How can the Judicial Branch check the other branches?

Answer 1

Judicial Review

Question 2

How can the Executive branch check the other 2 branches

Answer 2

Judicial: Pardon Power and appointing justices
Legislative: Approve or veto bills and Pardon Power

Question 3

How can the Legislative branch check the other 2 branches

Answer 3

Executive: Impeachment, Override presidential vetoes with a 2/3 vote and power of the purse
Judicial: Impeachment

Question 4

What is the main difference between the state of Illinois’ legislative branch and the federal legislative branch?

Answer 4

We have a General Assembly that creates laws for our state while the U.S. has Congress which makes laws for the entire country

Question 5

Who is Illinois’ state governor?

Answer 5

Bruce Rauner

Question 6

Who is Illinois’ Attorney General?

Answer 6

Lisa Madigan

Question 7

Who is Illinois’ Treasurer?

Answer 7

Michael Freriches

Question 8

Who is Illinois’s Secretary of State?

Answer 8

Jesse White

Question 9

When did Illinois become a state?

Answer 9

December 3, 1818

Question 10

What number state was Illinois?

Answer 10

The 21st state

Question 11

Where is our state capital?

Answer 11

It’s located in Springfield

Question 12

What are “Checks and Balances”

Answer 12

The way the branches can limit the actions of the other two branches