The first Illinois Constitution was written in the year 1818 and has had three more since then with the third and currently used one was adopted in 1970, and it has been revised with no drastic changes. Have you had some time to read the said constitution and what it contains? Take up the quiz below and see how well you understood it.
1818
1824
1896
1776
1906
Jim Edgar
Pat Quinn
Paul Simon
J. B. Pritzker
435
118
59
100
36
100
435
118
59
Comptroller
Governor
Secretary of State
Attorney General
Congress
Town hall
General Assembly
House of Burgesses
1818
1787
1945
1970
Lt. Governor
Comptroller
Secretary of State
Treasurer
3/4
2/3
1/2
3/5
Three times a year
One time a year
Once a month
5 days a week
Bills must be read on 3 different days
Bills must stick to one subject
Bills must pass both chambers with a majority vote
The governor only gets 10 days to examine a bill
Governor
State legislator (House or Senate)
State Judge
54 million people
12,000 people
12,500,000 people
125,000 people
Article I
First 10 amendment
Article VI
Article III
118 members in the Illinois House of Representatives
59 members of the Illinois Senate
6 years is the length of an Illinois state senator's term
2 chambers in the Illinois legislature
10 years length of an Illinois Supreme court judge's term
France
Germany
England
Spain
Chicago
Springfield
Vandalia
Kaskaskia
Amendatory veto
Pocket veto
Regular veto
Line item (reduction) veto
3
94
5
10
Treasurer
Secretary of State
Comptroller
Attorney General
Superintendent of Schools
District court
Circuit court
Appellate court
Supreme Court
25 years old
US citizen
3 year resident of the state of Illinois
Male
Comptroller
Secretary of State
Treasurer
Governor
Veto laws
Commander in chief of the state guard
Pardon individuals
Handle foreign affairs
Call special sessions of the General Assembly
General Assembly- legislative branch that makes the laws
Governor- executive branch that enforces the laws
Illinois courts- judicial branch that interprets the laws
All of the above
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