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North Carolina government

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  • Q1
    What was the main purpose of the Mecklenburg Declaration?
    To establish a temporary government in Mecklenburg
    To protest unfair taxation in Mecklenburg
    To declare the independence of the Mecklenburg region from British rule
    To negotiate peace with British authorities
    30s
  • Q2
    What is a bicameral system?
    There is a Governor and Vice Governor in North Carolina
    The division between North and South Carolina
    The legislature is made up of two chambers or house
    This is the second Halifax Resolution
    30s
  • Q3
    What was the importance of the Halifax Resolution?
    North Carolina was the first state to declare its independence from Great Britain
    It resolved Raleight as the capital city of North Carolina
    It established Halifax as the capital of Nova Scotia
    It made the United States Constitution legal in all 13 states
    30s
  • Q4
    Where does the following come from? "We, the people of the State of North Carolina, grateful to Almighty God, the Sovereign Ruler of Nations, for the preservation of the American Union and the existence of our civil, political and religious liberties, and acknowledging our dependence upon Him for the continuance of those blessings to us and our posterity, do, for the more certain security thereof and for the better government of this State, ordain and establish this Constitution."
    The United States Constitution
    The Preamble to the North Carolina Constitution
    The Declaration of Independence
    The beginning of the Raleigh Resolves
    30s
  • Q5
    What does the 19th Amendment guarantee?
    The right for all women to vote
    Lowers the legal voting age to 18
    The right to a trail by jury
    The right for all African Americans to vote
    30s
  • Q6
    What is the meaning of popular sovereignty?
    The source of power of any government comes from the people
    A monarch (king or queen) must be approved by the people
    Each state gets to have its own money-printing press
    Any law comes to a popular referendum in the polls
    30s
  • Q7
    Previous to 1972, what was the voting age in North Carolina?
    18
    20
    25
    21
    30s
  • Q8
    "No person shall be denied the equal protection of the laws; nor shall any person be subjected to discrimination by the State because of race, color, religion, or national origin."
    Amendment X to the United States Constitution, 1791
    Halifax Resolution
    Equal Protection Clause
    Popular sovereignty
    30s
  • Q9
    When was the first women's North Carolina Equal Suffrage meeting?
    1776
    1914
    1965
    1865
    30s
  • Q10

    What outlines the basic rule of a municipal government?

    charter

    jurisdiction 

    resolution

    census

    30s

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