Illinois Government Final Exam Questions
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Sales Tax - ✔✔varies city and county. IL, 6.25%. $711 per person. Du Quoin, 9.25% and 9.75%.
Imposed by state and local government on purchase of goods.
Income Tax - ✔✔Tax paid to state government based on amount of money an IL job holder earns. 5%.
average $677 per person. 33rd highest nationally.
Property Taxes - ✔✔Based on assessed value of land and building. Money for public schools and for
services provided by local governments. Local and state. $1,533. 10th highest nationally. Main source
of income for local governments.
Grants from the U.S. governments. The lottery. User fees. - ✔✔What are some other ways for Illinois
to make money?
Kaskakia, Vandailia, Springfield - ✔✔What are the three capitals in order for Illinois?
,1818, they met at Kaskaskia, 21 days, very short constitution. - ✔✔When was the first
constitution written and where did they meet? For how long did they meet?
1848, 1870, 1970 - ✔✔What years did they rewrite the constitution?
1848 - ✔✔When did they rewrite it for the new agriculture and railroad center.
1870 - ✔✔When did they rewrite it for the manufacturing and urban center.
1970 - ✔✔When did they rewrite to give greater protection to individuals rights,
modernize government, and improve revenue (tax) system of the state?
Constitutional convention: 3/5ths of the members of general assembly approve call for convention,
voters can approve or disapprove. Every 20 years, automatically put before voters. - ✔✔What is the
first way to change the state constitution?
Amendments by the General Assembly: 3/5ths of each house approve, amendments can be proposed
by the G.A. Must be submitted to voters at the next general election. No more than 3 at one time. -
✔✔What is the second was to change the state constitution?
, Total Veto - ✔✔Governor can veto entire bill and a 3/5 majority is necessary in both houses to override.
Reduction Veto - ✔✔Appropriation bills. Reduce amount of money spent for a specific program or
project. Cannot be restored to amount by general assembly unless they reapprove original amount by
majority vote.
Line Item Veto - ✔✔Appropriation bills, Veto one or more lines of spending amounts for specific
program or project in one bill, can sign rest of bill into law. General Assembly must repass the bill with
a 3/5 vote in Senate and House
Amendatory Veto - ✔✔Write changes into bill that has only passed general Assembly. TO override the
veto, repass original with 3/5 in both houses. Approve the changes require majority vote. Failure to vote
either way, and the bill dies.
Illinois didnt reach the population requirement, so they lied and counted people passing through and
livestock of illinoisans. - ✔✔What criteria did Illinois not meet at first in order to become a state
and how did they fix it?
Federalism - ✔✔The separation of state and national powers
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