Copyright © 2013 Text - Lesley Hall/Images and sound effects added by Politics Teacher Ltd Direct Democracy
Copyright © 2013 Text - Lesley Hall/Images and sound effects added by Politics Teacher Ltd Electorate rather than legislature led 1.What is the key difference between proposition/initiative and a referendum?
Copyright © 2013 Text - Lesley Hall/Images and sound effects added by Politics Teacher Ltd 2. How many US states currently have a proposition/initiative process? 24 (and Washington DC)
Copyright © 2013 Text - Lesley Hall/Images and sound effects added by Politics Teacher Ltd 3. How many initiatives were put to Voters in total in 2012? 42
Copyright © 2013 Text - Lesley Hall/Images and sound effects added by Politics Teacher Ltd 4. How many of the 2012 initiatives were successful? 17 of 42
Copyright © 2013 Text - Lesley Hall/Images and sound effects added by Politics Teacher Ltd 5. Give one argument in support of the proposition/initiative process.
Copyright © 2013 Text - Lesley Hall/Images and sound effects added by Politics Teacher Ltd 6. Give one argument against the proposition/initiative process.
Copyright © 2013 Text - Lesley Hall/Images and sound effects added by Politics Teacher Ltd 7. In 2012, which state rejected marijuana for medical use through an initiative? Arkansas
Copyright © 2013 Text - Lesley Hall/Images and sound effects added by Politics Teacher Ltd 8.Which state approved the medical use of marijuana in 2012? Massachusetts
Copyright © 2013 Text - Lesley Hall/Images and sound effects added by Politics Teacher Ltd 9. Give one advantage or strength of the recall process
Copyright © 2013 Text - Lesley Hall/Images and sound effects added by Politics Teacher Ltd 10. Give one weakness or problem with the recall process.
Copyright © 2013 Text - Lesley Hall/Images and sound effects added by Politics Teacher Ltd 11. Which of the following states did not approve same sex marriage through a 2012 initiative? Maryland, Maine, or Mississippi Mississippi
Copyright © 2013 Text - Lesley Hall/Images and sound effects added by Politics Teacher Ltd 12. Which governor faced a recall Election in June 2012? Scott Walker Wisconsin A bonus if the state can be named as well
Copyright © 2013 Text - Lesley Hall/Images and sound effects added by Politics Teacher Ltd 13. Which political issue prompted the successful recall of two Colorado Democrats in September 2013? Gun control laws
Copyright © 2013 Text - Lesley Hall/Images and sound effects added by Politics Teacher Ltd 14. How many states offer some form Of referendum? All 50
Copyright © 2013 Text - Lesley Hall/Images and sound effects added by Politics Teacher Ltd 15. What did not get abolished in California after Proposition 34 failed in 2012? Death Penalty
Copyright © 2013 Text - Lesley Hall/Images and sound effects added by Politics Teacher Ltd 16. In which state was same sex marriage allowed in 2009 by state law, repealed, and then allowed after an initiative in 2012? Maine
Copyright © 2013 Text - Lesley Hall/Images and sound effects added by Politics Teacher Ltd 17. Which state governor was successfully recalled in 2003? Gray Davis, California
Copyright © 2013 Text - Lesley Hall/Images and sound effects added by Politics Teacher Ltd 18. In what year was the governor of North Dakota removed from office by a recall election? 1921
Copyright © 2013 Text - Lesley Hall/Images and sound effects added by Politics Teacher Ltd 19. In what year was the proposition Process first adopted in the USA? 1898 South Dakota
Copyright © 2013 Text - Lesley Hall/Images and sound effects added by Politics Teacher Ltd 20. What issue was being voted on in California’s Proposition 23 in 2010? Greenhouse gas emissions (rejected the suspension of law aiming to reduce them)