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On this date, Nebraska became a state. - correct answer March 1st 1867 The large body of water underneath Nebraska is known as: - correct answer Ogallala High Plains Aquafer Lincoln has what form of local government? - correct answer Mayor/Council Plan True or False: The Nebraska sandhill region is shrinking at an alarming rate each year: - correct answer False True or False: Nebraska has always had a unicameral: - correct answer False Is Nebraska the only state that has a unicameral? - correct answer Yes How many counties are in Nebraska? - correct answer 93 Name of the body that makes laws for Nebraska: - correct answer Nebraska Unicameral Legislature Nonpartisan means: - correct answer Party affiliation is not on the ballot. Leadership positions in the unicameral are not based on political party What Act in 1862 brought many Nebraskans to the state? - correct answer Homestead Act This group interprets the laws in Nebraska - correct answer Nebraska State Supreme Court The state motto is: - correct answer "Equality Before The Law"
"Nebraska" comes from an Otto Indian word meaning: - correct answer " Flat Water" Nebraska was once described as the "Great American_________ - correct answer Desert The state flower of Nebraska - correct answer Golden Rod The state tree of Nebraska - correct answer Cotton Wood Nebraska's only two African-American state senators: - correct answer Ernie Chambers Name of the main river flowing east to west in Nebraska. - correct answer Platte River Head of the executive branch in Nebraska - correct answer Governor Dave Heinemann/(Pete Ricketts) Name of the elected state officials that have term limits - correct answer State Senators The president of the unicameral, who can take over for the Governor, is known as the: - correct answer *Lt. Governor Name the four tribes recognized by the Federal Government in Nebraska - correct answer 1. Ponca
The 3 branches of Nebraska state government - correct answer Legislative Judicial Executive Unicameral's strongest supporter - correct answer George Norris What does it mean to be sovereign? - correct answer 1. Supreme authority over something
Recall - correct answer When the voters can vote on either to return or remove an elected official. Referendum - correct answer When the voters vote to retain or remove a law passed by the Legislature. Initiative - correct answer When the voters put a law on the ballot and vote it up or down.