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Chapter 5 Ad Astra Per Aspera

Chapter 5 Ad Astra Per Aspera. Kansas Becomes a State. People to Know. Black Kettle p.116 Cyrus K. Holliday p.106 John James Ingalls p.100 James Lane p.108 Abraham Lincoln. Julia Louisa Lovejoy p.113 Sterling Price p.112 William C. Quantrill p.111 Charles Robinson p.100.

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Chapter 5 Ad Astra Per Aspera

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  1. Chapter 5Ad Astra Per Aspera Kansas Becomes a State

  2. People to Know • Black Kettle p.116 • Cyrus K. Holliday p.106 • John James Ingalls p.100 • James Lane p.108 • Abraham Lincoln • Julia Louisa Lovejoy p.113 • Sterling Price p.112 • William C. Quantrill p.111 • Charles Robinson p.100

  3. Words to Understand • Amend • Armory • Broadside • Charter • Guerrilla • Inalienable • Ordinance • Reminiscence • Representative government • Revenue • Secede • Segregate • Squatter • Veto

  4. Kansas Becomes the 34th State: Rough Start Broadside from 1869 • January 29, 1861 • Drought • Crops failed • Drinking water shortage • Kansas Relief Committee • Broadsides and flyers (Propaganda) • KS had Financial Trouble • "DROUTHY KANSAS," WORRALL'S FAMOUS CARTOON OF 1869.FROM A BROADSIDE PUBLISHED BY THE KANSAS FARMER IN 1869 OR 1870.

  5. Establishing a State Government:Ad Astra Per Aspera • Ad Astra Per Aspera • Latin • “to the stars through difficulty.” • John James Ingalls • Secretary to 1st KS Senate • Wyandotte Constitutional Delegate • Designed State Seal

  6. The State Constitution • Bill of Rights • Considered inalienable • Are Guaranteed • “all political power in inherent in the people” • All have an important role in government • All have a responsibility to participate • Can be amended (living document) • Also different from U.S. Const. • Slavery (6yrs.) • Women’s voting rights (61 yrs.)

  7. The Rules of State Government Today • Federal, State, and county/city • 3 Branches KS and U.S. government • Executive • Legislative • Judicial

  8. Executive Branch • Administer of laws passed by legislature • Headed by Governor who serves a limited term • Max two, four year terms • Includes Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, and State Treasurer as well as other agency directors • Governor can approve or veto bills • Collects Taxes (Revenue)

  9. Legislative Branch • Make laws (legislature) • Two chambers: House of Representatives and Senate • A bill must pass both chambers to be written into law. • Senate has 40 members; they serve four year terms • House of Representatives has 125 members; they serve 2 year terms • 2/3 vote to over turn an Executive Veto

  10. Judicial Branch • Interpret laws and settle disputes between people • Hear criminal cases where the state brings charges against a person • Hear civil cases between two parties • Money • Property rights • Juries are very important to the court system • State Supreme Court has 7 justices appointed by the governor

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