1. Chapter 22 Study Guide Answers
Ohio’s State and Local Government

2.   What was the primary reason for holding the Constitutional Convention in 1851?
To correct issues with the Constitution of 1802

3. How did African Americans and Women gain suffrage in Ohio?
Through Amendments to the United States Constitution

4. The Ohio Constitution of 1802 gave too much power to which branch of government?
The Legislative Branch

5. What does the word bicameral mean?
Two Houses

6. Name the two houses of Ohio’s bicameral legislative branch.
House of Representatives
Senate

7. Under both Ohio Constitutions, how are members of the General Assembly chosen?
They are elected by the voters

8. Which Ohio Constitution gave voters the right to elect high-ranking state officials and judges?
Constitution of 1851

9. Why did the 1802 Constitution give the General Assembly more power than the Governor?
Ohio’s bad experiences before becoming a state made them distrust a strong executive

10. What did the 1802 Constitution include to guarantee individual rights for citizens?
A Bill of Rights

11. How did the 1851 Constitution fix the problem of Ohio’s growing debt?
It limited Ohio’s debt to $750,000

12. How did the 1851 Constitution change the legislative branch’s power to appoint judges and all other government officials?
It required that all judges and officials were to be elected by the voters

13. How did the 1851 Constitution help the Ohio Supreme Court reduce its work load?
It created a three-level court system

14. How did the 1851 Constitution reign in the General Assembly’s power to pass taxes without showing taxpayers where the money would be spent?
All laws had to identify the purpose of the tax being created

15. How did the 1851 Constitution make tax rates more fair?
All classes of property were to be taxed at the same rate

16. Why did the delegates at the 1851 Constitutional Convention create a new level of courts?
The Supreme Court was overworked and overwhelmed

17. Which Constitution gave the General Assembly the power to appoint administrative officers and judges?
Constitution of 1802

18. Which Constitution created a three-level court system
Constitution of 1851

19. Which Constitution created two-year terms for the Governor?
Constitution of 1802

20. Which Constitution requires that all judges and executive officers be elected by the voters?
Constitution of 1851

21. Which Constitution limited Ohio’s debt to $750,000
Constitution of 1851

22. Which Constitution limited the Governor to two terms in office?
Constitution of 1851