Honors Arizona History Review
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59 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 governor | jan brewer |
| governor's responsibilities | runs exec branch, manages budget |
| secretary of state | hilary clinton |
| secretary of state's responsibilities | foreign affairs, elections, petitions |
| treasurer | dean martin |
| treasurer's responsibilities | pays bills for state |
| superintendent of education | tom horn |
| az us senators | john mccain and jon kyl |
| first territorial governor | john noble goodwin |
| first state governor | george w.p. hunt |
| governor who was impeached | evan mecham |
| governor who resigned | fife symington |
| first us senator-conservative power | barry goldwater |
| first woman us supreme court | sandra day o connor |
| "father of arizona" | father kino |
| president who signed territorial status | abe lincoln |
| president who signed statehood | taft |
| mapped grand canyon | powell |
| helped raise the flad on iwo jima | ira hayes |
| apache leaders | jeronimo and cochise |
| longest term az congressman | carl hayden |
| first az capitol | fort whipple |
| present az capitol | phoenix |
| civil war site | picacho peak |
| largest az county by size | coconino |
| largest az county by population | maricopa |
| mother of all counties | yavapai |
| libel | ruin reputation by writing |
| slander | ruin reputation by speech |
| initiative | voters make a law, get it voted |
| referendum | voters approve or disapprove of a legislative law |
| recall | take someone out of office |
| bicameral legislature | house and senate |
| petition | apply and ask for redress from governor |
| adjourn | end, stop |
| majority | 1/half |
| plurality | the most |
| attache | people that help in governor and legislative offices |
| constitution | law of the land |
| board of regents | colleges are main focus |
| corporation commission | works with businesses |
| industrial commission | works with accidents on the job |
| supreme court | top court of arizona |
| justice of the peace court | for small misdemeanors |
| appellate court | appeal a decision |
| superior court | most active court, felonies, criminal, civil cases |
| felony | major crime |
| misdemeanor | minor crime |
| board of supervisors | county |
| mayor | head of a city |
| city council | elects mayor of city |
| school board | school divisions |
| county attorney | works for board of supervisors, handles cases |
| arizona mayor | phil gordon |
| assessor | county and state, determines property taxes |
| police chief | city official, elected |
| sheriff | works for county official, elected |
| recorder | sets tax rolls, records when paid |
| attorney general | prosecution for state |
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