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Name: Emily Bus h Date: School: Facilitator: 3.04 Alabama Constitution 1901 Answer the following questions as you review the information and videos from the lesson. I. It’s a Thick Book: Local Government and Home Rule 1. Define home rule. the government of a colony, dependent country, or region by its own citizens. 2. What is Alabama’s procedure for making a bill into a law? same as federal government 3. How does having the whole state vote on local issues limit local economic, social, and political initiatives? It slows everything down, and stops other cities from making progress when other cities vote when they don't understand what they are voting for. II. It’s a Thick Book: Taxation 4. Experts say it is important to balance the three kinds of tax. What are the three kinds of taxes? progressive tax, proportional tax, regressive tax. 5. Which group is hit the hardest by a regressive tax? low inc omes 6. How does a sales-tax-based state economy “create serious problems”? Our tax revenue becomes based on our economy 7. What creates proration and how does it affect school systems? when a school district is promised an amount of money 8. Why should public services be paid for with property taxes rather than sales taxes? The income from property taxes benefits the community by funding essential services and public works like the fire department, police, and roadways. Property taxes tend to generate more than a third of all revenues received by local government. 9. What is earmarking? designate (something, typically funds or resources) for a particular purpose. III. Constitutional Reform Fill-in-the-Blank 10. The Alabama Constitution was written in 1819 . 11. It is the longest constitution in the world with almost 1000 amendments. 12. On April 7, 2000 the the Alabama Citizens for Constitutional Reform (ACCR) was created in In Tuscaloosa to educate Alabamians on the problems with the current Alabama Constitution. 13. ACCR supports legislation to create a new state constitution due to several problems with the current Alabama Constitution including the lack of input by citizens on local issues, its crippling effect on economic development, and problems with unfair tax burdens on the poor and middle classes. 14. Special interest groups are private organizations that attempt to influence public policy.

15. Alabama has hundreds of special interest groups that can be categorized into one of two groups, interest groups that represent people in certain occupations and interest groups that represent . 16. The Alabama Education Association (AEA), the Medical Association of the State of Alabama (MASA), and the Alabama Bar Association (ASB) are among the most powerful interest groups in Alabama that represent specific occupations or employees. 17. The amount of influence a special interest group in Alabama holds depends on several factors including the issues, the group’s size or membership, and its financial resources . 18. The first method of influence special interest groups utilize is electioneering or actively working to obtain votes for a specific candidate in an election. 19. Special interest groups usually form a political action committee or (PAC) to legally contribute financial support to certain campaigns particularly elections for legislators, judges, and state executive positions. 20. The second method of influence special interest groups utilize is lobbying or trying to influence legislators or other public officials to sway their opinions for or against legislation. 21. Special interest groups in Alabama actually hire “ contract lobbies ” or firms that are hired to influence lawmakers. 22. The third method of influence special interest groups utilize is supporting or defending their members through judicial proceedings .

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