State Scrambler In-QUIZ-itive? State Bird n b o r i ________________ 1. How many state senators 6. Who is your state State Animal r e d b a g ________________ are there in the Wisconsin representative? State Grain n o c r ________________ Legislature? a. Gwen Moore a. 99 b. Jonathan Brostoff State Tree g u a r s l e p m a ________________ b. 33 c. Scott Walker State Dance k l p o a ________________ c. 10 7. How tall is the Wisconsin State Beverage k i l m ________________ 2. How many state repre- State Capitol Building? State Rock t g a i n e r ________________ sentatives are there in the a. One mile Wisconsin Legislature? b. 10,000 feet a. 33 c. 284.4 feet b. 10 d. 100 feet c. 99 8. Who has the power to Word Search 3. The 19th Assembly District veto bills passed by the is located in which of these Legislature? Bill counties? a. The governor A C R T E U S U C U Law a. Milwaukee b. The attorney general E N T R B O T S O b. Waukesha c. The Assembly speaker Z T O F F Veto T E O N S I T U T I Senate c. Ozaukee C O N S T O P L U I E E G N R Capitol A U L I S 4. What is the population O I R L P Caucus P E V E T P R E A R of the 19th Assembly T R I V N Election I P G R I District? T E U O E Brostoff I B T M T a. about 18,000 a 8- c, - 7 b, 6- b, T R K U R 5- A C M Y R Speaker c, 4- , a 3- c, 2- b, - E S O I b. about 28,000 1 O A N R R M L E S G Governor c. about 58,000 Quiz: L S L W T G E T E O President A E M C L granite Y I E O R E P N N Assembly 5. Who is Wisconsin’s milk, polka, maple, D T N O P N M A I M Legislature current governor? sugar, corn, badger, robin, C E S N E N E U U C a. Barack Obama Scrambler: E R P S T Committee R E Z T I R N S E E b. Scott Walker ANSWERS E O W A L Constitution C T E S G c. Tammy Baldwin L Y T E L Supreme Court S S E M B S E A Attorney General Did U know? AA StudentStudent GuideGuide to a The present State Capitol a Construction of our present Capitol located in Madison is actually began in 1906. It took 11 years to StateState GovernmentGovernment Wisconsin’s fourth capitol building. complete, at a cost of more than The first Wisconsin State Capitol $7 million. was located in southwest Wisconsin near the town of Belmont. It was a a The Capitol is 284.4 feet tall small two-story building that still from the ground floor to the top Hi! stands today. The first Legislature of the statue on the dome. It’s met there on October 25, 1836. just three feet and one-half inch I’m your State Representative shorter than the nation’s Capitol in Jonathan Brostoff, and this is a guide a The Legislature met in Madison for Washington D.C. The State Capitol my office prepared for you! It’s the first time in 1838. The Second dome is one of the filled with fun facts and games Capitol eventually became too largest domes by about your Wisconsin government. small. It was torn down in 1863 volume in I am one of 99 State and re-built. In 1904, the third the entire Representatives who serve in the Capitol was destroyed by fire. world. Wisconsin State Assembly. I live in your neighborhood and travel to the Capitol to attend committee meetings, vote on bills that are before the State Assembly, meet with groups, and address constituent concerns. The Capitol is a great place to visit and a great place to What’s YOUR opinion? work. I am very honored to be your State Representative and I hope you will ask me questions about state government. Your opinion counts, so get involved and tell your elected Good luck in school and when you and your parents are official what you think. Write me at: in Madison, please stop by my office. State Representative Jonathan Brostoff Sincerely, P.O. Box 8952 Madison, WI 53708 (608) 266-0650 Jonathan Brostoff E-mail: [email protected] State Representative Wisconsin’s 19th Assembly District.