Local Government
What is the city-level executive leader's title?
Mayor
What is the name of the powers they get to keep from the federal government?
Reserved powers
What type of government do we have?
Democracy
All 3 governments have which branches?
Executive and Legislative
What does Public Opinion mean?
General public thoughts on a topic.
Services that are provided?
What are the two houses in the North Carolina Legislature and its job?
Senate & House of Representatives their job is Create & Establish new state laws
What are the 2 political parties?
Democrat & Republican
All 3 governments have which branches implimented?
Executive and Legislative
What is Federalism?
The division of a central and state government.
What are town laws called?
Ordinance
How is north carolina government a "split the vote".
What ever the political party the Governor is the General Assembly with be the majority of the opposite.
How does the presidential election work?
General election; Citizens vote for president and vice president
Electoral college; Uses Winner takes all or Proportion states to vote
State and federal governments have the senates and House of representatives. True or False
True
Why is the U.S. salad bowl?
Different veggies mix together yet you can see each difference in them. We are a salad bowl as we all have our similarities and differences. Yet those similarities don't make us one and the same.
What is their biggest source of income?
Property Tax
Name the 4 major courts in the north carolina court system
District courts → Superior Courts → Court of Appeals → NC Supreme court
What is the name of the department that deals with lawful immigration?
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS)
Which governments receive taxes?
All of them!
What is "Rule of law"?
A law that applies to everyone and should protect everyone.
State and Federal governments have their own supreme court. True or False.
True
What does "Proportional States" mean?
Proportional States: Go by individual districts with each one getting one vote depending on who got the popular vote and the last 2 electoral votes go towards the who overall got the most votes.