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Award money given to states to help pay for federal programs.
What are grants-in-aid?
100
The minimum requirement of 18 years old.
What is the minimum age of representatives in most states?
100
Means one house legislature.
What is unicameral?
100
Job is to collect taxes and to invest state funds.
What is the job of the treasurer?
100
This is to divide areas into districts.
What is apportion?
200
This gives the states additional powers, and protects states in the Constitution.
What is the Tenth Amendment?
200
Person that reviews the record keeping of state agencies.
What is an auditor?
200
The conditional, early release from prison.
What is parole?
200
State official who manages elections and maintains the state's official record.
Who is the Secretary of State?
200
Type of election demanded by voters to unseat a governor.
What is a recall vote?
300
Serious crimes such as murder, kidnapping, and drug trafficking.
What is a felony?
300
Petty crimes such as public intoxication, small theft, etc.
What is a misdemeanor?
300
Serves as president in the state senate in about half the states.
Who is the lieutenant governor?
300
This is when the central govt and the govt of the states share power.
What is federalism?
300
Having enough money to pay for programs is an example of this.
What are problems that state legislators face in meeting the demands of citizens?
400
Person/people being sued.
What is a defendant?
400
Gives governors the ability to reject only a specific part of a bill.
What is a line-item veto?
400
Police courts that handle minor cases.
What are magistrate courts?
400
Person/people filing a lawsuit
What is a plaintiff?
400
Case that occurs when a a person/group takes action against another person/group.
What is a civil case?
500
Powers not given to the federal govt, but to the states
What are reserved powers?
500
Its interpretation states that the federal govt has precedence over state govts if powers conflict.
What is the significance of McCullough v. Maryland?
500
Divided according to population.
How are state house districts usually apportioned?
500
Says that Congress is the supreme law of the land.
What is the supremacy clause?
500
When the governor of a state appoints a judge, and then voter either accept or reject the judge.
What is the Missouri Plan?
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