From the Glossary
These are the powers of the Federal Government.
What are delegated (enumerated) powers?
What is the US Constitution?
While the US Constitution has 7 articles, there are this number in the Florida Constistution.
What is 12?
This level of government is created by state governments and is responsible for everyday services like roads, schools, and policing.
What is local government? Also acceptable is city, county, and municipal.
This article of the US Constitution places all executive power of the United States into the President.
What is Article II?
These powers are set aside for the states.
What are Reserved Powers?
The federal government can use this to make the states bend to its will.
What is funding ($$$)?
This principle is found in the preambles of both the US and Florida Constitutions.
What is insure domestic tranquility?
Also acceptable is establishing justice, securing the blessings of liberty, forming a more perfect union, and promoting the general welfare. maintain public order
This level of government is primarily focused on public safety, health, and education.
What is the State of Florida?
This body of Congress is made up of only 435 members.
What is the House of Representatives?
Both the national and state levels hold these types of powers, such as the ability to tax and create laws, though their obligations differ.
What are Concurrent Powers?
What are delegated (enumerated) powers?
This document establishes rules for how Florida municipalities are to be ordered.
What is the Florida Constitution?
This level of government focuses on running public schools, providing electricity and water, and maintains recreational areas.
What is the local level? Also acceptable is city, county or municipal.
This is the how long a resident of a state must be a citizen in order to be a Senator of that state.
What is 9 years a citizen?
This group contains 100 members, 2 from each state.
What is the US Senate?
What is Reserved to the States, and the People?
This means to change, or fix something to make better.
What is Amend?
Under the Tenth Amendment, this level of government controls powers not specifically delegated to the national government, including public education and law enforcement.
What are state governments? No mention of Florida will be accepted.
This Article III body is responsible for interpreting all laws in the United States.
What is the Supreme Court?
This is the concept that everyone, no matter who they are, has to follow the law.
What is the Rule of Law?
These divided powers, which help keep one level of government from becoming too powerful, is an example of this, which is used to keep one branch from becoming too powerful, first introduced by the Baron de Montesquieu.
What is the Separation of Powers?
This is how the US Constitution is amended.
Jacksonville is a type this, the only one in Florida.
What is a consolidated government?
This is the head count of all people living inside the United States that takes place every 10 years.
What is the Census?