Chicago/IL politics
The structure of the Chicago city government...
What is Mayor/Council?
A direct question on a ballot...
What is a referendum?
This amendment to the Constitution lays out the concept of reserved powers.
What is the 10th amendment?
This federal government tool is the most expensive...
3rd party government which involves the outsourcing of government services to non-governmental entities...
What is privatization?
The federal practice of discrimination in access to housing loans.
What is redlining?
The power to conduct elections is an example of this kind of governmental power.
What is a reserved power?
A system of government that is bottom up in which state government makes all of the decisions for the state and local governments.
What is a confederal system?
This tool of government involves direct federal payments to state and local governments....
What is a grant?
A system of government that is top down in which the federal government has all authority...
What is a unitary system?
The number of State Representatives in the state of Illinois...
What is 118?
The power to establish schools is an example of this kind of governmental power.
What is a reserved power?
The number of governments in the United States...
What is 88,000?
This tool of government requires the recipient to pay back money to the federal government.
What is a loan?
A federal governmental grant given to state and local governments with specific directions and requirements.
What is a categorical grant?
The number of aldermen in the city of Chicago...
What is 50?
The power to regulate intrastate commerce is an example of this kind of governmental power...
What is a reserved power?
This clause to the Constitution states that federal law supersedes state law.
What is the supremacy clause?
This tool of government reduces the amount of government revenue. It never appears on a budget.
What is a tax break?
A federal governmental grant given to state and local governments with open directions and requirements. This type of grant allows state and local governments to have flexibility in solving public dilemmas.
What is a block grant?
The number of State Senators in the state of Illinois...
What is 59?
The power to tax is an example of this kind of governmental power.
What is a concurrent power?
This clause to the Constitution requires each state to respect the public acts and records of other states.
What is the Full Faith and Credit Clause?
The Obamacare plan utilizes this tool of government...
What is a mandate?
This level of government was responsible for the Hurricane Katrina catastrophe...
What is federal, state, and local?