Guarantees & Obligations to the State
What Article establishes relationships between the states?
Article IV
What act does Congress have to pass before a territory can become a state?
An enabling act
State governments are responsible for funding elections for Senators, Representatives and Presidential _____.
Electors
Provide the term for this definition: a sum of money given to a state or local government for a specific purpose.
Federal Grants
McCulloch v. Maryland decided that if there is a conflict between the national and state governments, what level of government is supreme?
The National (federal) government
The Federal government states that it has an obligation to protect the United States against foreign invasion; what are the 6 branches of the military?
Marines, Army, Air Force, Navy, Space Force, Coast Guard
True/False: Territories such as Puerto Rico can formally vote on measures in Congress.
What level of government is responsible for ratifying Amendment's to the Constitution?
The States
Provide the term for this definition: formal order given by a higher authority.
Mandates
A2 + B2 + C2 is the formula for what?
Pythagorean Theorem
What form of government does the federal government guarantee to all 50 states?
Republican form
True/False: President's can veto a proposal for a territory to become a state.
True
In a republican form of government, who holds the ultimate power?
The voters
Provide the term for this definition: an act that limits a state’s ability to regulate an area.
Restrain
What artist painted the Starry Night painting?
Vincent van Gogh
The Federal government gives federal aid to states in times of natural disasters; what government agency provides and distributes this aid to the states?
FEMA
What do all territories have to do before Congress considers adding them as a state to the Union?
Draft a state constitution
True/False: Nebraska is a voter ID state.
True
Provide the term for this definition: The federal government’s ability to take over a state government function.
Preemption
What term is generally used to dictate the distance between the earth and far away stars?
Light Years
What President sent federal troops to Arkansas to forcefully integrate public schools after Brown v. Board of Education passed?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
List the 6 territories of the United States.
Washington D.C, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, U.S Virgin Islands
3/4ths of the states have to ratify a Constitutional amendment; what is 3/4ths of the 50 states?
Where does most of the money come from for federal grants? Hint: think tax
From Federal Income Tax
What university did Tommy Rees (the OC for the Baltimore Ravens) play for? Hint: This college is located in the Midwest
Notre Dame