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Vocabulary
Section One
Section Two
Section Three
Section Four
100
A government, or federalism. The Constitution created this.
What is a federal system?
100
Protect States.
What is one of the responsiblity of the Constitution?
100
This comes from many sources, including the governer, individuals, and the legislators themselves.
How does a bill become a law?
100
Must be an American citizen, at least 30 years old, and a resident of the state for at least five years.
What are the qualitifications for becoming a governer?
100
Most are organized like the federal court system.
How are state courts organized?
200
Those powers shared by state governments and the federal goverment.
What is concurrent powers?
200
Every state is responsible for the public health, safety, and welfare of its citizens.
What is every state responsible for?
200
Every state has a __________ legislature (besides Nebraska's legislature).
Who has a bicameral legislature?
200
Like the president of the US, a ________ heads the executive branch of state government and fills many of the same kinds of roles.
What does a governer do?
200
Six to twelve years.
How long are state judges' terms?
300
Unequal representation. (Area-based districts often produced this).
What is malapportionment?
300
The balance of powers between state and national goverments.
What has shifted between state and national governments through the years?
300
The US takes a national ______ every 10 years.
What is a census?
300
Governers have the power to veto specific parts of a bill.
What is a line-item veto?
300
This is the last resort court.
What is supreme court?
400
A judge is called this when the local court is held (justice court).
What is a justice of the peace?
400
This provides grants-in-aids.
What does the federal government provide?
400
Representatives to the US Congress and the state legislatures are elected from _______.
What is a district?
400
Governers are able to give prisoners parole.
Who has the power to grant parole to prisoners?
400
Some win by popular vote in either partisan or non partisan elections, or by the state legislature or by the governor.
How are state judges selected?
500
They belong to the state, and the federal goverment cannot deny it.
What is reserved powers?
500
This article also requires every state to have a "republican form of government".
What is Article IV?
500
Operate much like the US Congress.
What do state legislatures do?
500
Number of executive departments, agencies, boards, and commissions.
What do every state have?
500
This consists of courts that consider appeals of lower-court decision.
What is the third level of state courts?