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This refers to the division of power among the governments within a nation
What is federalism?
This is the largest unit of local government is most states.
What is the county?
This serves as the state’s fundamental law.
What is a state constitution?
These are the developed areas outside the city limits.
What are suburbs?
This is the fastest and most often used method of voting in state legislatures.
What is a voice vote?
This is the single most important source of revenue among the states today
What is sales tax?
This is generally a court of last resort.
What is the state supreme court?
One of the most important functions of state government is this.
What is law enforcement?
This is the city in which a county has its headquarters.
What is a county seat?
This the process by which voters may remove a governor from office.
What is recall?
This is the form is the oldest, most widely used form of city government.
What is the mayor-council?
They are courts to help people collect small sums of money allegedly due them.
What are small claims courts?
The unique feature of traditional town government is this.
What is the town meeting?
This is another name for a county in Louisiana.
What is a parish?
This is an election in which voters approve or reject a proposed amendment.
What is a referendum?
This means that a municipality has been designated as legal governmental organization with certain rights and responsibilities.
What is incorporated?
These are courts at the bottom of the state court system.
What are the justice of the peace courts?
The growth of a city is usually accompanied by the growth of its this.
This is a legal document granted by the state which outlines a form of government for the city.
What is a city charter?
This is the process by which voters propose an amendment to a state constitution.
What is an initiative?
The most common type of county board is this.
What is the board of commissioners?
The system of Congress issuing more penalties than incentives to force the states to implement federal programs has been called this.
What is coercive federalism?
This area is a major city and the populated area surrounding it.
What is a metropolitan?
This is the chief source of income for local governments.
What is property tax?
Why did America’s Founding Fathers choose to establish a federal republic?
The Founding Fathers understood man’s sinful nature and wanted to avoid concentrating too much governmental power in the hands of any one individual, group of men, or the masses of people. (Or) The counteract the ambition of sinful man, the Founding Fathers established of a federal republic that divided political power, among the different levels of government.