Local Government
Local governments serve which places?
states - countries - towns and counties
What is towns and counties?
Which person is part of state government?
president - mayor - governor
What is a governor?
The federal government has ___ branches.
two - three - four
What is three?
The United States Constitution is ___.
a list of people - a religious text - a written plan of government
What is a written plan of government.
According to the Seventh Amendment, the ___ has the final say in deciding who wins a court case.
judge - jury - chief of police
What is a jury?
Palo Alto is a city in Santa Clara County in California. If the Palo Alto city government passes a law, who must follow that law?
people in Palo Alto - people in Santa Clara County - people in California
What is people in Palo Alto?
How are governors chosen?
Presidential appointment - Mayor appointment - State citizen election
What is state citizen election?
Name the branches of government.
What is legislative, executive, and judicial?
According to the Preamble, one goal of the Constitution is:
establish justice - ensure profits - provide jobs
What is establish justice?
The Fifth Amendment talks about the rights of people who are accused of crimes. Which is a right protected by the Fifth Amendment?
to own weapons - to remain silent - to apologize
What is the right to remain silent?
How do local governments get money?
trade - collecting taxes - selling food
What is collecting taxes?
Governors are responsible for?
Choosing mayors - serve on city councils - create a state's budget
What is create a state's budget?
The federal government is centered in ___.
New York City - Chicago - Washington DC
What is Washington DC?
This group of people wrote the United States Constitution.
the Army - the Framers - the Supreme Court
Who are the Framers?
What does the Eighth Amendment say about "cruel and unusual punishments"?
it can only be used against murderers - it can only be used during wars - it can never be used
What is it can never be used?
Name a service local governments often provide?
house cleaning - gas stations - road repair
What is road repair?
Who makes laws at the state level?
mayors in the state - state legislature - the governor
What is the state legislature?
This person or group is part of the executive branch of the federal government?
Congress - President - Supreme Court
Who is the President?
The Constitution was written at a convention, or meeting, in Philadelphia. The group invited was:
white men - women and children - Native Americans
What is white men?
The Second Amendment states people have the right to own ___.
businesses - weapons - cars
What is weapons?
Which person is part of a city government?
president - mayor - governor
What is a mayor?
How are representatives in a state legislature chosen?
citizen vote - governor appointment - district selection
What is district selection?
The president has a group of advisors called the cabinet. How are those advisors chosen?
American citizens vote for them - the president appoints them - Congress appoints them
What is the president appoints them?
The Constitution was written in the year ___.
1652 - 1787 - 1893
What is 1787?
The Third Amendment says:
soldiers do not have to pay taxes - people do not have to let soldiers live in their homes - all U.S. citizens must enlist at a time of war
What is people do not have to let soldiers live in their homes?