There are different ways to propose a change to a state constitution. Circle all that apply:
Proposal by Convention
Proposal by Legislation
Proposal by Initiative
Proposal by Regulation
Proposal by Convention
Proposal by Legislation
Proposal by Initiative
In every state, the executive branch is headed by a _______________________.
Governor
True or False. The Constitution doesn't say anything about local governments.
True
All of the following are qualifications of state governor except:
Typically must be American citizens, 25 or 30 years of age
Elected by electoral college
Live in the state for at least 5 years
Most serve 4-year terms, with a 2-term limit
Elected by electoral college
After WW1, the ______________________ brought many African Americans to cities for jobs
Great Migration
Type of government where the central government has all the power.
Unitary
10th.
All of the following are powers of the state legislature except:
Create laws
Initiates tax legislation
Approves state budget
Rule laws unconstitutional
Rules laws unconstitutional
True or False. The states in the U.S. are individual countries.
False
Laws at a lower level of government are always superior to laws at a higher level.
False
All of the following are true of the first state constitutions EXCEPT
Discouraged property owners from being involved in government
Proclaimed principles of popular sovereignty, limited government, and checks & balances
Modeled after colonial charters
Had rigid qualifications for voting and officeholding
Discouraged property owners from being involved in government
Division of power between a central government and state governments is called
federalism
State judicial branches are usually led by the state ______________________, which hears appeals from lower-level state courts.
Supreme Court
All of the following are common responsibilities of counties EXCEPT:
keeping the peace and maintaining jails and correctional facilities
assessing property taxes
building & repairing roads, bridges, drains, and other public works
maintaining residential landscaping
maintaining residential landscaping
________________ is the practice of dividing a city into districts and regulating property uses
Zoning
True or False. States do not have their own Constitutions or laws.
False.
A _____________________ is a process by which a legislative measure is decided upon by the State’s voters.
Referendum
Powers that are not actually stated in the Constitution are called
Implied
True or False. "Concurrent" powers are the powers that only states have.
False
The three branches of state government.
Legislative, Judicial and Executive
True or False. Legislatures can pass any law that does not conflict with federal law or the State Constitution.
True.
The federal government can influences states by attaching rules to federal money.
True
Oversights of all of the following fall under state and local government activities EXCEPT:
Police Department
Naturalization
Schools
Libraries
Naturalization
The clause in the constitution that stated any federal laws passed by the congress are superior to state laws.
Supremacy clause
The three uses are generally ___________________, commercial, and industrial
Residential