Posted: March 8th, 2016

Power to govern in the states flows in which direction?

Question 1

Power to govern in the states flows in which direction?

From the bottom up
From the top down
The flow of power varies state by state; each state has its own hierarchy.
There is a balance of power between the cities and the states.
The two power structures are independent of one another, like the state/federal system.

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Question 2

2 Which level of government shoulders primary responsibility for the following: education, public health, transportation, economic development, and criminal justice?

State
Local
Federal
State and Local share primary responsibility.
Federal and State share primary responsibility.

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Question 3

3 Avoiding the influence of political machines was the primary concern of what region when those states were drafting their constitutions?

Midwest
New England
West
West Coast
South

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Question 4

4 The bulk of all cases in the state system, usually adjudicated in specialized courts, include all but which of the following categories?

Small claims (under $500 or $1000, depending on the state)
Criminal cases
Family disputes
Traffic cases
Probate/wills

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Question 5

5 This document, granted by the state, specifies basic policies, procedures and institutions of a municipality.

The document in question may be referred to be any of the above answers.
Charter
Special constitution
Social contract
Compact

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Question 6

6 Which of the following best describes a municipality?

Local government restricted to a particular policy or service area.
Local government with broad responsibilities and basic administrative duties for welfare and environment programs, courts, registration (deaths, births, etc.) and, where appropriate, rural services.
Officially a local government where everyone comes to an annual meeting.
Local government with general responsibilities created in response to the emergence of relatively densely populated areas.
Local government where the state sets the major requirements and lets the community draft and amend the policies for governance.

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Question 7

7 The two most important tribal issues for state and local governments are

Casinos and taxes
Land rights and treaty provisions for hunting/fishing/gathering on tribal and public lands
Land rights and casinos
Land rights and taxes
Taxes and treaty provisions

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Question 8

8 Money raised by placing a tax or fee on an activity and then restricting the money raised to use on a specific, related activity (for example, a gas tax that is used to pay for road maintenance) is known as

Regressive tax
Segregated funds
Progressive tax
Property tax
Integrated funds

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Question 9

9 To deal with the mis and under representation of urban areas, the 14th Amendment established what principle?

One Representative, One Vote
One District, One Vote
One District, One Representative
One Person, One Vote, One Representative
One Person, One Vote

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Question 10

10 State governments have the power to issue licenses for all but which of the following?

Pilots
Architects
Bankers
Doctors
Lawyers

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Question 11

11 Changes sought by the Progressive Movement included which of the following?

The general principles of voter participation in candidate nominations and establishing public policy
The ability to recall serving politicians in mid term
The institution of primary elections instead of party caucuses for choosing candidates
The placing of referendums on the ballot
All of the above were proposals advocated by the Progressive Party

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Question 12

12 Which type of charter was historically drafted by each urban area as it arose, but is now generally banned by most state constitutions?

Home rule charters
Optional charters
Special charters
General charters
Classified charters

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Question 13

13 A government organization established to provide a service or run a facility independent of city/state agencies (like the port/transit authority, for example) is known as

Special interest organization
Public works
Ad hoc organization
3rd Party government
Public corporation

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Question 14

14 All but which of the following were cited by the text as examples of outside influence on local politics?

Ad hoc organizations
News media (especially state/local)
Influential families
Organized crime
Local business leaders

End of Question 14

Question 15

15 Sales tax is an example of a

Segregated fund
Progressive tax
Some other form of taxation
User fee
Regressive tax

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Question 16

16 Dillon s Rule states that local governments have no sovereignty but what they are granted by the state.
True
False

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Question 17

17 Local governments are funded almost solely by income taxes.
True
False

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Question 18

18 Income taxes are considered a progressive tax.
True
False

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Question 19

19 Appellate courts were not generally added to the state court systems until 1970.
True
False

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Question 20

20 At a town meeting (as in New England), every member of the community gets together to decide town business.
True
False

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Question 21

21 A classified charter is where there are different charters for cities based on population.
True
False

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Question 22

22 State constitutions, unlike the U.S. Constitution, were originally written to limit powers.
True
False

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Question 23

23 Cities are the basic unit of organization in the U.S.
True
False

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Question 24

24 The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 sets population requirements for territory and statehood.
True
False

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Question 25

25 One of the likely causes of the corruption in Wisconsin was the rising cost of campaigns.
True
False