Your local government has the ability to provide public services funded by revenue that it raises because the state has granted it
a. a charter.
b. a mandate.
c. jurisdiction.
d. county status.
e. executive power.
Question -2-During the late 1800s and early 1900s, state constitutions began to include provisions for public health services, public education, and regulation of the business environment due to
a. federal court cases ordering increased human services and stricter business regulations.
b. the growing demands of industrialization and urbanization.
c. new government mandates because of the progressive era of government.
d. increased power granted to governors granting them the power to expand services.
e. the economic boom and bust cycle fostered by an unregulated banking system.
Question -3-Between the American Revolution and the Civil War, most states rewrote their constitutions to provide for all of the following provisions EXCEPT
a. greater democratization of institutions.
b. popular elections of state officials.
c. extensions of suffrage.
d. reduced influence of the governor.
e. promotion of local self-government rule.
Question -4-Early state constitutions reacted to the American Revolution by being suspicious of kings and royal governors, which led to a policy that
a. placed greater power in the state legislature and extended less to the governor.
b. gave more power to the county and municipalities rather than the central state government.
c. reduced the power of the legislator and gave greater oversight to the governor.
d. restricted campaigning and the influence of political parties.
e. ignored the power of the federal government and the chief executive.
Question -5-Which states constitution is older than the U.S. Constitution, and is also the oldest written constitution still in use in the world?
a. Delaware
b. Massachusetts
c. Vermont
d. Virginia
e. New Hampshire
Question -6-Typically, how do state constitutions tend to differ from the U.S. Constitution?
a. State constitutions are very vague and do not contain specific policy issues.
b. State constitutions tend to favor commerce and disregard civil rights.
c. State constitutions are more specific on policy issues and in describing the political system.
d. State constitutions generally omit a judicial system and default to the federal government.
e. States generally have a weak political identity that is not voiced in the constitution.
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