Government Unit 3 Review 24-25

Front

The passage is an example over the role which level of government?

Back

Federal

Answer explanation

In early part of George W. Bush's presidency, the national government passed a sweeping education act that included things like every state now needed to have a state test to measure students. This caused many states to argue that education law is a state power and that the national government needed to stay out of this area of education and will become a showdown between many states and the national government.

Front

Based on the excerpt, the federal government acts to fulfill the purpose of government by establishing a supreme court.

Back

True

Answer explanation

In the passage of the Preamble to the Constitution, the founders state they want to "establish justice".

Front

Who does the power to determine the following belong to? Conduct Elections, Educational Policy, Intrastate Commerce Regulations

Back

State Government

Answer explanation

Each state is in charge of how elections are run within their state. This makes it difficult to rig national elections because there are 50 different elections taking place that contribute to the result of the national election.

States have control over their education standards and how they measure student progress. This enables states to design curriculums that are most helpful to their students since the vast majority of students will most likely find jobs within their state not leave that state after school.

States create laws about intrastate (within the state) commerce and trade, this could be about how things are transported, sold, etc.

Front

Which system of government has the advantage of keeping government leaders highly accountable to voters?

Back

Presidential

Answer explanation

Presidential systems tend to keep leaders accountable to accountable to voters because if the President isn't doing a good enough job to win the majority of votes, they will not win the election/re-election.

Front

Creating a government with divided power shows that the founding fathers created what type of system?

Back

Federalist

Answer explanation

The founders wanted a system to divide the power of government up to prevent tyranny. A federalist system allows for not only power to be broken up in the national government, but state governments to also check the powers of the national government.

Front

The federal court system has dealt with local schools by intervening in local issues.

Back

True

Answer explanation

In this reading selection, federal courts forced the Cleveland School District to consolidate their schools. This ensured that the district desegregated their schools. Generally federal courts don't intervene in local issues like school systems, but this issue was about racial desegregation.

Front

National, State, and Local governments provide for the security of the people. This function is performed on a national level by doing what?

Back

maintaining a military

Answer explanation

The national government provides for the security of the people and nation through maintaining a military. This ensures that the military is always ready to defend the nation and people when attacked.

Front

A major function of the federal government is to provide for what?

Back

the elderly

Answer explanation

So the government provides social security checks to the elderly who are retired. Social Security is collected from workers paychecks by the government and placed into the Social Security fund. Social Security checks are then disbursed by the government from the fund to the elderly who do not always have a steady form of income during their retirements.

Front

Maintaining a standing army is a power delegated to which level of government? Options: State, Federal

Back

Federal

Answer explanation

Maintaining an army, navy, air force, etc. are all powers held by the national (federal) government.

States tend to maintain National Guard units, which may consist of the army or air national guard.

Front

Which section on the graphic would you place the power to collect taxes? Options: I, II, III

Back

III

Answer explanation

Both the National and State governments have to power to impose taxes. Taxes are how the governments get money to actually pay for things it wants to do. Without collecting taxes, these government would have to borrow increasingly money to pay for programs.