Federalism/State & Local Government Test Review

After a bill is introduced, debated and passed in the Florida House of Representatives, what is the next step?

• An amendment is passed

• The Governor can veto or sign the bill into law

• The Florida Supreme Court can veto the Bill

• The bill goes to the Florida Senate and repeats the process

How are Florida citizens directly involved in law making?

• Amendments require 60% of voters approval to ratify

• 2/3 of the House and Senate in Florida can propose amendments

• Only elected officials can make policy

• Only judges can amend the Constitution

What do you call a law passed local county government?

• staute

• ordinance

• municipality

• law

What level of government elects officials such as a clerk, judge, sheriff, auditor, and tax collector?

• state

• international

• federal

• County

-operate school districts

-manage local police/fire depts.

-sewage and garbage disposal

-zoning decisions/local building codes/permits

-provide local public transportation (buses)

-health services

-license and inspect restaurants

-operate local parks/beaches

-record births/deaths

These are all services provided by which level of government?

• Local

• State

• Federal

• International

Why is it important that we have a formal amendment process?

• The Framers recognized that times would change and so should the Constitution.

• To eliminate the power of the Supreme Court

• To prevent the states from becoming too powerful

• To give the people a role in changing the government

What must happen before a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified?

• Three-Fifths of each house of Congress must vote to support and propose an amendment

• Two-Thirds of each house of Congress must vote to support and propose an amendment

• Three-fourths of the state legislatures must propose an amendment

• Two-thirds of the State legislatures must propose an amendment

The following is one way to ratify an amendment to the U.S. Constitution:

-3/4 of State Legislatures vote to ratify

What is another way to ratify an amendment to the U.S. Constitution?

• 3/4 of State Legislatures vote to ratify

• 3/4 of State ratifying Conventions vote to ratify

• The President may approve an amendment

• The Supreme Court may ratify an amendment

Which of the following describes one way an amendment to the U.S. Constitution may be proposed?

• 8% of voters can sign a petition to propose an amendment

• Three-fourths of state legislatures vote to propose and amendment

• Two-thirds of of each house of Congress votes to propose an amendment

• Three-fourths of each house of Congress votes to propose an amendment

The Women's Suffrage Movement was able to get the 19th Amendment passed in 1919? What is suffrage?

• Women's right to citizenship

• Women's right to vote

• Women's right to run for political office

• Women's right to own businesses