State and Local Government

What are reserved powers?

• The federal government’s ability to establish rules

• Powers held by the states

• Powers given to the Federal government

Extradition

• Method of returning fugitives to the state where they committed a crime

• The act of taking a prisoner to court

• Giving an arrested person his rights

Concurrent powers

• Powers that show differences

• States that run side by side

• Powers held by both federal and state governments

Full faith and credit clause

• A rules that ensures states do not have to accept other state’s civil court decisions

• Part of the Constitution that ensures each state will accept the decisions of civil courts in other states

What does bicameral mean?

• Legislative with one house

• Legislature divided into two houses

• Two-humped camel

What parts do most state constitutions have? (Check all that apply.)

• Preamble

• Bill of rights

• Organization of government

• Election provisions

• State affairs management provisions and amendment process

What is meant by delegated powers?

• Powers that are given to the federal government

• Powers that given to the states

• Powers that are held by any type of government

Match the following

• Unit of local government that is incorporated by the state and has a large degree of self-government

• County

• The largest type municipality

• Penal Code

• Set of criminal laws

• City

• Division of state government formed to carry out state laws, collect taxes, and supervise elections.

• Municipality

• the Governor appoints a judge from a prepared list; the judge faces voters in the next election

• Missouri Plan

Elected official in charge of county law enforcement

• Governor

• Sheriff

• President

Match the following

• Township

• Small unit of local government

• Town

• Authority of a city to write and amend its own charter

• Home rule

• Public meeting at which townspeople meet regularly to discuss and vote on town issues

• Town meeting

• Unit of government formed to meet many different needs

• Special district

• Unit of local government, usually larger than a village and smaller than a city