State Government

The rule that state laws and actions must conform to federal laws and the Constitution is known as the _________ clause

• necessary and proper

• supremacy

• establishment

• free-exercise

What are voters asked to do in a referendum?

• sign a petition to remove an official

• decide whether to keep a judge in office

• support or reject a proposed law or amendment

• decide which candidate to nominate for office

Nebraska’s one-house lawmaking body, is an example of a(n) _________ legislature.

• unicameral

• bicameral

• special district

• part-time legislature

A process by which voters themselves can enact laws is called a(n) _________.

• referendum

• veto

• initiative

• recall

The leader of the state executive branch is called a...

• President

• Senator

• Governor

• Representative

The major difference between an initiative and a referendum is that an initiative

• begins with citizens, while the referendum begins with the legislature offering a bill to citizens for approval or rejection.

• is a proposed bill offered by citizens, while a referendum is a bill rejected by citizens.

• is used to create new programs, while a referendum is used to halt funding on an existing program.

• is a check on the executive branch, while the referendum is a check on the judicial branch.

Which level of government deals with licenses?

• Federal
• State
• Local

Most State legislatures today are 

• unicameral
• nonpartisan
• bicameral
• relatively powerless

What term describes powers that the Tenth Amendment sets aside for the states, not the federal government?

• Exclusive powers

• Concurrent powers

• Reserved powers

• Denied powers

_____ are powers held by both the state and federal governments.

• city charter

• reserved powers

• concurrent powers