Minnesota - Chapter 11 State Government

All states

• have a state constitution
• have a bicameral legislature
• pass laws only through referendums
• have the same number of state legislators

Local governments get their authority from

• the federal government.

• the state government.

• the Article VI in the US Constitution.

• the President of the United States

Which is something that is solely regulated by states?

• interstate commerce
• what is required to legally practice medicine or law in a state
• freedom of speech
• that state's trade deals with foreign countries

The executive branch of a state government is led by

• a president

• a lieutenant governor

• a governor

• a Prime Minister.

Both the state and federal government have courts.

• True
• False

A state that has one body for its state legislature is

• bicameral
• unicameral
• dromedary
• bactrian

In most states the _______________ presides over the state Senate

• Lieutenant Govenor
• President
• State Auditor
• State Treasurer

In the 1964 case of ___________, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that state election districts must be equal in population or as equal as possible.

• Cooper v. Aaron (1958)

• Engel v. Vitale (1962)

• Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)

• Reynolds v. Sims (1964)

Only the state of _____________ has a unicameral, or one-house, legislature, called the Senate.

• Alaska
• Nevada
• Nebraska
• New Mexico

Some government powers are shared by both state and federal governments. These powers are known as _______________________

• Federal Powers
• Concurrent Powers
• Delegated Powers
• United Powers