The State Government and Its Citizens Comprehension Questions

'...national and state governments work together to help citizens.'

'James Madison, nicknamed the 'Father of the Constitution...'

'This system of shared powers...'

'The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined.'

'The federal government cannot meet all the needs of all American citizens.'

It provides the reader with an example of a state constitution.

It gives the reader an excerpt from the Federalist Papers.

It shows the reader how government workers clear a highway after a mudslide.

It gives the reader a visual of how the government brings water to dry areas.

'Like the federal government, each state has its own constitution.'

'In the United States, state governments are modeled after the federal government.'

'In the United States, the national and state governments work together to help citizens.'

'The state and local governments handle state and local police, schools, and libraries.'

The federal government is in charge of education in the states.

The state governments provide food and safety to their citizens.

State governments take care of roads, highways, and public transportation.

Often, state governments will work together to solve a problem.

'This means the state takes care of its own roads, highways, and public transportation.'

'Highways, streets, bridges, and tunnels connect communities.'

'It is the state's responsibility to maintain them so that people can travel and transport goods safely.'

'States collect taxes, tolls, and other fees from citizens...'

'We use them each and every day, for every conceivable purpose.'

It introduces details about how the government handles transportation.

It explains how the constitution solves the problem of the states needing help with issues specific to that state.

It provides the reader with a description of public education.

It explains the order in which the government starts a new school.

It provides the reader with the breakdown of how the state's tax dollars are spent.

It helps the reader better understand what the state government is in charge of.

It gives the reader an excerpt from the Federalist Papers.

It shows the reader how snow is removed from streets in some states.

A. Solving Problems

B. The State Government and its Citizens

C. Both

D. Solving Problems

E. The State Government and its Citizens

F. Both

G. Solving Problems

H. The State Government and its Citizens

I. Both