What is the idea that the people are the ultimate source of their government's power?

Which president implemented the New Deal during the 1930's?

Which amendment established the income tax?

Who was offered command of all Union armies during the Civil War but refused out of loyalty to his native state?

What part of the Constitution states that powers not delegated to the national government nor denied to the states are reserved to the states or the people?

What is the name for those powers not specifically spelled out in the Constitution but derived from those that are listed?

Which powers define the limit of the national government's authority?

Since 1913, what has provided a continuous source of money for the national government?

Which Supreme Court case determined that states may not raise revenue at the expense of the federal government?

With which level of government are the reserved powers generally associated?

What is the source of implied powers?

Delegated powers are those powers given to which level of government?

What form of government limits government by dividing power among several government levels and organizations?

What is the only state to have a unicameral legislature?

According to which amendment, the states constitutionally retain all powers not specifically delegated to the national government or prohibited to the states. 

Elections are basically of two types: (two correct answers)

Which elections is used to determine which of the two or more candidates within a single party will face the opposing party's candidate in the general election.

All but one state requires prospective voters to register before voting. What states does not?

The Constitution of the United States has served as a model for those of many other nations.

The United States has a bicameral legislature.

Federalism is the division of power between national and state levels of government.

Bicameral means a two house congress.

Before 1865, identifying with one's state was often more important than national identity.

Before the passage of the 17th Amendment in 1913, senators were popularly elected.

The New Deal was an economic program associated with the presidency of Franklin Roosevelt.

Traditionally, local units of government have served primarily to implement state laws.

Federalism is a system in which all authority is vested in the national government.

Each state has its own constitution that must establish and ensure a democratic form of government. 

Property tax is the highest average source of tax revenue across all fifty states. 

Taxes is the single largest source of state revenue?

The local precinct or ward is the most basic form of party organization.

The chairmen from each county in a state meet together as the state executive committee and direct the party agenda statewide.

Which of the following plans called for Congress to be represented based on equality of states.

Which of the following plans called for Congress to be represented based on population.

given to state and local governments for a specific purpose, come with certain guidelines for their use.

governed by demographic formulas in a given area

allow the national government greater discretion in deciding how much aid will be given to a project.

simplify state of city administration of federal funds because they provide more flexibility than the more closely monitored categorical grants.

any registered voter can vote in any primary race for any one party

only voters registered with a particular party may participate in that party's primary elections

members of a party vote in the opposing party's primary in an attempt to ensure the election of the weakest candidate

independents may choose which primary to vote in but may vote only in that primary

gov. power is divided between the executive authority and the legislative authority, a council of individuals elected members from various districts, or wards.

city council members oversee the general administration of government, making policy and setting budgets

Voters select a body of five to seven people, known as commissioners, who serve as the government.

level of government that is independent of city or county governments and is established to provide specific government functions on a local level within specific boundaries