WorksheetsU. S. Government - Unit 3 Test Review, Part 1
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 5mins
The Founding Fathers chose to establish a federal system in order to —
divide the powers of government between the national government and the states governments
experiment with a new system of government
concentrate government power at the national level
concentrate government power at the state level
Which of these powers does the national and states share?
Collect taxes
declare war
coin money
make treaties with foreign nations
Which power is granted to the federal government, but not to state governments?
Collecting taxes
Issuing licenses
Maintaining a army
Providing fire protection for homes
Which of the following actions is a function of state governments, but not the federal government?
Collecting income taxes
Providing a postal system
Selecting public school textbooks
Constructing and maintaining roads
As Congress contemplates rewriting No Child Left Behind, President George W. Bush’s signature education law, legislators will tussle over a vision of how the federal government should hold states and schools accountable for students’ academic progress.
At a Senate education committee hearing on Thursday to discuss waivers to states on some provisions of the law, Senator Lamar Alexander, Republican of Tennessee, forcefully urged the federal government to get out of the way.
“We only give you 10 percent of your money,” said Mr. Alexander, pressing John B. King Jr., the education commissioner for New York State. “Why do I have to come from the mountains of Tennessee to tell New York that’s good for you?”
Dr. King argued that the federal government needed to set “a few clear, bright-line parameters” to protect students, especially vulnerable groups among the poor, minorities and the disabled.
"Holding States and Schools Accountable", New York Times, February 2013
The excerpt above is an example of which issue that is often the center of most U.S. legislation?
Debates over the role of the federal government
Concerns related to declining educational standards
Disputes about paying taxes to the federal government
Reservations about providing social services to the needy
Late Friday, following a five-decade-long legal battle to desegregate schools in Cleveland, Mississippi, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi ordered the Cleveland School District to consolidate its secondary schools. The court rejected as unconstitutional two alternatives proposed by the school district, agreeing with the Justice Department that the only way to achieve desegregation is by consolidating Cleveland’s high schools and middle schools.
press release, Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs, 2016
According to the press release, the federal courts have chosen at times to deal with local school districts by —
intervening in local issues
deferring to local officials
protecting the rights of local districts
negotiating with local school leaders
One way that the US constitutional republic differs from historic monarchies is that in the US constitutional republic political authority is given to —
a king
ambassadors
political party officials
representatives of the people
Which system of government has the advantage of keeping government leaders highly accountable to voters?
Federalist
Monarchy
Presidential
Parliamentary
Identify the following Functions.
* Judge Cases on Moving Violations
*Issue Marriage Licenses
* Hear Misdemeanor Trials
Functions of Federal Courts
Functions of the U. S. Supreme Court
Functions of State and Local Courts
Functions of International Courts
