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UNIT 4 TEST 2ND QUARTER
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SECTION I DIRECTIONS – YOUR COMMITTEE
GROUP WILL TURN IN ONE TYPED COPY OF EACH ESSAY ANSWER ON OR BEFORE 1/10(B)
& 1/11(G).
REQUIREMENTS:
1. Make a brief comparison between the
Virginia Constitution and the Federal Constitution. Give specific examples
concerning the similarities and differences between the Preambles, Articles and
Amendments.
2. Give a brief analysis of the controversy
concerning the separation of church and state that led up to the establishment
of the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom.
Give examples from the State of Discord article concerning this
continuing controversy for Virginia today.
3. Give an overview of the Virginia General
Assembly by providing specifics concerning the powers, structure and members.
Include a detailed chart that shows the steps in the law-making process.
4. Compare and contrast the Virginia
Executive branch with the Federal Executive branch. Give specifics concerning
the major elected and appointed officials along with the powers and duties of
each.
5. Give an overview of the Virginia State
Court system. Provide specifics concerning the courts, jurisdiction and
officials involved in this branch.
6. Explain the 3 forms of local government in
Fairfax County. Give examples concerning these forms along with the impact of the "Dillon Rule".
7. Explain the structure and function of Fairfax
County’s Board of Supervisor system. Include the powers, duties and districts
of the supervisors along with the role and duties of the County Executive.
RESOURCES:
SECTION II DIRECTIONS - MULTIPLE CHOICE (SEE
WEB PAGE UNDER UNIT 4 ESSAYS 2ND QUARTER) - READ EACH STATEMENT AND
LIST OF ANSWERS. PICK THE BEST ANSWER AND MARK THAT LETTER SPACE ON YOUR SCAN
SHEET. COMPLETED SCAN SHEETS AND GROUP ESSAYS ARE DUE ON OR BEFORE 1/10(B)
& 1/11(G). MULTIPLE CHOICE COVERS
WILSON CHAPTER 25 ONLY!
1. In most states, executive power is:
A. vested in a governor
B. vested in a governor and lieutenant
governor
C. divided among several elected officials
D. shared between the governor and the
legislature
2. Antifederalists espoused all of the
following principles except:
A. the election of numerous officials
B. at-large elections
C. short terms in office
D. weak executives
3. Weak executives officeholders, numerous
elected officials, and short terms in office were first
advocated in this country by the:
A. Antifederalists
B. Federalists
C. Jacksonians
D. progressives
4. Which of the following statements about
the state constitutions of the original thirteen states is true?
A. They vested most government authority in
the legislatures
B. They called for relatively strong
governors
C. They gave all citizens the right to vote,
not just propertyholders
D. They allowed the governor to veto
legislative acts
5. Which of the statements about the state
constitutions of the original thirteen states is true?
A. Many of them gave the legislature the
right to pick the governor
B. They called for relatively strong
governors
C. They gave all citizens the right to vote,
not just propertyholders
D. They allowed the governor to veto
legislative acts
6. The term that best described state and
local government during the Jacksonian era is:
A. powerful
B. decentralized
C. unrestricted
D. nonpartisan
7. Establishing initiative and referendum
elections, reducing the number of officeholders, and
eliminating patronage were all central goals
of the:
A. Democratic party
B. Republican party
C. Jacksonians
D. progressives
8. The diversity of state and local
government forms in this country can best be read as:
A. a tribute to the genius of the Founders
B. evidence of the importance to Americans of
local issues
C. the rapid growth of the United States in
the twentieth century
D. All of the above
9. The constitutional term for those laws
that promote health, safety, and morals is:
A. police power
B. health, education, and welfare
C. states’ rights
D. safety-net laws
10. How a state manages its basic functions
is determined by:
A. the federal Constitution
B. its constitution
C. custom
D. the federal government
11. State constitutions tend to differ from
the federal Constitution in their:
A. reliance on natural law
B. length and detail
C. invulnerability to amendment
D. inclusion of a bill of rights
12. One reason for the relative length and
detail of many state constitutions is that they:
A. reflect a progressive model of government
B. grew out of the British model
C. are so difficult to amend
D. reflect citizen mistrust of government
13. Initiative, referendum, and recall are
all procedures:
A. by which citizens can remove elected
officials
B. that allow legislation by voters
C. called for by the Tenth Amendment
D. that have been ruled unconstitutional
14. A procedure that allows voters in some
states to reject a measure adopted by the legislature is:
A. the recall
B. the initiative
C. the referendum
D. impeachment
15. A procedure that allows voters in some
states to place legislative measures directly on the ballot is:
A. the recall
B. the initiative
C. the referendum
D. impeachment
16. A procedure that allows voters in some
states to remove an elected official from office is:
A. the recall
B. the initiative
C. the referendum
D. impeachment
17. A major difference between state and
local government is that:
A. the existence of the states is guaranteed
by the federal Constitution
B. local governments are assured of a
republican form of government
C. states can be abolished
D. local government is more likely to be run
on a progressive model
18. The legal powers of local governments in
a certain category would be contained in a document called
a:
A. general-act charter
B. special-act charter
C. municipal constitution
D. metropolitan constitution
19. Dillon’s rule essentially states that:
A. a city can do anything that is not
specifically prohibited by the state
B. no state can be divided without its
consent
C. a city’s powers derive from the state
D. powers not exercised by Congress are
reserved to the states
20. A home-rule charter is based on the
principle that:
A. a city can do anything that is not
specifically prohibited by the state
B. no state can be divided without its
consent
C. a city’s powers derive from the state
D. powers not exercised by Congress are
reserved to the states
21. Dillon’s rule directly contradicts the
idea of:
A. metropolitan government
B. states’ rights
C. home rule
D. one person, one vote
22. The largest territorial unit between a
state and a city or town is a:
A. special district
B. county
C. municipality
D. township
23. A school district is an example of a:
A. city commission
B. county commission
C. special district
D. state supervisory district
24. The text’s use of the terms strong and weak
to describe the governors of individual states refers to the:
A. legal authority of these governors
B. actual power of individual governors
C. strength of the political parties allied
with the governor
D. strength of the interest groups allied
with the governor
25. Which of the following statements about
state governors is true?
A. They may or may not be elected
B. They generally cannot veto one provision
of a bill without vetoing the entire bill
C. They may or may not be of the same party as
the lieutenant governor
D. They derive most of their powers from
their personal attributes
26. Which of the following is not a right
reserved to the typical state governor?
A. the right to use a line-item veto
B. the right to select a lieutenant governor
C. the right to run for a second term of
office
D. the right to grant clemency to a criminal
27. Which of the following is not a right
reserved to the typical state governor?
A. the right to prepare the state budget
B. the right to select a lieutenant governor
C. the right to command the state’s National
Guard
D. the right to grant clemency to a criminal
28. Compared with presidential power, the
power of state governors to appoint other executive officers is:
A. considerably stronger
B. considerably weaker
C. widely variable
D. almost nonexistent
29. The constitutional limitation on a
governor’s power to appoint executive officials arises in part from:
A. the federal Constitution
B. political parties
C. civil-service laws
D. requirements that certain officials be
elected
30. In most parts of the country, according
to the text, the outcome of state legislative elections is most
closely related to the outcome of:
A. presidential elections
B. congressional elections
C. local elections
D. gubernatorial elections
31. Party leaders in the state legislatures
derive their powers from all of the following except:
A. the ability to pick committee chairpersons
B. legislative patronage
C. judicial appointments
D. control over campaign funds
32. Among the matters typically brought
before municipal courts are all of the following except:
A. minor criminal offenses
B. small claims
C. traffic violations
D. felonies
33. A state supreme court can almost
guarantee a review of its decisions by:
A. upholding a state law
B. invalidating a state law
C. invalidating a federal law
D. upholding a federal law
34. Depending on the state, judges may be
chosen by any of the following methods except:
A. partisan election
B. the Missouri plan
C. federal appointment
D. appointment by the governor
35. The most common form of city government
is the:
A. council-manager plan
B. mayor-council plan
C. commission plan
D. metropolitan system of government
36. Under a strong-mayor system, the city chief
executive is:
A. elected with substantial administrative
authority
B. elected with diluted administrative
authority
C. appointed with substantial administrative
authority
D. appointed with diluted administrative
authority
37. In Houston, the method chosen for dealing
with wide-area governmental problems was that of:
A. consolidation
B. city-service contracts
C. annexation
D. metropolitan government
38. The objection that many suburbs have to
the metropolitan form of government is that it:
A. is most costly to them
B. is a less efficient way of dealing with
metropolitan problems
C. sacrifices their independence
D. fails to deal with problems such as crime
and pollution
39. One of the reasons policy making in the
states differs from that at the federal level is that:
40. One of the reasons policy making in the
states differs from that at the federal level is that: