State and Local Government

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State and Local Government
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Terms

• Referendum
• Ordinance
• County Commissioners
• Extradition
• Full Faith and Credit
• Republican form of Government

• Home Rule
• Reynolds vs. Sims
• Council
• Manager
• McCulloch vs. Maryland
• Reapportion
• Suburb
• Metropolitan
• Charter
• Federalism

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Terms Defined

• Referendum? allows citizens to vote on state laws
  or new state amendment.
• Ordinance? Local law
• County Commissioners? Group of elected officials
  that make county laws and budget.
• Federalism? Where federal and state government
  work together to rule citizens.

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Terms Defined

• Extradition? Returning a suspect back to state
  where crime was committed.
• Full Faith and Credit? States agree to respect
  the decisions and contracts of other states.
• Republican form of Government? All states are
  required to create a representative democracy.

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Terms Defined

• Charter? Plan for local government (constitution
  issued by state legislature, general assembly)
• Home Rule? Allows large cities to make their own
  decisions without state interference.
• Reynolds vs. Sims? Representative districts are
  redrawn by population not land size.
• Council? Group of elected officials that run
  city and town government.

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Terms Defined

• Manager? Hired official to handle city and town
  business.
• McCulloch vs. Maryland? Supported article 6
  supremacy clause (federal gov. stronger than
  state).
• Reapportion? Redrawing representative district.
• Suburb? area surrounding large cities.

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Terms Defined

• Metropolitan? Large city and its surrounding
  suburbs.

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State Information

• A federal system allows federal and state
  governments to work together.
• If state and national laws have a conflict,
  national wins.
• The constitution protects the states by not
  letting anybody taking property and requires the
  federal government to always protect them.

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State Information

• 5 things that Article 1 forbids states from
  doing
• Printing Money
• Make treaties with foreign countries
• Declare War
• Keep an army at peace time
• Impose taxes on imports from other countries or
  states.
• The 14th Amendment requires all states to give
  equal protection of laws.

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State Information

• 4 Reserved powers for state government
• Divorce laws
• Marriage laws
• Regulate education
• Have elections
• 2 powers shared by both state and federal
  government is
• Impose taxes
• Borrow money

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State Information

• The McCulloch vs. Maryland case made clear that
  if there is a conflict between state and federal
  government then federal wins.
• Supporters of the nationalist position like the
  necessary and proper clause because it allows
  congress to create laws. (This may not be
  mentioned in the constitution).

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State Information

• Three programs that the federal government helps
  states with are
• Highways
• Education
• Welfare
• All states must create a republican form of
  government, also known as representative
  democracy.
• This is how Article IV insures that the states
  cooperate with each other.

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State Information

• State constitutions are amended by a 2 step
  process
• Must be proposed
• Ratified by the voters

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U.S. Constitution vs. NC
Constitution

• Identify the principles found in the U.S.
  Constitution and compare them to the principles
  found in the NC Constitution.
• Identify Article One in the state Constitution.
  Identify six (6) rights that can be found in both
  constitutions.
• Identify the make up of both houses of the
  General Assembly of seats, distribution of
  seats, qualifications, and terms.

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U.S. Constitution vs. NC
Constitution

• A.) Show the comparisons and differences
  between the role of the president and that of
  the Governor.
• B.) Identify the Governors qualifications,
  terms, and the election process.
• C.) What departments make up the state
  cabinet?
• A.) Identify the four (4) levels of courts in
  NC and explain their duties.