Question

1) Check all that apply.

Which parts of the Constitution provide for state governments?

the Eighth Amendment

the Tenth Amendment

Article I

Article VI

2) Select THREE ways to amend state constitutions.

by a majority vote in the legislature and approval by the governor

by constitutional conventions

by a voter-instigated initiative

by a majority or three-fourths of the legislature with approval by a majority of the voters

by U.S. Supreme Court decisions

by referendum

3) Select TWO reasons state constitutions are less stable than the U.S. Constitution.

Federal law mandates that state constitutions must be reviewed every 25 years.

State constitutions deal with details regarding the day-to-day relationships between government and its people.

State constitutions are more easily changed.

State constitutions are shorter.

4) Select the best answer.

What did the 1964 Reynolds v. Sims ruling decide?

The U.S. Supreme Court must hear any case appealed from state supreme courts.

Governors were given the right to use line-item vetoes.

Representation in legislatures should be based on equal population.

State legislatures were to be capped at 200 members.

5) Select the best answer.

Much of a state’s actual business is conducted by ____.

joint committees

secretary of state

the lieutenant governor

the state supreme court

Answer 1

1) Check all that apply.
- Tenth Amendment
- Article I
- Article VI

2) Select THREE ways to amend state constitutions.
- by constitutional conventions
- by a voter-instigated initiative
- by referendum

3) Select TWO reasons state constitutions are less stable than the U.S. Constitution.
- State constitutions deal with details regarding the day-to-day relationships between government and its people.
- State constitutions are more easily changed.

4) Select the best answer.
- Representation in legislatures should be based on equal population.

5) Select the best answer.
- joint committees