Citizenship in the Nation
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  1. "all men are created equal" is in the... Articles of Confederation Declaration of Independence Preamble to the Constitution Bill of Rights

  2. a list of 27 complaints against King George was in the... Articles of Confederation Constitution Declaration of Independence Preamble to the Constitution

  3. this document consists of a preamble, seven articles and 27 amendments... Constitution Articles of Confederation Declaration of Independence Bill of Rights

  4. The document that starts "We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union..."is .... Declaration of Independence Bill of Rights Article of Confederation Preamble to the Constitution

  5. The federal government finances its activities by... Income Tax borrowing taxes and borrowing financial management

  6. the first ten amendments to the Constitution is... Declaration of Independence Bill of Rights Articles of Confederation Preamble to the Constitution

  7. the three branches of the U.S. are the... legislative, bureaucratic, judicial federal, state, county democratic, republican, bureacratic executive, judicial, and legislative

  8. Barbara Boxer is ... our senator our congressperson our mayor our president

  9. James Rogan is... our senator our mayor our president our congressperson

  10. Diane Feinstein is our... congressperson senator mayor president

  11. which level of the government handles garbage collection ... city county state federal

  12. which level of the government handles the national defense... state city federal county

  13. which level of the government handles income tax... federal county and state city state and federal

  14. which level of the government handles the Highway Patrol... city federal state county

  15. which level of the government handles mostly education... federal state county city

  16. government power comes primarily from... the people city governments supreme court federal government

  17. powers shared by the state and federal levels are... implied powers delegated powers concurrent powers reserved powers

  18. powers given by the national government by the constitution are... delegated powers reserved powers implied powers concurrent powers

  19. powers that are kept by the individual states or the people are called... delegated powers reserved powers concurrent powers implied powers

  20. national defense, the FBI, NASA, the postal system, the interstate highway systems are all part of which level of government... state county federal executive

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