GCSU GA Constitution Test 2025- Questions with
Complete Answers
Comparative sizes of the federal and state workforces, as well as which includes more
elected officials - ANSWER The US has more than 80,000 units of government. There are
537 elected officials at the national level and close to 500,000 elected state and local
government officials
What areas of public policy do the states take most of the responsibility for? - ANSWER
Public educational system, highway network, and provide most of America's law
enforcement, public health, welfare, and recreational services
- How similar are the different state governmental systems to one another? - ANSWER
All state governments have a constitution and separation of powers among the 3
branches. Each state does not have exactly the same powers, structures, and inter-
relationships
- Constitutionalism definition - ANSWER Government is created by the people for
certain limited purposes which are to be spelled out in a constitution
- Age of current Constitution - ANSWER Adopted in 1982
- Number of constitutions Georgia has had - ANSWER 10 since 1777
- Length of the last two Georgia constitutions - ANSWER Last one had 500,000 because it
was amended so often (1000 amendments by 1982)
- Prevailing constitutional doctrine in Georgia (and, by contrast, nationally) - ANSWER
Unless the state constitution specifically allows the state governments to carry out a
particular act, then the government can't do it
, o Impact this has on the length of the Constitution and number of amendments passed -
ANSWER Had to be amended so often to allow things like Fulton County to expand its
homestead property tax exemption, to permit a state agency to change its name, and to
increase the size of state scholarships to medical students
- Special amendments vs. general amendments and which are allowed in the current
Constitution - ANSWER Special amendments= only pertain to single localities, now
prohibited
General amendments= statewide application, only type allowed by Constitution
- Amendment procedure in Georgia - ANSWER Proposed amendments placed on ballot
and voted on by public
- Average number of amendments on the ballot every year and how many are approved
- ANSWER Average of 10 proposed amendments with about 7 being approved
- What kind of subjects do the 11 articles of the Georgia Constitution cover? - ANSWER
Basic rights of the individual; voting and elections; legislative, executive, and judicial
branches; taxation; finance; education; local government; and amending procedures
- In format, length, and content, how does the Georgia Constitution compare to the
constitutions of other states? - ANSWER Now in the mainstream of American state
constitutional development
- In theory, who is the most important and powerful individual in the Georgia political
system? In practice? - ANSWER In theory and in practice governor is most important and
powerful
Complete Answers
Comparative sizes of the federal and state workforces, as well as which includes more
elected officials - ANSWER The US has more than 80,000 units of government. There are
537 elected officials at the national level and close to 500,000 elected state and local
government officials
What areas of public policy do the states take most of the responsibility for? - ANSWER
Public educational system, highway network, and provide most of America's law
enforcement, public health, welfare, and recreational services
- How similar are the different state governmental systems to one another? - ANSWER
All state governments have a constitution and separation of powers among the 3
branches. Each state does not have exactly the same powers, structures, and inter-
relationships
- Constitutionalism definition - ANSWER Government is created by the people for
certain limited purposes which are to be spelled out in a constitution
- Age of current Constitution - ANSWER Adopted in 1982
- Number of constitutions Georgia has had - ANSWER 10 since 1777
- Length of the last two Georgia constitutions - ANSWER Last one had 500,000 because it
was amended so often (1000 amendments by 1982)
- Prevailing constitutional doctrine in Georgia (and, by contrast, nationally) - ANSWER
Unless the state constitution specifically allows the state governments to carry out a
particular act, then the government can't do it
, o Impact this has on the length of the Constitution and number of amendments passed -
ANSWER Had to be amended so often to allow things like Fulton County to expand its
homestead property tax exemption, to permit a state agency to change its name, and to
increase the size of state scholarships to medical students
- Special amendments vs. general amendments and which are allowed in the current
Constitution - ANSWER Special amendments= only pertain to single localities, now
prohibited
General amendments= statewide application, only type allowed by Constitution
- Amendment procedure in Georgia - ANSWER Proposed amendments placed on ballot
and voted on by public
- Average number of amendments on the ballot every year and how many are approved
- ANSWER Average of 10 proposed amendments with about 7 being approved
- What kind of subjects do the 11 articles of the Georgia Constitution cover? - ANSWER
Basic rights of the individual; voting and elections; legislative, executive, and judicial
branches; taxation; finance; education; local government; and amending procedures
- In format, length, and content, how does the Georgia Constitution compare to the
constitutions of other states? - ANSWER Now in the mainstream of American state
constitutional development
- In theory, who is the most important and powerful individual in the Georgia political
system? In practice? - ANSWER In theory and in practice governor is most important and
powerful
