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Chapter 11: State Government

Section 3: The State Executive Branch

Focus:

1)                 Who leads the executive branch of state government?

2)                 How have state constitutions changed over the years?

Chief Executive:

3)                 What are three major responsibilities of the governor as chief executive?

Legislative Leader:

4)                 Describe the legislative powers of the governor.

5)                 What is the item veto?

6)       How does the line item veto give the governor greater control of state legislation than the President has over national legislation?

Judicial Role:

7)       What are the judicial powers of the governor?

Qualifications and Terms:

8)       What are the qualifications that are necessary to be governor?

9)        How long is the term of office?

Other Executive Officials:

10)      Who are the major executive officials that assist the governor?

11)      How are state executive officials different from national executive officials?

State Executive Agencies:

12)           What are some examples of state executive agencies and what do they do?