Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Reference to Its Origins

by John Fiske

QUESTIONS ON THE TEXT.

1. Modifications of state government during the present century:—

a. Property qualifications for office. b. The distinction between the upper and the lower house. c. The advantage in retaining a two-chambered legislature.

2. The suffrage:—

a. The persons to whom it is granted. b. The qualifications established. c. The persons excluded from its exercise.

3. The separation of the executive and legislative departments:—

a. The relation of the great executive officers to legislation in
Europe.
b. The work of legislation in the United States.
c. The most serious of the dangers that beset democratic
government.
d. Important safeguards against such a danger.

4. The state executive:—

a. The governor as a part of the legislature.
b. Officers always belonging to executive departments.
c. Officers frequently belonging to executive departments.
d. The relation of the governor to other elected executive
officers.

5. The ordinary functions of the governor:—