Which is a job of state governments?

• A. To control pollution.
• B. To defend all people from attack by other countries.
• C. To issue money for the entire country.
• D. To run national elections.

Answer: (A)

Keeping air and water clean is a responsibility state governments handle to protect people in their own communities. Controlling pollution fits that role because states create and enforce environmental rules, issue permits, and monitor pollution within their borders so local communities stay healthy. The other tasks involve the national level: defending the country from foreign attacks is national defense, issuing money for the entire country is a federal function, and organizing national elections requires coordination across many states rather than being a single state’s duty. So, controlling pollution is the best fit for a state government job.