America is referred to as a "social experiment."what do you think the phrase mean? do you think the "experiment is still outgoing?

It was a "social experiment" since, unlike in most other places, a new nation was created in a short time from the many people who came to the land (unlike for example in Europe, where people have lived in the same place for generations).

So people could start the organisation of the society almost "from scratch" rather than negotiate slowly what was already threre - and this was new, an "experiment".I think that the experiment is in a way still ongoing, but not as much as it was before. The challenges that the US faces today are more similar to those of other nations.

They are formed to perform a single function or a set of related functions. special district governments are independent, special purpose governmental units, other than school district governments, that exist as separate entities with substantial administrative and fiscal independence from general purpose local governments.most perform a single function, but in some instances, their enabling legislation allows them to provide several, usually related, types of services.  such basic social needs as hospitals and fire protection, to the less conspicuous tasks of mosquito abatement and upkeep of cemeteries.hope this !