Federalism

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What type of government does the U.S. Constitution create for America?

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Federal

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Examples of Congress’s ________________ are to: declare war, naturalize citizens, create post offices, create a military, control immigration and trade.

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enumerated powers

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The Tenth Amendment states that the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are __________________ to the states respectively, or to the people.

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reserved

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Some examples of the states' _________________ are to build roads and schools and to issue driver’s licenses.

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reserved powers

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Concurrent powers

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are powers that both the federal and state governments share

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Examples of concurrent powers include the power to ______________________, power to borrow money, power to create and repair highways.

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establish a court system

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State governments are responsible for _________

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establishing schools and holding elections

Front

Which level of government issues driver's licenses?

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state

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The national government is given certain "_________" which can be found in Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution

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expressed powers

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The ______________ in the Constitution states that federal laws and treaties take priority over state laws (because the Constitution is the supreme law of the land)

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supremacy clause