The Powers of the Government

The Powers of the Government

Federal and State

Multiple Choice

What type of system does the USA have?

• Federal

• Confederal

• Unitary

Multiple Select

What are the 3 levels of government?

• Federal

• State

• Local

• County

Multiple Choice

The power to make laws is...

• Enumerated

• Reserved

• Concurrent

• Delegated

Multiple Choice

The power to declare war is...

• Reserved

• Delegated

• Concurrent

• Necessary and proper

Multiple Select

Actually written in the Constitution powers are...

• Enumerated

• Delegated

• Written

• Listed

• Expressed

Powers that are actually written in the Constitution (for the Federal gov.)

• Enumerated

• Delegated

• Listed

• Outlined

• Expressed

• Inherent

We have three levels of government!

So there are quite a few powers to categorize...

Why have different levels of government?

It turns out, allowing the states in a huge country like ours to govern themselves is a great idea!

Rather than have all 50 states be clones of one another, they are able to control certain issues of their own, and have their own diverse identities.

Unity is important, too.

Each state enjoys the security and safety of being under the control and protection of a larger nation.

Some jobs are too big for any one state to do on its own. For example, the national government has the sole power of setting up a single system of currency-money-for the entire country. Can you imagine if each state had its own dollars and coins, each with a different value? You would need to take along a calculator to go shopping in another state! 

Sharing powers with the central and state governments is called...

(a system of government)

Powers that are SHARED with the Federal and State Governments

Concurrent

... that's it.

In this huge country, not all citizens are alike.

Americans in Oregon, for example, might need different things from their government than Americans in Alabama. They might even have different values, or cultures. So, the Constitution allows the 50 states to pursue their own agendas…to an extent.

Powers that ONLY belong to the STATES

Reserved

...that's it...again.

Multiple Choice

Creating an education system

• Enumerated

• Reserved

• Concurrent

• Delegated

Multiple Choice

Coining money

• Reserved

• Delegated

• Concurrent

Multiple Choice

Collecting taxes

• Reserved

• Delegated

• Concurrent

Multiple Select

What are the 3 levels of government?

• Federal

• State

• Local

• County

Multiple Choice

Declaring war

• Reserved

• Delegated

• Concurrent

Multiple Choice

Conducting elections

• Reserved

• Delegated

• Concurrent

Multiple Choice

Powers are reserved for the...

• States gov

• Federal gov

• County gov

• People

Multiple Choice

Powers that are given to both the federal and state governments are...

• Concurrent

• Inherent

• Reserved

• Enumerated

Multiple Choice

The US Constitution is ____ because it has to apply to all of the states

• Broad, vague

• Specific

• Boring

Multiple Select

Powers ACTUALLY WRITTEN in the Constitution

• Enumerated

• Inherent

• Delegated

• Expressed

• Reserved

Multiple Choice

The FL Constitution is ____ because it applies to only the one state.

• Specific

• Broad, vague

• Really short

• Nonexistent

Multiple Choice

Making laws, collecting taxes, establishing courts

• Reserved

• Enumerated

• Concurrent

• Inherent

Multiple Choice

Powers for the states ONLY

• Enumerated

• Reserved

• Delegated

• Implied

Multiple Choice

Powers that are not actually written in the Constitution, but the Federal government does have them..

• Implied

• Inherent

• Impossible

• Ignored

Multiple Choice

System- powers are SHARED with the national and state governments

• Unitary

• Confederal

• Parliamentary

• Federal