Lesson 6: Powers of Government

What are the two types of powers given to the national government under the United States Constitution?

• expressed; implied 
• express; suggested 
• implied; explicit 
• suggested; explicit 

Article VI of the U.S. Constitution establishes that federal law is __________ in conflicts between federal and state law.

• irrelevant 
• persuasive authority 
• secondary
  
• supreme
  

The __________ Amendment says that says that those powers not given to the federal government and not prohibited to the states by the Constitution are reserved for the states and the people. 

• First
  
• Eighth
  
• Tenth
  
• Eleventh 

__________ powers are shared by the federal and state governments.

• Concurrent
  
• Constitutional 
• Federal 
• Libertarian 

Which clause in the Constitution ensures that judicial decrees and contracts made in one state will be binding and enforceable in another?

• Commerce 
• Dormant Commerce 
• Equal Protection
  
• Full Faith and Credit 

What are reserved powers? 

• powers specifically delegated to the national government by the Constitution 
• powers specifically delegated to state governments by the Constitution 
• powers not specifically delegated to the national government by the Constitution 
• powers not specifically delegated to state governments by the Constitution 

The power to __________ and __________ includes the right to place conditions on the receipt of federal money.

• buy; sell 
• tax; spend 
• regulate; limit 
• create; produce 

The power to regulate immigration is best described as a(n) __________ power.

• inherent
  
• enumerated 
• concurrent 
• limited
  

The national and state governments may have their own lists of powers, but the national government relies on four constitutional pillars for its ultimate authority over the states. Of the following, which is one of those four pillars? 

• the court clause
  
• the excise power
  
• the commerce clause
  
• power to appoint ambassadors 

Which of the following is a concurrent power? (A) control over the money supply

• immigration law
  
• education law 
• power to tax 
• declare war