State Powers

(Multi-Select) Which of the following do states have the power to do, or oversee?

• regulate marriage

• collect taxes

• make treaties with foreign nations

• raise/maintain a military

Which of the following is an example of a concurrent power between the Federal and State government?

• borrow money

• coin money

• declare war

• power to tax

Which of the following terms is defined as "a political unit that has the authority to govern itself."

• state

• province

• capital

• government

The powers given directly to the federal government by the Constitution are called...

• expressed powers

• concurrent powers

• reserved powers

• federal powers

The powers NOT specifically listed in the Constitution and are therefore given to the states are called...

• concurrent powers

• expressed powers

• state powers

• reserved powers

True or False: If I were to read the Constitution, it would be VERY CLEAR what powers States have.

• True

• False

The term for the sharing of power between states and the federal government...

• federalism/federal system

• stateism/state system

• expressed powers

• none of the given

Which Amendment of the US Constitution makes it clear how the power-sharing between the states and federal government should work?

• 10th

• 1st

• 5th

• 4th

(Multi-Select) An example of an implied power would be...

• Federal government having power to coin money, therefore they also have the power to print (paper) money

• Federal government having the power to tax, therefore they also have the power to COLLECT the taxes

• Federal government having the power to make rules about citizenship, therefore they have the power to monitor the flow of people over the border

• all of the given

State or Federal power? - Issue a driver's license

• State

• Federal

• Both