Federalism

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

• Confederal

• Federal

• Legislative

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

• enumerated powers

• reserved powers

• judicial powers

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

• reserved

• enumerated

• amended

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

• constitution

• federal powers

• reserved powers

Concurrent powers _____________

• are powers specifically listed in the Constitution for the federal government

• are powers that both the federal and state governments share

• include amending the U.S. Constitution and creating a military

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

• coin money

• establish a military

• establish a court system

State governments are responsible for _________

• establishing schools and holding elections

• establishing a military and building schools

• running the post offices and coining money

Which level of government issues driver's licenses?

• federal

• state

• concurrent

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

• unlimited powers

• expressed powers

• reserved powers

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)

• supremacy clause

• legislative clause

• checks and balances