Unit 5: Federalism Test Review

Use the quote from the text about reserved powers to determine which of the following examples is a reserved power possessed only by State governments.

“The reserved powers are those powers that the Constitution does not grant to the National Government and does not, at the same time, deny to the States.”

• the ability to forbid people under 18 to marry without parental consent

• the power to tax other State governments

• the authority to seize public property

• the right to grant patents and copyrights to inventors and authors

Tariffs are taxes on foreign imports. In our federal system, the power to levy tariffs is a power

• assumed by the Federal Government.

• granted exclusively to the Federal Government by the Constitution.

• shared by both the State and Federal Government concurrently.

• denied to the Federal Government and reserved to the States.

Which of the following powers is a concurrent power shared by both the federal and State governments that is missing from the chart?

• Seizing property without payment

• Licensing professionals such as doctors

• Setting punishments for crimes

• Regulating interstate trade

Local governments get their authority from...

• the Federal government

• the local citizens

• the cooperation of the Federal and State governments

• the State governments

To which one of the listed situations would the protections of the Full Faith and Credit Clause apply?

“Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State.”

• A man taking a trip wants his driver’s license from one State to be accepted as proper identification in another State.

• A policeman crosses into another State and issues a speeding ticket to a driver in that State.

• A man commits a crime in his home State and flees to another State because he knows he will not be prosecuted there.

• A student living out-of-state expects to pay the same amount of tuition at a public university as in-state residents pay.

Use the excerpt below to answer the question.

The Congress shall have power. . . To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof. . .

- Article I, Section 8, U.S. Constitution

No State shall . . . coin Money . . .

- Article I, Section 10, U.S. Constitution

According to the above excerpts from the U.S. Constitution, the powers given to Congress but denied to the state governments are fundamental to which structure of government?

• separation of powers

• federalism

• checks and balances

• rule of law

Use your knowledge of the federal government and Missouri's state government to identify the powers of each level of government.

Match the each federal or state government power.

Conduct Elections

• State Government

• Federal Government

Use your knowledge of the federal government and Missouri's state government to identify the powers of each level of government.

Match the each federal or state government power.

Declare War

• State Government

• Federal Government

Use your knowledge of the federal government and Missouri's state government to identify the powers of each level of government.

Match the each federal or state government power.

Print Money

• State Government

• Federal Government

Use your knowledge of the federal government and Missouri's state government to identify the powers of each level of government.

Match the each federal or state government power.

Ratify Constitutional Amendments

• State Government

• Federal Government