State Powers
These powers belong only to state governments, not the national government.
What are reserved powers?
This branch of the federal government can declare war.
What is Congress?
Both the federal and state governments can collect this from citizens.
What is taxes?
Under the Articles, Congress could not collect these, which made it hard to raise money.
What are taxes?
This document replaced the Articles of Confederation.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
This amendment in the Bill of Rights explains that powers not given to the federal government belong to the states or the people.
What is the 10th Amendment?
Only the national government can print and coin this.
What is money?
These powers are shared by both state and federal governments.
What are concurrent powers?
The national government lacked this branch, which made it difficult to enforce laws.
What is the Executive Branch?
This is the system by which the three branches are able to prevent each other from becoming too powerful
What is checks and balances?
States use reserved powers to run this system of education.
What is public education (or schools)?
This person is the commander-in-chief of the U.S. armed forces..
Who is the President?
A concurrent power allows governments to borrow this in order to fund projects.
What is money (or funds)?
Without this branch, there were no national courts to settle disputes.
What is the judicial branch?
This system divides power between the national and state governments.
What is federalism?
This type of license, required to drive a car, is issued by individual states.
What is a driver’s license?
This clause in Article VI of the Constitution says that federal law is more powerful than state law when they conflict.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
Creating courts is a power shared by both the federal and state governments and is part of this branch.
What is the judicial branch?
This event in Massachusetts showed that the national government was too weak to stop uprisings and was the event that led to the writing of the Constitution
What is Shays’ Rebellion?
These are the first ten amendments to the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
Reserved powers let states create their own laws about this legal contract between two people in a relationship.
What is marriage (or a marriage license)?
This clause in the Constitution gives the federal government flexibility to make laws not specifically listed.
What is the Necessary and Proper Clause (Elastic Clause, also referred to as implied powers)?
Both levels of government can build and maintain these for travel and transportation.
What are roads (or highways)?
Every state had this many votes in Congress, no matter their size.
What is one?
This phrase means that the people have the power in government and is why the Preamble begins with "We the People"
What is popular sovereignty?