True or False
States had no government at all when the United States was born.
What is False?
The word used to describe the Constitution’s system of dividing political power between the national government and the states.
What is Federalism?
Print Money
What is Both?
This clause of the U.S. Constitution asserts that federal law takes precedence over state law.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
The central government of the U.S. is known as the federal government.
What is True?
You moved from Virginia to Maryland and need a driver's license. Which level of government would you contact?
What is the state government?
Regulate Commerce
What is Federal?
The Supremacy Clause is found in this article of the U.S. Constitution.
What is Article VI?
People still debate how much power states and the federal government should have today.
What is True?
You served in the U.S. Army for eight years and plan to attend college on the G.I. Bill (a college scholarship provided by the government to military veterans). Which level of government would you contact to ensure you receive your G.I. Bill benefits?
What is the federal government?
Conduct Elections
What is a State?
Reason why states can regulate certain matters differently from federal law, such as minimum wage rates and driving laws, provided these regulations do not conflict with federal statutes.
What are reserved state powers (powers not explicitly granted to the federal government or prohibited to the states are reserved for the states) and the 10th Amendment?
The Supremacy Clause says state laws are superior to federal laws.
What is False?
The Founders chose federalism as the best way to structure the new government for this reason.
What is it divides power so that the central government is not too powerful and it prioritizes local government as a way to be closer to the people?
Impose taxes
What is both?
This legal doctrine allows states to regulate areas where federal law is silent, as long as their regulations do not contradict federal policies.
What is police power or a state's authority to make and enforce laws for their residents' health, safety, and general welfare?