The Distribution of Powers in US Government

Delegated powers	Reserved powers	Concurrent powers
Regulate interstate and international trade Coin money Declare war Maintain armed forces Establish a postal system Enforce copyrights Sign treaties	Regulate intrastate trade Establish schools Establish local governments Pass statewide laws (ex. safety belt laws) Run elections	Power to tax Maintain courts Borrow money

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I. Answer the following questions.

1. Why didn’t the US Founding Fathers create a unitary government in the country?

2. How do the federal and state governments exercise power over the US people?

3. What forms of government do individual states have?

4. Can states ignore or contradict federal laws and the US Constitution?

5. What government is superior? Why?

6. What government are delegated powers granted to? What are they?

7. What powers are state governments delegated to?

8. What powers do the federal and state governments have simultaneously?

9. What governmental powers aren’t specifically delegated in the US Constitution?

10. What powers of the American government are called denied powers?

II. Read the following sentences and say whether they are true or false.

1. Federalism refers to the division of governmental powers between the national and state governments.

2. The US Founding Fathers created a federal system to restrict the powers of states.

3. Under federalism, both state and national governments may directly govern through their own officials and laws.

4. The Constitution and acts of the national government that conform to it are inferior to constitutions, laws, and actions of state and local governments.

5. The states can either ignore or contradict federal laws and the Constitution.

6. Federalism is a central principle of the Constitution, and the balance of power between the state and national governments was defined exactly at the Constitutional Convention of 1787.

7. Delegated Powers are those powers which are specifically assigned to the US Federal Government.

8. Reserved Powers are those that both the federal and state governments have simultaneously.

9. Implied Powers are the powers that are not specifically delegated in the US Constitution, but are understood to be necessary or allowed.

10. The creation of denied powers was a specific way in which the US Founding Fathers attempted to create a limited government.

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