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1 Class: Date: US Government Review 4.1 Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1. The Constitution grants these powers to the national government. a. delegated powers c. reserved powers b. supremacy powers d. denied powers 2. The Constitution gives the government three types of power. What is the name for these powers? a. Concurrent c. Delegated b. Supreme d. National 3. The national government's control of immigration is an example of a. concurrent powers. c. inherent powers. b. delegated powers. d. expressed powers. 2

2 4. Identify which of its powers the national government uses to carry out the actions listed in the graphic organizer: a. expressed c. inherent b. implied d. enumerated 5. State and national governments share the power to levy taxes and a. coin money. c. establish courts. b. regulate intrastate commerce. d. declare war. 6. According to the Constitution, state and national government share these powers. a. reserved c. implied b. expressed d. concurrent 2

3 7. Under the Constitution, the national government is obligated to provide states with three things. Choose the answer that best completes the chart. a. denied powers c. funds to administer elections b. surveillance d. protection 8. For a territory to be admitted to the Union, the first step was for Congress to pass a. the state constitution. c. a sunshine law. b. an enabling act. d. a sunset law. 3

4 9. What is the first step in the process of admitting a new state to the union? a. Congress passes enabling act b. governments from existing states agree to admit new state c. President issues proclamation d. Congress passes admission act 4

5 10. What role does the president play in the admission process for new states? a. issues proclamation c. vetoes the amendment b. signs the enabling act d. submits application to United Nations Completion Complete each statement. 11. Establishing diplomatic relations is an example of a(n) power. 5

6 12. The must guarantee each state a republican form of government. Matching Match each item with the correct statement below. a. elastic clause f. public policy b. Sixteenth Amendment g. delegated powers c. enabling act h. federal d. inherent power i. reserved powers e. concurrent powers j. expressed powers 13. Constitution gives to national government 14. enumerated powers 15. United States's form of government 16. government control of immigration 17. basis for implied powers 18. state powers 19. both state and national powers 20. first step toward statehood Match each item with the correct statement below. a. protect states from invasion f. governors b. Franklin D. Roosevelt g. Ronald Reagan c. extradition h. tax exports d. interstate compact i. Chief Justice Roger B. Taney e. supremacy clause j. pay for federal elections 21. national law outweighs state law 22. power denied to the national government 23. obligation of the national government 24. elected at state level 25. obligation of the states 6

7 Short Answer Congress shall have power... to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the Foregoing powers, and all other powers vested... in the Government of the United States.... Article I, Section Explain why this clause is known as the necessary and proper or elastic clause. Critical Thinking 27. Identifying Central Issues What might happen if the Constitution allowed state laws to have supremacy over federal laws? This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof, and all treaties made... under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby. Article VI, Section According to Article VI, Section 2 of the Constitution, which government is supreme? State or federal? Explain what problems might arise if the roles were reversed. 7

8 Understanding Concepts 29. Federalism Name one power that the Constitution denies to the states, and explain how the nation benefits from that restriction. 8

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