Homework for Wednesday: Read 58-68 in Edwards.
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Learning Objectives:
CON-2.A: Explain how societal needs affect the constitutional allocation of power between the
national and state governments.
national and state governments.
CON-2.A.1: The exclusive and concurrent powers of the national and state governments help
explain the negotiations over the balance of power between the two levels.
explain the negotiations over the balance of power between the two levels.
CON-2.B.1: The interpretation of the Tenth and Fourteenth Amendments, the commerce
clause, the necessary and proper clause, and other enumerated and implied powers is
at the heart of the debate over the balance of power between the national and state governments
clause, the necessary and proper clause, and other enumerated and implied powers is
at the heart of the debate over the balance of power between the national and state governments
Questions to Consider:
1. What decisions (policy) should be exclusively left to the national government? What decisions (policy) should be exclusively left to the states?
2. How does the Constitution distribute power between the national and state governments? Think about certain clauses, amendments, etc.
Reading: Khan Academy--The relationship between the states and the federal government
Check for understanding: Analyze each scenario and determine which power (Expressed/Delegated, Implied, Inherent, Concurrent, or Reserved) is being used.
__________________ 1. A worker pays federal and state income taxes.
__________________ 2. The United States declares war on Japan.
__________________ 3. A lawyer who wants to practice in Texas must first pass the state's bar exam.
__________________ 4. Toys containing lead are banned from the United States.
__________________ 5. Racial segregation in hotels and restaurants is prohibited by the federal government.
__________________ 6. President Jefferson makes the Louisiana Purchase.
__________________ 7. Missouri decided to set aside 500 acres for a new wildlife reservation.
__________________ 8. Hawaii became a state in 1959.
__________________ 9. A person must be at least 18 to marry without parental consent in Illinois.
__________________ 10. After Hurricane Katrina, the US and Louisiana issue bonds to help pay for the rebuilding of New Orleans.
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