1. Unit 4: Chapter 4, Section 1 The Federal System Mr. Young American Government

2. National Powers  Constitution grants three types of powers: Expressed, Implied, and Inherent  Collectively known as Delegated Powers- powers the Constitution grants or delegates to the national government

3. Expressed Powers  Are those stated or expressed in the Constitution  Include power to levy or collect taxes, coin money, make war  Also known as enumerated powers

4. Expressed Powers

5. Implied Powers  Powers that the National government requires to carry out the powers that are expressly defined in the Constitution  For example, the power to draft people into the armed forces is implied given to government to raise an army and navy  Basis for implied powers is elastic clause

6. Implied Powers

7. Inherent Powers  Powers that a national government may exercise simply because it is a government  Such as immigration and diplomatic relations with other countries

8. Inherent Powers

9. The States and the Nation  Reserved Powers- Constitutional powers that are reserved strictly for the states  Grants states those powers, “not delegated to the US by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states  Such as Public School Systems

10. Reserved Powers

11. Supremacy Clause  Article VI, Section 2, states the supremacy clause- no state law or constitution may conflict with any form of national law

12. Concurrent Powers  Powers that are both the national government and the states share  Such as power to tax and maintain courts and define crime

13. Concurrent Powers

14. Denied Powers to State and Nation  National government cannot tax exports, and cannot interfere with the ability of states to carry out their responsibilities  State cannot make treaties or alliances with foreign nations, cannot coin money, or grant titles of nobility

15. Denied Powers

16. Guarantees of the States 1. Republican form of government by citizens being elected to Congress 2. Protection from invasion and domestic violence 3. Territorial Integrity, national government cannot use territory from an existing state to make a new state.

17. 3 Guarantees of the State

18. Admission of New State  Congress has the power to admit new states  Enabling act- when the people of a territory prepare a Constitution  It is then approved by popular vote and if it passes Congress, the territory is a state  Congress or the President may ask the state to change parts of Constitution  Once admitted, that state is equal with the other states