1. Powers of State & Federal Governments Chapter 11~ section 1

2. Powers of the STATE U.S Constitution does not specifically list them
Are part of the compromise of FEDERALISM
Divides powers between state and national governments and allowing them to share others
set up local governments
set up elections
Set up school systems
Make laws protecting the health/safety of residents
Better able to serve their citizens problems

3. Powers of the National Gov’t
Declare war
To make treaties with other countries
Coin money

4. Shared Powers Collect taxes Borrow money Set up courts Enforce laws
Punish lawbreakers
Provide PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

5. NORTHWEST ORDINANCE (1787)

6. Differences of State &National Constitutions
Models for national constitution
More detailed than national (longer)
Changes made more often than national
By amendment by state legislature
constitutional imitative:
Rewrite it
NATIONAL
Less detailed than state (shorter)
Changes are far and few

7. Similarities of State & National Constitutions
Begin with a preamble
Describing purposes of government
Have a Bill of Rights
Listing freedoms guaranteed to all state’s citizen’s
Have legislative, judicial, and executive branches
National
Preamble, bill of Rights, and the 3 branches