Vocab SOL ce.7 Quiz

• A part of the Constitution that says any powers not given to the national government belong to the states or the people.

• Concurrent Powers

• Denied Powers

• 10th Amendment

• Separation of Powers

Things the Constitution says the national or state governments are not allowed to do.

• Denied Powers

• Separation of Powers

• Concurrent Powers

• Reserved Powers

• The idea that the government is divided into three branches (legislative, executive, and judicial), and each branch has its own job.

• Checks and Balances

• Expressed Powers

• Implied Powers

• Separation of Powers

• A system where each branch of government makes sure the others don’t get too much power.

• Commerce Clause

• Checks and Balances

• Separation of Powers

• National Government

• Powers that both the national and state governments share.

• Concurrent Powers

• Reserved Powers

• 10th Amendment

• Local Government

• A rule in the U.S. Constitution that says Congress can make laws about trade between states or with other countries.

• State Government

• Checks and Balances

• Denied Powers

• Commerce Clause

Powers that only state governments have, not the national government.

• Reserved Powers

• Denied Powers

• Expressed Powers

• Implied Powers

• The government for your city, town, or county that handles local problems, like parks, police, and trash pickup.

• National Government

• Local Government

• Reserved Powers

• 10th Amendment

• The government that controls what happens in one state, like setting rules for schools and state roads.

• Local Government

• State Government

• Federalism

• National Government

• The government that runs the whole country and takes care of big issues like the military, trade, and making laws for all states.

• Federalism

• National Government

• State Government

• Local Government