Name: _________________________ Date: ________________________
Instructions: Use your PowerPoint slides (slides 8 – 11) from the Constitution Is Alive! lecture
to categorize the issues below as they relate to the types of powers allowed to or denied to
governments by the Constitution.
1)
Any government, federal, state, or local government cannot convict you or jail you
for a long length of time without a trial.
enumerated (for feds)
implied
inherent
concurrent
reserved
denied
2) The President has the power to appoint a general to serve has his Chief of Joint Staff (a
combined military committee) at the Pentagon.
enumerated (for feds)
implied
inherent
concurrent
reserved
denied
3)
The federal government has the power to monitor and regulate businesses for their
affects on the environment.
enumerated (for feds)
implied
inherent
concurrent
reserved
denied
4)
The Arlington county elections board can determine when, where, and how elections
(for congressmen, local politicians, and the presidency) are carried out in this region.
enumerated (for feds)
implied
inherent
concurrent
reserved
denied
5)
The Arlington County School Board exists and decides what’s taught in our school
district because of this type of power.
enumerated (for feds)
implied
inherent
concurrent
reserved
denied
6)
The state of Virginia (through the VA Department of Revenue) and the Federal
government (through the Internal Revenue Service, IRS) both collect taxes.
enumerated (for feds)
implied
inherent
concurrent
reserved
denied
7)
The Federal Department of Treasury’s Bureau of Engraving and Printing coins
money (makes our national dolla bills, holla!).
enumerated (for feds)
implied
inherent
concurrent
reserved
denied
8)
The state of North Carolina as listed oxycotin as a controlled substance, similar to
heroin, and it makes people serve NC jail sentences for it’s illegal possession. The DEA
(Drug Enforcement Agency) of the Federal government also has laws prohibiting the sale
and distribution of this drug across state lines or in drug trafficking networks.
enumerated (for feds)
implied
inherent
concurrent
reserved
denied
9)
When you get legally married, you must get a marriage certificate from a local
courthouse. Some states also require you and your partner to take a blood test that verify
that you are not closely related.
enumerated (for feds)
implied
inherent
concurrent
reserved
denied
10)
The Secretary of State can negotiate treaties, which the President signs, with other
nations.
enumerated (for feds)
implied
inherent
concurrent
reserved
denied
11)
Before the President can send more troops back to Iraq or Syria (or anywhere
really) to fight a sustained war, he must get the approval of Congress.
enumerated (for feds)
12)
implied
inherent
concurrent
reserved
denied
State divorce courts exist in the same area as federal criminal courts.
enumerated (for feds)
implied
inherent
concurrent
reserved
denied
13) The State Department and the Department of Commerce both work together in
enforcing a trade and travel embargo against trade with or tourism to North Korea
(meaning we cannot legally buy North Korean goods and we cannot legally travel to North
Korea without special permission).
enumerated (for feds)
implied
inherent
concurrent
reserved
denied
14) Here’s the situation: A married man and woman have been together and married
since she was 15 (he was 19 when they met and married). They got married in 1930.
Since then the state they live in has passed laws that say a woman aged 15 and younger may
not marry. It would be illegal for this man to be tried for sexual misconduct with a minor.
enumerated (for feds)
15)
implied
inherent
concurrent
reserved
denied
The state of Virginia has decided to establish a regional governing body to manage
and regulate wetland and marsh land development within 50 miles of its seashore.
enumerated (for feds)
implied
inherent
concurrent
reserved
denied