By: Damaris Ayodele Williams Billups

A Long Time Ago...  The United States use to use a confederacy system.  It wasn’t very effective.  So we switched to the federal system.  Federal system-a government that divides the powers of government between the national government and state/ provincial governments

National governmentState government  Coin money.  Declare war.  Conduct foreign relations.  Oversee foreign and interstate trade.  Ratify amendments.  Manage public health and safety.  Oversee trade within the state.  Education  Make and enforce laws.  Tax citizens  Borrow money

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Enumerated Powers  are powers given to the federal government by the terms of the U.S. Constitution  a list of items found in Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution that set forth the authority of Congress.

Implied Powers  powers not explicitly named in the Constitution but assumed to exist due to their being necessary to implement the expressed powers that are named in Article I.  Basically more closely defines the enumerated powers

First, We Must Ask... Who holds sovereign power in the United States?

Representation  We, the people of the United States, elect representatives who should best reflect our views as a nation and as groups.  We let these representatives express our choices

Checks and Balances  Checks and Balances- counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated, typically those ensuring that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups.

We have this even system...

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