United StatesQuestion 59 (2025 list) · System of government

Name one power that is only for the states.

  1. aPrint and issue paper money
  2. bDeclare war on a country
  3. cGive a driver’s licenseCorrect answer
  4. dMake treaties with nations

Why?

Giving a driver’s license is a state power. You could also say providing schooling, police protection, fire safety, or approving zoning and land use. Printing money, declaring war, and making treaties are federal powers.

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Questions and answers: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), 128 Civics Questions and Answers (2025 version), M-1778, and Civics Questions and Answers (2008 version), rev. 08/21 — public domain. USCIS accepts other answers too; we show one of them. The wrong options and the explanations are ours. Not affiliated with or endorsed by USCIS.

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