Read a quote from the US Constitution

Which type of powers does this quote describe?

The powers not delegated to the United States by the

Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved

for the States respectively, or to the people.

powers held by the states alone

powers implied within the US Constitution

powers clearly identified for the federal level

powers shared by both state and federal levels

Powers held by the states alone

Explanation:

The adjective "reserved" is used to describe something that is kept specially for a particular person or entity, the quote, then describes powers that are kept specially for states or people alone.

This quote comes from the Tenth Amendment to the US Constitution which is the one that establishes that the powers the Constitution does not grant to the government and does not forbid to the states belong to the states or the people alone.

powers shared by both federal government and the states.

Explanation:

The original Constitution of 1788 contained very few specific restrictions on the ways the national government could be exercised against that of the people It guaranteed the right to trial by jury in criminal (but not civil) cases, placed limits on prosecutions and punishments for treason, forbade bills of attainder (laws aimed at particular persons) and ex post fact laws (laws that punished conduct that was legal when it happened) But, the Constitution that emerged from the 1787 Constitutional Convention contained nothing like a comprehensive bill of rights. Most state constitutions of the time had bills of rights, and many citizens and members of the Constitutional Convention, expected the new national constitution to have one as well. even tho the state delegations at the Constitutional Convention voted 10-0 against including a bill of rights in the Constitution.