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CLEP Business Law

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Which clause from the U.S. Constitution provides for a federal system of government?
  1. The 10th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which states: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
  2. Article I, Section 7 of the U.S. Constitution, which states: "Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the President of the United States: If he approve he shall sign it..."
  3. Article II, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution, which states: “He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States..."
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Answer: A. The 10th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution provides for a federal system of government. A federal system of government is one that divides the powers of government between the federal or national government and state and local governments. The 10th Amendment states how power is divided between the federal and local governments.
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