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National, State or Both? is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on dividing powers between national and state governments, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Civ.5.3-5. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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National, State or Both?

D2.Civ.5.3-5

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Sort each power: does it belong to the national government, the states, or both?

1.Sort each one: National or State or Both?

Sort: Takes private land for public use, with fair payment, Makes treaties with other countries, Prints and coins money, Sets up public school systems, Issues driver's licenses

NationalStateBoth
2.Sort each one: National or State or Both?

Sort: Issues marriage licenses, Declares war, Keeps an army and navy, Collects taxes, Licenses doctors and teachers

NationalStateBoth
3.Sort each one: National or State or Both?

Sort: Controls trade between the states, Sets up counties, cities and towns, Sets up courts, Runs elections, even for president, Makes immigrants citizens

NationalStateBoth

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Answer key — National, State or Both?

Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Issues driver's licenses — State 2. Makes treaties with other countries — National 3. Prints and coins money — National 4. Sets up public school systems — State 5. Takes private land for public use, with fair payment — Both
  2. 2.1. Collects taxes — Both 2. Declares war — National 3. Issues marriage licenses — State 4. Keeps an army and navy — National 5. Licenses doctors and teachers — State
  3. 3.1. Controls trade between the states — National 2. Makes immigrants citizens — National 3. Runs elections, even for president — State 4. Sets up counties, cities and towns — State 5. Sets up courts — Both

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Civ.5.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.