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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: Keeps an army and navy, Collects taxes, Issues marriage licenses, Licenses doctors and teachers, Controls trade between the states

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

Sort: Runs elections, even for president, Builds roads, Ratifies amendments to the US Constitution, Makes immigrants citizens, Makes treaties with other countries

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

Sort: Issues driver's licenses, Runs the Postal Service, Makes and enforces laws, Prints and coins money, Sets up public school systems

NationalStateBoth

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Answer key — National, State or Both?

Set 3. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Collects taxes — Both 2. Controls trade between the states — National 3. Issues marriage licenses — State 4. Keeps an army and navy — National 5. Licenses doctors and teachers — State
  2. 2.1. Builds roads — Both 2. Makes immigrants citizens — National 3. Makes treaties with other countries — National 4. Ratifies amendments to the US Constitution — State 5. Runs elections, even for president — State
  3. 3.1. Issues driver's licenses — State 2. Makes and enforces laws — Both 3. Prints and coins money — National 4. Runs the Postal Service — National 5. Sets up public school systems — State

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