2025 test · Question 59 of 128
Name one power that is only for the states.
Answers from the USCIS list
Give one of these answers. Words in light (parentheses) are optional.
- Provide schooling and education
- Provide protection optional: (police)
- Provide safety optional: (fire departments)
- Give a driver’s license
- Approve zoning and land use
Our explanation
Powers not given to the federal government belong to the states or the people. So states provide schooling, police, and fire departments. They also give driver’s licenses and approve zoning (rules for how land is used).
Remember it
Think of daily life: schools, police, fire departments, driver’s licenses. States provide these.
Source
USCIS 2025 Study Guide (M-1175) p. 14 (driver’s license and zoning: M-1778 (09/25) answer list, Q59): “state governments have the power to provide the people of their state with protection and safety… police departments and fire departments… schooling and education.”
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