Name one power that is only for the states.

Why this is the answer

The official list names five powers that belong to the states: providing schooling and education, providing protection through the police, providing safety through fire departments, giving driver's licenses, and approving zoning and land use. One is enough. The constitutional basis is the 10th Amendment. It reserves to the states, or to the people, every power the Constitution neither gives to the federal government nor denies to the states. History helps explain why so much stayed local. Before the Constitution, the 13 colonies governed themselves individually, much like states, and a national government arrived only with the Articles of Confederation and then the Constitution. The answers on the list describe that everyday government. Each state runs its own educational system, from grade school through colleges, universities and adult education. States protect their residents through police and fire departments. USCIS's 2008 lessons add creating traffic regulations and setting marriage requirements to the state powers, along with issuing driver's licenses. Every state also has its own constitution, though none may conflict with the U.S. Constitution. The line between the levels is drawn from both sides. Article I, Section 10 lists things states may not do: they cannot make treaties or coin money, and without the consent of Congress they cannot engage in war unless invaded or in immediate danger. Some powers, meanwhile, belong to both levels at once. Taxation is the standard example, which makes "collect taxes" a poor answer here, since it is not only for the states. Powers from the federal list are wrong here: printing money, declaring war and making treaties. If you hesitate, ask yourself whether the power reaches into ordinary life in your own community or deals with the country as a whole. The police officer and the firefighter, the license in your wallet, the school down the block and the zoning rules for your neighborhood all come from state power.