Question

Which of the following is an exclusive power of the national government? regulating interstate commerce holding elections establishing courts borrowing money to balance a budget

Answer 1

Answer:

One of the exclusive powers of the national government is to regulate interstate commerce.

Explanation:

Exclusive powers are the ones reserved to the federal government. Interstate commerce is one of them, which means any commercial activity that involves crossing the state boundaries or it is developed in more than one state. Its regulation is given to the federal government by the Constitution of the US in the Article 1.  

Answer 2

The power to regulate interstate commerce is a power that is exclusively given to the American Government by the U.S. Constitution. The regulation of interstate commerce was a major issue during the times of the Articles of Confederation and was therefore an issue with the Constitutional Framers were sure to create in the new Constitution.